Linux RHCE       

Duration 8 weeks

Tutors Dr V Mohan PhD, Mr Wole BSc

Price : £490

Course Introduction

This course objective is to help you prepare for and pass the required Red Hat Linux Certification exam. Red Hat Certified Engineer is the world's leading Linux certification. The primary goal of RHCE certification is to meet the demand of individuals and employers for a useful metric of individual skills and knowledge, particularly with Red Hat Linux, the largest-selling distribution of Linux.

Meaning of RHCE Certification

RHCE certification is a metric of use to both individuals and employers to assess individual preparation for roles involving Red Hat Linux computing.

RHCE certification indicates that the person has passed a realistic performance-based lab exam that tests his/her ability to: install and configure Red Hat Linux; understand limitations of hardware; configure basic networking and file systems; configure X windows; configure basic security, set up common network (IP) services, carry out basic diagnostics and troubleshooting, and perform essential Red Hat Linux system administration.
The readiness objective of RHCE is to assure a minimum level of systems administration skills so that a person is "ready from a technical point of view for professional responsibilities in managing a Red Hat Linux system for common uses."

Course Details
System Configuration
Introduction To Linux:
History of Unix and Linux
Comparing Linux with Other Networking Operating System

Installation Preparation:
Planning and Installation
Partitioning the Drive
Hardware Compatibility

Installation:
Disk Partitioning Strategies for Server and Workstation
Choosing an Installation Class
Linux as Server
Linux as Workstation
Custom Installation
Text Installation Mode and Graphical Installation Mode
Choosing Necessary Packages

Administration and Configuration:
User Accounting
Managing user
Managing group
System Accounting:
Time Configuration
Keyboard Configuration
Mouse Configuration
Process monitoring
Mounting storage devices
Configuring X windows
System Initialisation Scripts
Configuring X windows in boot process

X-Windowing System:
Window Managers
Desktop Setting with GNOME and KDE

TCP/IP and Linux networking
Tools for network configuration and maintenance
Troubleshooting TCP/IP with ping
Troubleshooting TCP/IP with ifconfig
Troubleshooting TCP/IP with arp
Displaying routing tables

NFS Client Networking
Network File System (NFS)
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Client-side NFS mounting

System processes
Defining a process
Process states
Determining memory and CPU usage
Viewing processes
Understanding process management
Background processes
Starting a background process
Managing foreground and background jobs
Terminating processes
Running processes after logout
Administering Local Filesystems
Ext2 configuration
Ext2 configuration
The automounter
Setting up the automounter
Network file synchronization
Network file synchronization
Monitoring filesystem usage
Resolving filesystem problems
System Logging
System logs
Monitoring logs

Advanced troubleshooting techniques
File access problems
Local networking problems
Remote networking troubleshooting
Boot problems
LILO configuration problems
Boot floppies
Introduction to the rescue environment
Using a rescue environment
Process and user accounting
System accounting
Process accounting
Internet services
Internet Protocol
IP addresses
TCP/IP
Port numbers
Port names
Configuring port names
The Domain Name System
Network servers
Network file services with NFS
NFS fundamentals
Remote procedure calls
Configuring an NFS server
NFS security
Starting and stopping NFS
Troubleshooting NFS problems
Network file and print services with Samba and Mars
Understanding Samba
Installing and configuring a Samba server
Samba services
Samba servers
Samba configuration
Configuration test tool
Configuring Samba file and directory sharing
Shares, homes, and printing
Testing a Samba server's configuration
Securing a Samba server
Domain Name Service
The Domain Name Service
Name resolution concepts
Benefits of using DNS for name resolution
Internet DNS hierarchy
Name server roles
Client-side DNS operational overview
Server-side DNS operational overview
DNS through BIND 8
BIND: overview
BIND files: names, locations, and function
BIND 8 named.conf basic syntax
BIND 8 configuration: master and slave zones
BIND 8 configuration: reverse lookup and hint zones
Controlling BIND
Resource records and advanced uses of BIND
BIND 8 database files
Resource records syntax
Resource record types
SOA
A, CNAME, and PTR record types
Name server (NS) record type
MX and HINFO records types
Subdomains
Caching only name server
BIND utilities
Configuring Sendmail Features
Configuring Sendmail Features
Installing and Configuring Sendmail
Other configuration files
Simple client configuration
Apache Configuration
Introduction to Apache
Apache Configuration
Default user Web sites (~user)
Virtual hosts
Declaring index files for directories
DHCP and Point-to-Point Daemon
DHCP Overview
Installing and Configuring
Setting Up a DHCP server
DHCP configuration example
Client DHCP