System Administration II

Course Overview

Build the skills to perform the key tasks needed to become a full-time Linux administrator

Red Hat System Administration II (RH134) serves as the second part of the RHCSA training track for IT professionals who have taken Red Hat System Administration I (RH124). The course goes deeper into core Linux system administration skills in storage configuration and management, installation and deployment of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, management of security features such as SELinux, control of recurring system tasks, management of the boot process and troubleshooting, basic system tuning, and command-line automation and productivity.

Experienced Linux administrators looking for rapid preparation for the RHCSA certification should instead start with RHCSA Rapid Track (RH199).

This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0.

Target Audience

This course is geared toward Windows system administrators, network administrators, and other system administrators who are interested in supplementing current skills or backstopping other team members, in addition to Linux system administrators who are responsible for these tasks:

• Configuring, installing, upgrading, and maintaining Linux systems using established standards and procedures
• Providing operational support
• Managing systems for monitoring system performance and availability
• Writing and deploying scripts for task automation and system administration

Course Objectives

Course Content

Improve command line productivity
Run commands more efficiently by using advanced features of the Bash shell, shell scripts, and various utilities provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Schedule future tasks
Schedule commands to run in the future, either one time or on a repeating schedule.

Tune system performance
Improve system performance by setting tuning parameters and adjusting scheduling priority of processes.

Manage SELinux security
Protect and manage the security of a server by using SELinux.

Manage logical volumes
Create and manage logical volumes containing file systems and swap spaces from the command line.

Access network-attached storage
Use the NFS protocol to administer network-attached storage.

Control the boot process
Manage the boot process to control services offered and to troubleshoot and repair problems.

Manage network security
Control network connections to services using the system firewall and SELinux rules.

Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on servers and virtual machines.

Run Containers
Obtain, run, and manage simple, lightweight services as containers on a single Red Hat Enterprise Linux server.

Course Prerequisites

• Successful completion of Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) is recommended.
• Experienced Linux administrators seeking to accelerate their path toward becoming a Red Hat Certified System Administrator should start with the RHCSA Rapid Track course (RH199).

• RH124 - System Administration I
• RH199 - Fast Track RHCSA (RH124 + RH134) - without exam

Test Certification

• Red Hat Certified System Administration exam (EX200)
• Red Hat System Administration III: Linux Automation (RH294)

Follow on Courses

• EX200 - Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam
• RH294 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible

Further Information

Impact on the organization

This training provides your team members with a solid foundation in Linux system administration, helping ensure improved ability to manage your infrastructure efficiently. This helps provide better system reliability, improve efficient system and storage utilization, and faster and more accurate responsiveness to system failures. This is the second of a two course series that takes a computer professional from minimal Linux experience to being a fully capable Linux administrator.

Red Hat has created this course in a way intended to benefit our customers, but each company and infrastructure is unique, and actual results or benefits may vary.

Impact on the individual

As a result of attending this course, you should be able to perform the key tasks needed to become a full-time Linux administrator. Students will be introduced to more advanced administrative topics, such as storage management using LVM, SELinux management, and automated installation. This course goes deeper into enterprise Linux administration, including file systems and partitioning, logical volumes, SELinux, firewall configuration, and troubleshooting.