Red Hat Certified System Administrator: Advanced Networking


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level


Overview/Description
Linux networking can be very complex and being able to use the features and tools effectively is a fundamental requirement for any System Administrator. In this course you will learn how to configure many fairly common or standard Linux network services and be able to configure the built-in firewall to secure the system. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHCSA exam (EX200).

Target Audience
Established IT professionals who wish to acquire job skills and to be trained specifically to pass the Red Hat RHCSA EX200 certification exam.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Red Hat Certified System Administrator: Advanced Networking

  • start the course
  • work with network services through SystemD Services
  • configure a basic bind service
  • configure a basic dhcpd service
  • configure a basic ntpd service
  • configure a system to use Precision Time Protocol
  • configure the logging server to store logs sent from external servers
  • configure a basic smbd service
  • use Samba to share a directory with Windows clients
  • configure a basic sshd service
  • configure a basic web service
  • configure a basic telnet service
  • configure a basic ftp service
  • configure a basic squid proxy service
  • configure a basic mail server
  • use the Security Level Configuration Tool to manage a basic firewall
  • describe the sections of the firewall and the basics of how the firewall rules are configured
  • add and delete rules to an iptable configured firewall
  • save and restore iptable rulesets
  • configure the system to use a set of firewall rules on boot from the shell
  • add a rule to allow a network service port through the firewall
  • use the advanced features of the firewall manager
  • add a limit to the firewall for certain types of traffic
  • start a network service add a rule to the firewall to allow external access to the service

    • Course Number:
    lu_rhel_a06_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate