Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) Exam

Para obtener credencial RHCSA, los candidatos deben demostrar las habilidades necesarias para ser un exitoso administrador de Linux a través de una práctica, de dos horas de examen (EX200). Una certificación RHCSA se requiere para ganar Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).

Preparación:

Red Hat recomienda a todos los candidatos a RHCSA consideren la participación de uno o más de sus cursos de formación oficial para ayudarte a preparar. La asistencia a estas clases no es obligatoria, y se puede optar por tomar sólo el examen.

	Boot, reboot, and shutdown the system normally Diagnose and correct problems at boot Boot systems into different runlevels for troubleshooting and system maintenance Use single-user mode to gain access to a system for which the root password is not known Diagnose and correct misconfigured networking settings Diagnose and correct hostname resolution problems Diagnose and address permissions problems and SELinux policy violations Diagnose and correct non-hardware disk storage problems Adding new partitions Logical volumes Filesystems, and swap areas to a system non-destructively Manually open, mount, unmount, and close LUKS-encrypted filesystems Extend existing unencrypted ext4-formatted logical volumes Login or switch user to the root account Use ssh and VNC to access remote systems Locate and read on-line documentation using man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc Locate and analyze system log files Understand how to use grep and regular expressions to analyze text output Access a bash shell prompt Issue commands with correct syntax Use pipelines and I/O redirection Use text editors such as gedit and vim to create and edit text files Manage system resources: identify CPU/memory intensive processes Adjust process priority with renice, kill processes Manage files and directories: create/delete/copy/move Create hard and soft links Use tar, gzip, and bzip2 to archive and compress files Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux manually with the graphical installer from network installation media Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux automatically using Kickstart Configure a physical machine as a RHEL-based virtualization host Manage virtual machines: install/start/stop Configure to start at boot/access a VM's graphical console Manage disk partitions: understand MBR-style partitions (primary,extended,logical); list/create/delete partitions Manage logical volumes: create/remove physical volumes Assign PVs to volume groups, create/delete logical volumes Create and configure LUKS-encrypted partitions Create logical volumes to prompt for password Mount decrypted filesystem at boot Canage ext4 filesystems: create, label and mount Mount automatically at boot (by UUID or label), unmount Mount and unmount CIFS and NFS network filesystems Manually or by configuring autofs Manage network devices: understand basic IP networking/routing Configure IP addresses/default route statically or dynamically Manage name resolution: set local hostname Configure /etc/hosts, configure to use existing DNS server Manage network services: check status, start, stop, configure to start automatically at boot Configure the scheduling of tasks using cron and at Manage local user and group accounts create, delete, change passwords, adjust password aging, adjust group memberships Use network user and group accounts stored on an existing LDAP directory service Manage standard permissions: list, interpret, change ugo/rwx Use sgid directories for collaboration Set and manage Access Control Lists (ACLs) Manage SELinux security: set enforcing/permissive modes  List file and process context Restore default file context, use "booleans" to adjust policy Manage default firewall settings with basic tools Install and update software packages from RHN Install and update software from remote repository Install and update software from the local filesystem Update the kernel package appropriately to ensure a bootable system Modify the system bootloader Configure the system to synchronize system time using remote NTP servers Deploy a VNC server that allows multiple desktops to be shared Deploy file sharing services with HTTP/FTP

A quién va dirigido:

• Administradores de sistemas Red Hat Enterprise Linux experimentados que desean homologar su capacitación
• Estudiantes que han asistido a los cursos Red Hat System Administration I, II o al curso RHCSA Rapid Track
• Administradores de sistemas Linux experimentados que necesitan una certificación, ya sea a instancias de su organización o por ley (directiva DOD 8570)
• Los titulares de RHCSA no vigentes que desean re certificarse como RHCE

Requisitos:

En los objetivos del examen RHCE se incluyen directrices precisas sobre los conocimientos y capacidades que deben demostrar los aspirantes mediante el examen RHCE. También hay información más específica sobre el formato y el contenido del examen. Aconsejamos a todos los candidatos que utilicen esta información para evaluar si están preparados para el examen.

Los resultados de los exámenes se enviarán por correo electrónico a los aspirantes durante los tres días laborables en EE.UU. posteriores a la realización del examen.