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PURPOSE
This guide provides information candidates may use when preparing for the Red Hat
Certified System Administrator (RHCSA®) exam on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.
AUDIENCE
Those who may be interested in earning the RHCSA include:
The performance-based
• Experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills
RHCSA exam (EX200) tests
your knowledge and skill in • Students who have attended Red Hat System Administration I and II and are on the path to earn
areas of system administration RHCSA certification
common across a wide range
• Experienced Linux system administrators who are required to earn RHCSA certification by their
of environments and deploy-
organization or by mandate (DOD 8570 directive)
ment scenarios. You must be
an RHCSA to earn a Red Hat • IT professionals who are on the path to earn RHCE certification
Certified Engineer (RHCE®)
• An RHCE who is noncurrent or who is about to become noncurrent and wants to recertify as
certification. The skills tested in
an RHCE
this exam are the foundation for
system administration across all PREREQUISITES
Red Hat products.
Candidates for this exam should:
An RHCSA certification is • Have either taken the Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) and II (RH134) courses, the RHCSA
earned when an IT professional Rapid Track Course (RH199), or have comparable work experience as a system administrator on
demonstrates the core system- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
administration skills required • Review the Red Hat Certified System Administrator exam (EX200) objectives
in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
environments. IN PREPARATION
Be aware that Red Hat is not responsible for the content or accuracy of other guides, books, online
resources, or any other information provided by organizations or individuals other than Red Hat
Training and Certification when preparing for Red Hat exams.
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• Access remote systems using SSH.
• Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, STAR, gzip, and bzip2.
• Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc.
• Identify CPU/memory intensive processes, adjust process priority with renice, and
kill processes.
• 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 nondestructively.
• Start and stop services and configure services to start automatically at boot.
• Install and update software packages from Red Hat Network Classic1, a remote repository, or
from the local file system.
• Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts.
• Configure a system to use an existing authentication service for user and group information.
MANAGE SECURITY
• Configure firewall settings using firewall-config, firewall-cmd, or iptables.
While attending Red Hat classes can be an important part of your preparation, attending class does
not guarantee success on the exam. Previous experience, practice, and native aptitude are also
important determinants of success.
Many books and other resources on system administration for Red Hat’s products are available.
Red Hat does not endorse any as preparation guides for any exams. Nevertheless, you may find
additional reading helpful to deepen your understanding.
EXAM FORMAT
ABOUT RED HAT
The RHCSA exam is a performance-based evaluation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux system adminis-
Red Hat is the world’s leading tration skills and knowledge. Test takers need to perform a number of routine system administra-
provider of open source
tion tasks and are evaluated on whether you’ve met specific objective criteria. Performance-based
software solutions, using a
testing means that you must perform tasks similar to what you must perform on the job.
community-powered approach
to provide reliable and high- Internet access is not provided during the exam. Outside materials are not permitted.
performing cloud, Linux,
Documentation that ships with Red Hat Enterprise Linux is available during the exam. Red Hat
middleware, storage, and
reserves the right to make changes to the exam format, including timing and the policies above.
virtualization technologies.
Red Hat also offers award- Such changes will be made public in advance through revisions to this document.
winning support, training,
and consulting services. As SCORES AND REPORTING
a connective hub in a global Official scores for exams come exclusively from Red Hat Certification Central. Red Hat does not
network of enterprises, authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the
partners, and open source
exam are usually reported within three U.S. business days.
communities, Red Hat helps
create relevant, innovative Exam results are reported as section scores. Red Hat does not report performance on individual
technologies that liberate items, nor will it provide additional information upon request.
resources for growth and
prepare customers for the RELATED TRAINING
future of IT.
For Windows system administrators
Red Hat System Administration I (RH124)
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key tasks needed to become a full time Linux administrator.
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