80% hands-on lab time
Learners spend most of the program actively configuring, breaking, and repairing real RHEL systems rather than watching slides.
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DEVOPS & LINUX ENGINEERING · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
RHCSA EX200: Red Hat Certified System Administrator Prep
A 14-week, lab-intensive program that builds real RHEL administration skills and prepares learners to pass the performance-based RHCSA EX200 exam with confidence.
Intermediate14 weeks56 hoursHybrid
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COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
Exam-style performance tasks
Every week ends with a verifiable, timed lab that mirrors the format and pressure of the actual EX200 exam.
Disposable recovery VMs
Dedicated recovery machines let learners practice boot failures and system repairs without risking their main lab environment.
YOUR LEVEL
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert
WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
The skills you will have by the end of this course.
- Work efficiently from the shell using redirection, pipes, regular expressions, SSH, archives, and permissions.
- Install, query, and troubleshoot RPM and Flatpak software from configured repositories.
- Write parameterized Bash scripts with conditionals, loops, functions, and meaningful exit statuses.
- Diagnose and recover RHEL systems through boot targets, logs, services, and process management.
- Configure partitions, LVM, swap, persistent mounts, and multiple filesystem types including XFS and ext4.
- Manage users, groups, sudo access, and SSH key-based authentication under least-privilege principles.
- Configure networking, firewalld, SELinux contexts, scheduled tasks, and basic container workloads.
- Complete multi-domain administration tasks independently and document a safe verification and rollback path.
CONDENSED SYLLABUS
See the structure without reading a textbook.
Modules stay collapsed for quick scanning. Open any module to inspect its topics.
01RHEL Lab Setup & Essential Tools5 lessons+
RHEL filesystem layout and shell efficiency
Using man, info, and help documentation
SSH access and secure sessions
Redirection, pipes, and grep/regex
Archives and hard/soft links
02Files, Text & Permissions5 lessons+
vim essentials and file editing workflows
Locating files with find
Text processing utilities
ugo/rwx permissions, umask, and ownership
Introduction to ACLs and access troubleshooting
03Software Management5 lessons+
RPM package fundamentals
dnf and repository configuration
Package queries and update strategies
Diagnosing failed package transactions
Flatpak repositories and applications
04Bash Automation5 lessons+
Variables, quoting, and positional parameters
Command substitution and test conditions
Loops and functions
Exit codes and script-safe logging
Building a parameterized administration script
05Boot & System Recovery5 lessons+
systemd targets and boot process
Normal reboot and shutdown procedures
GRUB awareness and boot parameters
Emergency recovery workflow
Root access recovery in a controlled lab
06Processes, Services & Logs5 lessons+
Process inspection with ps and top
Signals, kill, and scheduling priority
tuned profiles and systemctl service management
journalctl and persistent logging
Secure file transfer and diagnostic evidence collection
07Storage: Partitions, Filesystems, LVM & Swap5 lessons+
GPT partitions and storage diagnosis
XFS, ext4, and VFAT filesystem creation
Persistent mounts with UUID/labels and /etc/fstab
Physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes
Extending live filesystems and configuring swap
08Networking, Storage Access & Scheduling5 lessons+
NFS client mounts and autofs configuration
File-permission troubleshooting with ACLs
NetworkManager and IPv4 configuration
Hostname, DNS, and time synchronization
Scheduling with at, cron, and systemd timers
09Users, Authentication & Security5 lessons+
Local users, groups, and supplementary groups
Password aging and sudo configuration
Key-based SSH authentication
firewalld zones, services, and ports
SELinux modes, contexts, restorecon, and booleans
10Containers & Integrated Exam Preparation5 lessons+
Container fundamentals and image basics
Podman-style workflows: ports, volumes, lifecycle
Integrated multi-domain objective drills
Timed EX200-style mock exam 1
Timed EX200-style mock exam 2 and remediation plan
UPCOMING GROUPS
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STARTS
To be announced
Hybrid- Schedule
- To be announced
- Format
- Hybrid
- Duration
- 14 weeks · 56 hours
- Language
- Confirm with advisor
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