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Red Hat Linux Administration Course (RHCSA Preparation)
Behind almost every cloud server is a Linux shell. Over four months you go from your first commands to configuring storage, SELinux, firewalls and services on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the skills tested in the hands-on RHCSA exam.
Why this course
Why Linux comes before cloud
When a cloud application fails, the console usually only tells you that something is wrong. Finding out why means logging in to a Linux server and reading logs, services and permissions. Engineers who can do that are trusted with production access sooner.
The RHCSA is a practical exam: you configure real systems against a clock. We teach the same way, with daily lab work rather than slides.
- Daily lab time on Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.
- Covers the RH124 and RH134 administration topics, plus the advanced services work from RH254.
- Skills that transfer directly to EC2, Azure VMs and container hosts.
Anyone heading for cloud, DevOps or system administration roles, and Windows administrators adding Linux.
Comfort with a keyboard. No programming or prior Linux needed.
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA). The exam is booked and paid through Red Hat and is not part of the course fee.
Linux administrator · Cloud operations engineer · Technical support engineer (Linux)
How the course runs
The plan, in the order we teach it.
- Month 1
The command line, files, help, text editing with Vim, users and groups, file permissions.
- Month 2
Processes, services with systemd, SSH, logs, networking, software packages, archiving.
- Month 3
Storage and LVM, scheduled tasks, ACLs, SELinux, firewalld, shell scripting basics.
- Month 4
Network services (DNS, NFS), boot troubleshooting, timed practice exams and the project.
Your project
Build, harden and hand over a Linux server
Install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server, run a web service on it and lock it down so another engineer could take it over.
From course project to real projectsWhat you hand in
- SSH key login only, with firewalld and SELinux enforcing
- A systemd service that restarts on failure
- Storage on LVM with a tested backup and restore
- A runbook: how to check, fix and recover the server
Syllabus
Curriculum designed by working engineers.
Tools covered
UKIQ certificate. Professional batches include a UKIQ certificate alongside the project you can show in an interview.
01The command line
- Accessing the command line
- Managing files from the command line
- Getting help in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Creating and editing text files with Vim
02Users, processes and services
- Managing local users and groups
- File-system permissions
- Monitoring and managing processes
- Controlling services and daemons
03Access, logs and networking
- Configuring and securing OpenSSH
- Analysing and storing logs
- Managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux networking
- Archiving and copying files between systems
- Installing and updating software packages
04Storage and security
- Partitions, file systems and LVM
- Scheduling future tasks
- Access control lists
- Managing SELinux security
- Managing the firewall
05Advanced services
- Regular expressions with grep
- DNS and network file sharing
- IPv6 networking
- Boot process and troubleshooting
- Kickstart installation
FAQ
Questions before you enrol.
Do I need programming experience?
No. You need patience to practise commands until they stick. Shell scripting is introduced in month 3.
Which Linux do you teach?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the distribution used in the RHCSA exam and in many enterprise and cloud images.
What does the fee include?
₹18,999 covers about 4 months of classes and labs, the project, practice exams and placement assistance. The Red Hat exam fee is separate.