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RHCSA
General Information
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam study 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.
- If you already have a login
- Login, which brings you to your Red Hat Training page.
- At the top, click “Request Learning”
- Above the “Request Booking” form, click “Search Catalog”
- Type “RHCE” and then search
- Add the “Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam (EX300K)” to your cart and checkout.
- Schedule an exam using the voucher.
- Note: You will need to wait 2-3 days for your exam voucher to be fully processed before you can schedule the exam.
- 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.
Taking the Exam
You will need:
- Photo ID card (Drivers License)
- Confirmation code
- Innovative Exams login and password (to actually login and take the test at the kiosk)
Expect:
- Individual Exam: A kiosk style computer and being monitored remotely via web cam
- Tasks, not questions: You will be given tasks to complete on a live system.
- Exam Results e-mailed to you within 3 business days, but many report getting results back within a few hours.
Objectives
Objectives are listed below in each of their sections.
Lab Setup
For a lab setup, using something like VirtualBox works great.
In order to practice the objectives below, setup a virtual machine lab:
- server1.example.com
- Description: Main VM to perform anything local only and anything from a “client” perspective
- CPU/Memory: 1 CPU/1024 MB memory
- IP: 192.168.1.150 (bridged adapter)
- server2.example.com
- Description: Secondary VM to function as a source for “server1” to perform tests (ie NFS/CIFS/HTTP server)
- CPU/Memory: 1 CPU/1024 MB memory
- IP: 192.168.1.151 (bridged adapter)
- ipa.example.com
- Description: FreeIPA LDAP server to install for client authentication practice
- CPU/Memory: 1 CPU/1024 MB memory
- IP: 192.168.1.152 (bridged adapter)
Install CentOS 7 on all VMs (Basic Server) and set to the multi-user target.
- Note: Do not expect to have a access to a GUI on the exam.