Red Hat Linux 7 for Experienced Red Hat Linux 6 Administrators

Course

In London-City

£ 895 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London-city

This is a fast paced instructor led Red Hat Linux 7 for Experienced Red Hat Linux 6 Administrators training course. It is designed to give the delegates practical experience in the administration of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7) system. With a strong emphasis on practical hands on training, this course will teach administrative tasks required to successfully administer a Red Hat Linux 7 system. Targeted to closely follow the official Red Hat certification curriculum, this course along with existing knowledge will enable the delegate to work towards achieving the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) and/or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification Who will the Course Benefit?This Red Hat Linux 7 for Experienced Red Hat Linux 6 Administrators course is suitable for anyone who has already acquired administration skills for RHEL6.Along with existing knowledge this course will teach many of the necessary skills to enable the delegate to work towards achieving Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) and Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification. The course assumes knowledge of the Red Hat Linux operating system to the level covered in the RHSA1, RHSA2 and RHSA3 courses for RHEL6. Learning Objectives On completion of the Red Hat Linux 7 for Experienced Red Hat Linux 6 Administrators course the delegate will have gained practical experience of the major differences between RHEL6 and RHEL7 on the topics covered in the RHSA1V7, RHSA2V7 and RHSA3V7 courses. The delegate will have knowledge in all, and practise in some, of the following: Upgrade Considerations and ToolsManaging services and boot up process using systemd and systemctlXFS FilesystemsNetwork Management and IPV6Configuring a RHELv7 firewall (firewall-cmd and firewall-config)Setting Up Centralised Storage iSCSIOverview of Linux ContainersInstall, configure, query and backup a MariaDB databaseBooting into recovery mode

Facilities

Location

Start date

London-City ((select))
EC3V 9LJ

Start date

On request

About this course

This is a fast paced course therefore a good knowledge of all the content covered in the RHSA1, RHSA2 and RHSA3 courses for RHEL6 is essential.

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Subjects

  • Network Training
  • Red Hat
  • Firewall
  • Network
  • Linux

Course programme

Course Contents - DAY 1Course Introduction

  • Administration and Course Materials
  • Course Structure and Agenda
  • Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: UPGRADE CONSIDERATIONS
  • Which types of systems can be upgraded
  • Implications of Upgrading
  • Preupgrade Assistant
  • Red Hat Upgrade Tool
  • New root filesystem layout
  • ifconfig output changes
  • Changes to login.defs
  • RPM changes
  • Changes effecting httpd
  • Initiating a kickstart at RHELv7
  • New Backup Commands for XFS
  • New Desktops - Gnome Classic, Gnome3 and KDE Plasma
  • Deprecated and Removed software
  • Exercise
Session 2: USING SYSTEMD AND CONTROLLING SERVICES
  • The systemd deamon
  • Control Services using systemctl etc.
  • System Shutdown and Reboot management
  • Exercise
Session 3: USING XFS FILESYSTEMS
  • What is XFS
  • Features of XFS
  • Creating, extending and mounting XFS
  • Repairing XFS filesystems
  • Exercise
Session 4: CONFIGURING A RHELv7 FIREWALL
  • Limiting network access through a firewall
  • The firewalld program
  • Basic configuration using the GUI interface firewall-config
  • Packet Filtering using firewalld
  • Command line tool firewall-cmd
  • Rule Targets
  • Basic Rules and their Operation
  • Connection Tracking
  • Source and Destination NAT Configuration
  • Exercise
Course Contents - DAY 2Session 5: BOOTING INTO RECOVERY MODE
  • The Rescue Environment
  • Booting into Single User Mode
  • Recovery from lost root password
  • Exercise
Session 6: NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND IPV6
  • IP suite of tools
  • IPV6 Addressing
  • Local Network Bridges
  • Configure Ethernet Bonding (Link aggregation, teaming)
  • Exercise
Session 7: CENTRALISED AND SECURE STORAGE
  • What is ISCSI
  • Setting up ISCSI Target and Initiator
  • Accessing Centralised Storage
  • Exercise
Session 8: CONFIGURING A MARIADB DATABASE
  • Install and configure MariaDB
  • Backup and Restore a database
  • Create a simple database schema
  • Perform simple SQL queries on the database
  • Exercise
Session 9: OVERVIEW OF LINUX CONTAINERS
  • What is a Linux Container
  • What are the advantages of Containers
  • Overview of Docker

Red Hat Linux 7 for Experienced Red Hat Linux 6 Administrators

£ 895 + VAT