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RHCSA
General Information
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) notes.
External Resources
Schedule an Exam
Taking an individual exam means you will sit at a kiosk style computer and be monitored via a camera at an exam center.
- Buy an exam voucher from Red Hat (good for 1 year): https://www.redhat.com/en/services/certification/individual-exams
- Click on Red Hat Certified System Administrator (EX200)
- Under “How will you train/test?”, select “Individual Exam” and then click “Enroll”.
- Purchase the exam voucher.
- Schedule an exam using the voucher.
- Sign up at Innovative Exams (create an account or sign in): https://www.examslocal.com/ScheduleExam/Home
- Schedule a date/time/location to take the exam with Innovative Exams using the exam voucher purchased from Red Hat.
Objectives
Objectives are listed below in each of their sections.
Understand and use essential tools
Operate running systems
Configure local storage
Create and configure file systems
Deploy, configure, and maintain systems
Manage users and groups
Manage security
- Configure firewall settings using firewall-config, firewall-cmd, or iptables
- Configure key-based authentication for SSH
- Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux
- List and identify SELinux file and process context
- Restore default file contexts
- Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings
- Diagnose and address routine SELinux policy violations