EX300 Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Exam

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) is earned by a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) who has demonstrated the knowledge, skill and ability required of a senior system administrator for Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. An RHCSA certification (RHEL6) is required in order to earn Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).The RHCE exam is a hands-on, practical exam that lasts 2 hours. Candidates are eligible to take the RHCE exam without first having passed the RHCSA (RHEL6) exam, but RHCE will not be issued until both credentials are earned by a candidate.

Exam Objectives

• Diagnose and correct boot failures arising from bootloader, module, and filesystem errors
• Use the rescue environment to recover unbootable systems
• Diagnose and correct problems with network services
• Diagnose and correct problems where SELinux contexts or booleans are interfering with proper operation
• Produce and deliver reports on system utilization (processor, memory, disk, and network)
• Use bash shell scripting to automate system maintenance tasks
• Install the packages needed to provide the service
• Configure SELinux to support the service * Configure the service to start when the system is booted
• Configure the service for basic operation
• Configure host-based and user-based security for the service
• HTTP/HTTPS: virtual hosting, private directories, stage a CGI script, group managed content
• DNS: caching name server, DNS forwarding
• FTP: anonymous-only download, anonymous "drop-box" upload (provisional)
• NFS: share a directory to specific clients, share for group collaboration
• SMB: share a directory to specific clients, share for group collaboration
• SMTP: null client, outbound smarthost relay, accepting inbound
• SSH: key-based authentication, port forwarding * rsyslog: remote logging
• NTP: serve to selected clients
• use /proc/sys and sysctl to modify and set kernel run-time parameters
• use iptables to implement packet filtering
• route IP traffic and use iptables for NAT
• establish IP static routes
• configure Ethernet bonding
• manage default user/group password policies
• build a simple rpm that packages a single file
• configure system as an iSCSI Initiator persistently mounting existing Target
• authenticate to an existing Kerberos V realm (provisional)
• create a private yum repository (provisional)

Audience

• Experienced Linux IT professionals who currently have RHCSA (RHEL6) certification, and are interested in earning an RHCE certification
• Experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills
• Students who have attended Red Hat System Administration I, II and III or RHCE Rapid Track Course
• Experienced Linux system administrators who require a certification either by their organization, or based on a mandate (DOD 8570 directive)
• RHCEs who are non-current , and have already passed the RHCSA (RHEL6) exam

Date and location

• Every Friday at 9:00 am.

Price

300,00 EUR + VAT