RHA 130 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Core System Administration

Workbook 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation

• The Red Hat Linux Installer: Anaconda
• Anaconda Stage 2: The Installer Proper
• Network Based Installations, and Other Installer Topics
• Using Kickstart to Automate Installations
• Pretest. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation
• Lab Test. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation

Workbook 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation

• The Red Hat Linux Installer: Anaconda
• Anaconda Stage 2: The Installer Proper
• Network Based Installations, and Other Installer Topics
• Using Kickstart to Automate Installations
• Pretest. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation
• Lab Test. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation

Workbook 2 Hardware and Device Configuration

• Hardware Overview
• PCI Devices
• USB and Other Hot Pluggable Devices
• Filesystem Device Nodes
• Performance Monitoring

Workbook 3 Linux Filesystem Management

• Disk Recognition and Partitioning
• Creating and Managing Filesystems
• Mounting Filesystems
• The /etc/fstab File
• Managing Swap Space
• Miscellaneous Filesystem Management Commands
• SELinux: Secure Linux
• Pretest: Linux Filesystem Management
• Lab Test: Linux Filesystem Management
• Test: Linux Filesystem Management

Workbook 4 System Initialisation and Services

• Boot Sequence Overview
• The GRUB Bootloader
• Run Levels
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Service Scripts
• Troubleshooting the Boot Sequence

Workbook 5 User and Group Administration

• What is a User?
• Adding, Modifying and Deleting Users
• Managing Passwords
• Adding. Modifying and Deleting Groups
• Network Based User Models
• Customising the Users Environment

Workbook 6 Network Configuration

• Managing Network Interfaces
• Basic IP Routing and Gateways
• Configuring DNS Clients
• Miscellaneous Network Settings
• Network Diagnostic Utilities

Workbook 7 System Administration Tools

• The CUPS print system and system-config-printer
• CUPS Administration: The Web Interface and Command Line Tools
• System Logging
• Periodic Tasks: Managing cron
• Automated System Maintenance

Workbook 8 The Red Hat Package Manager

• RPM: Installing and Removing Software
• RPM Queries and Verification
• Miscellaneous RPM Utilities

Workbook 9 Kernel Services and Configuration

• Kernel Modules and Updating Kernels
• The Network File Systems (NFS)
• The Automounter
• Filesystem Quotas
• Software RAID
• Logical Volume Management

Workbook 10 The X Windowing System

• The X Windowing System
• X Server Configuration
• X Startup Configuration

Workbook 11 Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting - General Guidelines
• Things to Check: X server
• Things to Check: Networking
• Things to Check: Booting
• Recovering Systems Using the Rescue Environment
• Troubleshooting Components

4pm to 7pm Tuesdays 26th August 2008 through 18th August 2009