Red Hat System Administration I provides a foundation for students wishing to become full-time Linux system administrators by introducing key command line concepts and other enterprise-level tools. These concepts are further developed in the follow-on course, Red Hat System Administration II (RH134).

As a result of attending this course, students should be able to perform essential Linux administration tasks, including installation, establishing network connectivity, managing physical storage, and basic security administration.

Students should be able to demonstrate the following skills:

• Access the command line
• Manage files from command line
• Create, view, and edit text files
• Manage local Linux users and groups
• Monitor and manage Linux processes
• Control services and daemons
• Control access to files with Linux file-system permissions
• Analyze and store log files
• Configure and secure the OpenSSH service
• Install and update software packages
• Access Linux file systems
• Manage Linux networking

• Access the command line
• Manage files from the command line
• Get help in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Create, view, and edit text files
• Manage local Linux users and groups
• Control access to files with Linux file system permissions
• Monitor and manage Linux processes
• Control services and daemons
• Configure and secure OpenSSH service
• Analyze and store logs
• Manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux networking
• Archive and copy files between systems
• Install and update software packages
• Access Linux file systems
• Use virtualized systems
• Comprehensive review

IT professionals across a broad range of disciplines who need to perform essential Linux administration tasks including installation, establishing network connectivity, managing physical storage, and basic security administration.

There are no formal prerequisites for this course; however, previous operating system administration experience will be very beneficial.