RHCSA Objective
RHCSA exam candidates should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. These have been grouped into several categories.
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01 – Understand and use essential tools
- 01.1 Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax
- 01.2 Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.)
- 01.3 Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text
- 01.4 Access remote systems using SSH
- 01.5 Log in and switch users in multiuser targets
- 01.6 Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, gzip, and bzip2
- 01.7 Create and edit text files
- 01.8 Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories
- 01.9 Create hard and soft links
- 01.10 List, set, and change standard ugo/rwx permissions
- 01.11 Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc
02 – Create simple shell scripts
- 02.1 Conditionally execute code (use of: if, test, [], etc.)
- 02.2 Use Looping constructs (for, etc.) to process file, command line input
- 02.3 Process script inputs ($1, $2, etc.)
- 02.4 Processing output of shell commands within a script
03 – Operate running systems
- 03.1 Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally
- 03.2 Boot systems into different targets manually
- 03.3 Interrupt the boot process in order to gain access to a system
- 03.4 Identify CPU/memory intensive processes and kill processes
- 03.5 Adjust process scheduling
- 03.6 Manage tuning profiles
- 03.7 Locate and interpret system log files and journals
- 03.8 Preserve system journals
- 03.9 Start, stop, and check the status of network services
- 03.10 Securely transfer files between systems
04 – Configure local storage
- 04.1 List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks
- 04.2 Create and remove physical volumes
- 04.3 Assign physical volumes to volume groups
- 04.4 Create and delete logical volumes
- 04.5 Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by universally unique ID (UUID) or label
- 04.6 Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap to a system non-destructively
05 – Create and configure file systems
- 05.1 Create, mount, unmount, and use vfat, ext4, and xfs file systems
- 05.2 Mount and unmount network file systems using NFS
- 05.3 Configure autofs
- 05.4 Extend existing logical volumes
- 05.5 Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration
- 05.6 Diagnose and correct file permission problems
06 – Deploy, configure, and maintain systems
- 06.1 Schedule tasks using at and cron
- 06.2 Start and stop services and configure services to start automatically at boot
- 06.3 Configure systems to boot into a specific target automatically
- 06.4 Configure time service clients
- 06.5 Install and update software packages from Red Hat Network, a remote repository, or from the local file system
- 06.6 Modify the system bootloader
07 – Manage basic networking
- 07.1 Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
- 07.2 Configure hostname resolution
- 07.3 Configure network services to start automatically at boot
- 07.4 Restrict network access using firewall-cmd/firewall
08 – Manage users and groups
- 08.1 Create, delete, and modify local user accounts
- 08.2 Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts
- 08.3 Create, delete, and modify local groups and group memberships
- 08.4 Configure superuser access
09 – Manage security
- 09.1 Configure firewall settings using firewall-cmd/firewalld
- 09.2 Manage default file permissions
- 09.3 Configure key-based authentication for SSH
- 09.4 Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux
- 09.5 List and identify SELinux file and process context
- 09.6 Restore default file contexts
- 09.7 Manage SELinux port labels
- 09.8 Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings
- 09.9 Diagnose and address routine SELinux policy violations
10 – Manage containers
- 10.1 Find and retrieve container images from a remote registry
- 10.2 Inspect container images
- 10.3 Perform container management using commands such as podman and skopeo
- 10.4 Perform basic container management such as running, starting, stopping, and listing running containers
- 10.5 Run a service inside a container
- 10.6 Configure a container to start automatically as a systemd service
- 10.7 Attach persistent storage to a container
As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention.
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