GL199 · 5 days · 12+ hrs hands-on labs

RHCSA Accelerated Course

Available for RHEL

Accelerate your Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam preparation with this intensive, hands-on course aligned to the EX200 exam objectives on RHEL 9. Designed for experienced Linux users, the course moves at a rapid pace across all RHCSA domains, helping you identify and close gaps in your systems administration skills before exam day.

Topics cover every core RHCSA exam domain in depth: command-line proficiency with Bash and essential tools, user and group administration with password aging, security hardening through standard permissions, FACLs, and SELinux policy management, service control with systemd, boot process management with GRUB2 and dracut, network configuration with NetworkManager and nmcli, and storage administration with LVM, XFS, and /etc/fstab. The course also covers system logging with rsyslog and journalctl, task scheduling with cron and systemd timers, network file systems with NFS and AutoFS, firewall management with firewalld and nftables, and container deployment with Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo. Appendices provide additional coverage of KVM virtualization, Kickstart automated installation, essential command-line tools, regular expressions, and text editing with vim.

With 46 lab exercises across 17 chapters on live RHEL 9 systems, the course builds the performance-based proficiency the RHCSA exam demands. Every chapter pairs focused instruction with hands-on practice, reinforcing real-world administration skills that translate directly to exam scenarios and production environments.

Who Should Attend

Linux system administrators, IT professionals, and support engineers preparing for the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam (EX200) who have existing Linux command-line experience and want to rapidly close knowledge gaps across all RHCSA domains on RHEL 9.

Skills You'll Gain

Access and navigate the command line, switch user contexts with su and sudo, and use essential documentation tools
Manage files, directories, hard links, and symbolic links, and configure standard permissions, special permissions, and file access control lists
Configure and secure OpenSSH for remote access, file transfer, and key-based authentication
Create and administer local user and group accounts with password aging policies
Configure SELinux enforcing and permissive modes, manage file contexts and booleans, and troubleshoot policy violations
Monitor and manage processes using ps, top, kill, and nice, and analyze CPU, memory, and I/O utilization
Install, update, and manage RPM packages, dnf repositories, and kernel updates
Control systemd services and boot targets, configure GRUB2, and recover the boot process
Configure network interfaces, routing, and hostname resolution using nmcli and the ip command
Analyze system logs with rsyslog and journalctl, and schedule recurring tasks with cron and systemd timers
Partition disks, create and maintain filesystems, manage LVM volumes and swap, and mount NFS and CIFS network file systems
Deploy, inspect, and manage rootless containers, images, and pods using Podman

Chapters & Labs

47 labs · 12+ hours hands-on
  1. Accessing the command line 2 labs · 15 min
  2. Managing files from the command line 2 labs · 25 min
  3. Configure and secure OpenSSH service 1 lab · 10 min
  4. Managing local Linux users and groups 2 labs · 25 min
  5. Controlling access to files with Linux file system permissions 1 lab · 20 min
  6. Control access to files with FACLs 2 labs · 35 min
  7. Manage SELinux security 2 labs · 15 min
  8. Monitor and manage Linux processes 1 lab · 10 min
  9. Installing and updating software packages 3 labs · 30 min
  10. Controlling services and daemons 6 labs · 65 min
  11. Managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux networking 3 labs · 30 min
  12. Analyzing and Storing Logs 3 labs · 40 min
  13. Managing storage and file systems 3 labs · 50 min
  14. Scheduling system tasks 2 labs · 15 min
  15. Mounting network file systems 2 labs · 25 min
  16. Linux network communication with firewall 2 labs · 35 min
  17. Container Technology Overview 4 labs · 90 min

Appendices

  • Virtualization and Kickstart
  • Understand and Use Essential Tools
  • Create, view, and edit text files
  • Comprehensive Review Lab

Prerequisites

Familiarity with basic Linux command-line usage, file management, and text editing. Prior experience administering Linux systems is expected. GL120 (Linux Fundamentals) or equivalent hands-on experience recommended. This is not a beginner course.