AITS - Redhat Linux Training Institute

Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax
Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.)
Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text
Access remote systems using ssh
Log in and switch users in multiuser targets
Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2
Create and edit text files
Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories
Create hard and soft links
List, set, and change standard ugo/rwx permissions
Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc

Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally
Boot systems into different targets manually
Interrupt the boot process in order to gain access to a system
Identify CPU/memory intensive processes, adjust process priority with renice, and kill processes
Locate and interpret system log files and journals
Access a virtual machine's console
Start and stop virtual machines
Start, stop, and check the status of network services
Securely transfer files between systems

List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks
Create and remove physical volumes, assign physical volumes to volume groups, and create and delete logical volumes
Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by Universally Unique ID (UUID) or label
Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap to a system non-destructively

Configure networking and hostname resolution statically or dynamically
Schedule tasks using at and cron
Start and stop services and configure services to start automatically at boot
Configure systems to boot into a specific target automatically
Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux automatically using Kickstart
Configure a physical machine to host virtual guests
Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems as virtual guests
Configure systems to launch virtual machines at boot
Configure network services to start automatically at boot
Configure a system to use time services
Install and update software packages from Red Hat Network, a remote repository, or from the local file system
Update the kernel package appropriately to ensure a bootable system
Modify the system bootloader

Create, delete, and modify local user accounts
Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts
Create, delete, and modify local groups and group memberships
Configure a system to use an existing authentication service for user and group information

Use network teaming or bonding to configure aggregated network links between two Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems
Configure IPv6 addresses and perform basic IPv6 troubleshooting
Route IP traffic and create static routes
Use firewalld and associated mechanisms such as rich rules, zones and custom rules, to implement packet filtering and configure network address translation (NAT)
Use /proc/sys and sysctl to modify and set kernel runtime parameters
Configure a system to authenticate using Kerberos
Configure a system as either an iSCSI target or initiator that persistently mounts an iSCSI target
Produce and deliver reports on system utilization (processor, memory, disk, and network)
Use shell scripting to automate system maintenance tasks