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Linux Red Hat 9 Administration Essentials Course

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5/12-5/14
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05/12/2025Monday 10:00-4:45 EDT
  9:00-3:45 CDT
  8:00-2:45 MDT
  7:00-1:45 PDT
05/13/2025Tuesday 10:00-4:45 EDT
  9:00-3:45 CDT
  8:00-2:45 MDT
  7:00-1:45 PDT
05/14/2025Wednesday10:00-4:45 EDT
  9:00-3:45 CDT
  8:00-2:45 MDT
  7:00-1:45 PDT
Last Reg Date5/7
 
6/9-6/11
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06/09/2025Monday 10:00-4:45 EDT
  9:00-3:45 CDT
  8:00-2:45 MDT
  7:00-1:45 PDT
06/10/2025Tuesday 10:00-4:45 EDT
  9:00-3:45 CDT
  8:00-2:45 MDT
  7:00-1:45 PDT
06/11/2025Wednesday10:00-4:45 EDT
  9:00-3:45 CDT
  8:00-2:45 MDT
  7:00-1:45 PDT
 
7/7-7/9
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07/07/2025Monday 10:00-4:45 EDT
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  8:00-2:45 MDT
  7:00-1:45 PDT
07/08/2025Tuesday 10:00-4:45 EDT
  9:00-3:45 CDT
  8:00-2:45 MDT
  7:00-1:45 PDT
07/09/2025Wednesday10:00-4:45 EDT
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  7:00-1:45 PDT
 
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Linux Red Hat 9 Administration Essentials Course

 

Overview

This course of training is designed to provide students with the most important and frequently performed administrative operations for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 system. The class will have students performing operations and executing commands on the system throughout the course. Students will have the option of typing commands or cutting and pasting completed commands from the course materials if they would have difficulty typing in entire commands.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for IT professionals who do not have experience working with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, and who are looking for a single three day course that covers the specific administrative operations of the respective Linux systems.

Prerequisites

Previous experience with computer systems which may include the administration of a Windows system.

COURSE OUTLINE

Installing the System

  • Obtaining the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Media
  • Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Partitioning a Disk for System Installation
  • The Physical Installation
  • Final Configuration Steps
  • Installing Updates

A Guided Tour of the GNOME Desktop

  • An Overview of the GNOME Desktop
  • Launching Activities
  • Managing Windows
  • Using Workspaces

An Overview of Cockpit

  • Installing and Enabling Cockpit
  • Accessing Cockpit
  • System, Logs, Storage, Networking, Virtual Machines, Accounts
  • Services, Software Updates, Subscriptions, Terminal

Using the Bash Shell

  • What is a Shell?
  • Gaining Access to the Shell
  • Entering Commands at the Prompt
  • Getting Information about a Command
  • Bash Command-line Editing
  • Working with the Shell History
  • Filename Shorthand
  • Filename and Path Completion
  • Input and Output Redirection
  • Working with Pipes in the Bash Shell
  • Configuring Aliases
  • Environment Variables

Managing Users and Groups

  • User Management from the Command-line

Adding a New Disk Drive to a System

  • Mounted File Systems or Logical Volumes
  • Finding the New Hard Drive
  • Creating Linux Partitions
  • Creating a File System on a Disk Partition
  • An Overview of Journaled File Systems
  • Mounting a File System
  • Configuring to Automatically Mount a File System

Understanding Software Installation and Management Repositories

  • The BaseOS Repository
  • The AppStream Repository

Configuring systemd Units

  • Understanding systemd Targets
  • Understanding systemd Services
  • systemd Target Descriptions
  • Identifying and Configuring the Default Target
  • Understanding systemd Units and Unit Types
  • Dynamically Changing the Current Target
  • Enabling, Disabling and Masking systemd Units

Network Management

  • An Introduction to NetworkManager
  • Installing and Enabling NetworkManager
  • Basic nmcli Commands
  • Working with Connection Profiles
  • Interactive Editing
  • Configuring NetworkManager Permissions

Basic Firewall Configuration with firewalld

  • An Introduction to firewalld
  • Zones
  • Interfaces
  • Services
  • Ports
  • Checking firewalld Status
  • Configuring Firewall Rules with firewall-cmd
  • Identifying and Changing the Default Zone
  • Displaying Zone Information
  • Adding and Removing Zone Services
  • Working with Port-based Rules
  • Creating a New Zone
  • Changing Zone/Interface Assignments
  • Masquerading
  • Adding ICMP Rules
  • Implementing Port Forwarding
  • Managing firewalld from the Cockpit Interface
  • Managing firewalld using firewall-config

Configuring SSH Key-based Authentication

  • An Overview of Secure Shell (SSH)
  • SSH Key-based Authentication
  • Setting Up Key-based Authentication
  • SSH Key-based Authentication from Linux and macOS Clients
  • Managing Multiple Keys
  • SSH Key-based Authentication from Windows 10 Clients

Remote Desktop Access with VNC and rdp

  • Secure and Insecure Remote Desktop Access
  • Installing VNC and rdp
  • Connecting to a VNC Server
  • Configuring and Using rdp

Using NFS to Share Files with Remote Systems

  • Ensuring NFS Services are running
  • Configuring the Firewall to Allow NFS Traffic
  • Specifying the Folders to be Shared
  • Accessing Shared Folders
  • Mounting an NFS Filesystem on System Startup
  • Unmounting an NFS Mount Point

Sharing Files with a Windows Systems using Samba

  • Samba and Samba Client
  • Installing a Samba System
  • Configuring the Firewall to Enable Samba
  • Configuring the smbconf File
  • Configuring the [global] Section
  • Configuring a Shared Resource
  • Removing Unnecessary Shares
  • Configuring SELinux for Samba
  • Creating a Samba User
  • Testing the smbconf File
  • Starting the Samba and NetBIOS Name Services
  • Accessing Samba Shares
  • Accessing Windows Shares

Setting Up a Web Server

  • Requirements for Configuring a Web Server
  • Installing the Apache Web Server Packages
  • Configuring the Firewall
  • Port Forwarding
  • Starting the Apache Web Server
  • Testing the Web Server
  • Configuring the Apache Web Server for Your Domain
  • The Basics of a Secure Web Site
  • Configuring Apache for HTTPS

Adding a New Disk to a Volume Group and Logical Volume

  • An Overview of Logical Volume Management (LVM)
  • Volume Group (VG)
  • Physical Volume (PV)
  • Logical Volume (LV)
  • Physical Extent (PE)
  • Logical Extent (LE)
  • Getting Information about Logical Volumes
  • Adding Additional Space to a Volume Group from the Command-Line
  • Adding Additional Space to a Volume Group using Cockpit

Adding and Managing Swap Space

  • What is Swap Space?
  • Recommended Swap Space for RHEL
  • Identifying Current Swap Space Usage
  • Adding a Swap File to a System
  • Adding Swap as a Partition
  • Adding Space to a LVM Swap Volume
  • Adding Swap Space to the Volume Group

Creating and Managing KVM Virtual Machines

  • Installing KVM Virtualization
  • An Overview of KVM
  • KVM Hardware Requirements
  • Preparing Linux for KVM Virtualization
  • Verifying the KVM Installation
  • Installing the Cockpit Virtual Machines Module
  • Creating a Virtual Machine
  • Installing a small Linux system

 

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