Exam RH302
| Exam Readiness Checklist | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official Certification Objective | Study Guide Coverage | Ch # | Pg# | Prerequisite | RHCT | RHCE |
| Red Hat Exam Prerequisite Skills | ||||||
| Use standard command line tools (e.g., ls, cp, mv, rm, tail, and cat, etc.) to create, remove, view, and investigate files and directories | Basic File Operations and Manipulation | 1 | 19 | * | ||
| Use grep, sed, and awk to process text streams and file | Basic File Operations and Manipulation | 1 | 19 | * | ||
| Use a terminal-based text editor, such as vim or nano, to modify text files | Basic Linux Knowledge | 1 | 8 | * | ||
| Use input/output redirection | Shells | 1 | 26 | * | ||
| Understand basic principles of TCP/IP networking, including IP addresses, netmasks, and gateways for IPv4 and IPv6 | Basic TCP/IP Networking | 1 | 38 | * | ||
| Use su to switch user accounts | System Administration | 1 | 34 | * | ||
| Use passwd to set passwords | Basic Security | 1 | 30 | * | ||
| Use tar, gzip, and bzip2 | System Administration | 1 | 34 | * | ||
| Configure an e-mail client on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Other Basic Skills as Defined in the Exam Prep Guide | 1 | 49 | * | ||
| Use text and/or graphical browser to access HTTP/HTTPS URLs | Other Basic Skills as Defined in the Exam Prep Guide | 1 | 49 | * | ||
| Use lftp to access FTP URLs | Other Basic Skills as Defined in the Exam Prep Guide | 1 | 49 | * | ||
| RHCT Troubleshooting and System Maintenance Skills | * | |||||
| Boot systems into different run levels for troubleshooting and system maintenance | Troubleshooting Strategies | 16 | 728 | * | ||
| Diagnose and correct misconfigured networking | Network Configuration | 7 | 331 | * | ||
| Diagnose and correct hostname resolution problems | Understanding DNS: Zones, Domains, and Delegation | 11 | 559 | * | ||
| Configure the X Window System and a desktop environment | X Window System (entire chapter) | 14 | 649 | * | ||
| Add new partitions, filesystems, and swap to existing systems | Partitioning Hard Disks; Managing Filesystems; Advanced Partitioning: Software RAID; Advanced Partitioning: Logical Volume Management | 4, 8 | 185, 196, 410, 417 | * | ||
| Use standard command-line tools to analyze problems and configure system | Entire book | all | * | |||
| RHCE Troubleshooting and System Maintenance Skills | ||||||
| Use the rescue environment provided by first installation CD | Troubleshooting Strategies | 16 | 728 | * | ||
| Diagnose and correct boot loader failures arising from boot loader, module, and filesystem errors | The GRUB Bootloader, Managing Filesystems, The Basics of the Kernel, Required RHCE Troubleshooting Skills | 3, 4, 8, 16 | 147, 196, 377, 742 | * | ||
| Diagnose and correct problems with network services (see the following Installation and Configuration skills for a list of these services) | 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 | 329, 443, 493, 557, 585, 613, 649, 691 | * | |||
| Add, remove, and resize logical volumes | Configuring Partitions, RAID, and LVM; Advanced Partitioning: Logical Volume Management | 2, 8 | 96, 417 | * | ||
| Diagnose and correct networking service problems where SELinux contexts are interfering with proper operation | 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 | 329, 443, 493, 557, 585, 613, 649, 691 | * | |||
| RHCT Installation and Configuration Skills | ||||||
| Perform network OS installation | Configuring a Network Installation | 2 | 81 | * | ||
| Implement a custom partitioning scheme | Configuring Partitions, RAID, and LVM | 2 | 96 | * | ||
| Configure printing | The CUPS Printing System | 7 | 341 | * | ||
| Configure the scheduling of tasks using cron and at | Automating System Administration: cron and at | 7 | 354 | * | ||
| Attach system to a network directory service, such as NIS or LDAP | Network Authentication Configuration: NIS and LDAP | 6 | 313 | * | ||
| Configure autofs | Filesystem Management and the Automounter | 4 | 200 | * | ||
| Add and manage users, groups, and quotas, and File Access Control Lists | User Account Management, The Basic User Environment, Setting Up and Managing Disk Quotas | 6 | 273, 285, 290 | * | ||
| Configure filesystem permissions for collaboration | Creating and Maintaining Special Groups | 6 | 301 | * | ||
| Install and update packages using rpm | The Red Hat Package Manager, More RPM Commands | 5 | 222, 227 | * | ||
| Properly update the kernel package | New Kernels, the Easy Way | 8 | 388 | * | ||
| Configure the system to update/install packages from remote repositories using yum or pup | Adding and Removing RPM Packages with yum and pirut, Managing Updates with Pup and the Red Hat Network (RHN) | 5 | 238, 234 | * | ||
| Modify the system boot loader | New Kernels, the Easy Way; Kernel Sources | 8 | 388, 392 | * | ||
| Implement software RAID at install-time and runtime | Configuring Partitions, RAID, and LVM; Advanced Partitioning: Software RAID | 2, 8 | 96, 410 | * | ||
| Use /proc/sys and sysctl to modify and set kernel runtime parameters | The Basics of the Kernel | 8 | 377 | * | ||
| Use scripting to automate system maintenance tasks | Automating System Administration: cron and at | 7 | 329 | * | ||
| RHCE Installation and Configuration Skills | ||||||
| For HTTP/HTTPS, install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | The Apache Web Server, Virtual Hosts, Apache Access Configuration | 9 | 444, 466, 456 | * | ||
| For SMB, install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | Samba Services | 10 | 516 | * | ||
| For NFS, install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | Configuring a Network File System (NFS) Server, Client-side NFS | 10 | 494, 509 | * | ||
| For FTP, install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | The File Transfer Protocol and vsFTPd | 10 | 512 | * | ||
| For Web proxy, install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | The Squid Web Cache Proxy | 9 | 476 | * | ||
| For SMTP, install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | Electronic Mail (entire chapter) | 12 | 585 | * | ||
| For IMAP/IMAPS/POP3, install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | Reception with Dovecot | 12 | 589 | * | ||
| For SSH, install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | The Secure Shell Package | 13 | 620 | * | ||
| For DNS (caching name server, slave name server), install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | Domain Name Service (entire chapter) | 11 | 557 | * | ||
| For NTP, install, configure SELinux support, configure to start on reboot for basic operation and host- and user-based security | The Network Time Protocol (NTP) | 13 | 634 | * | ||
| Configure hands-free installation using Kickstart | Using Kickstart to Automate Installation | 5 | 244 | * | ||
| Implement logical volumes at install-time | Configuring Partitions, RAID, and LVM | 2 | 96 | * | ||
| Use iptables to implement packet filtering and/or NAT | Firewalls and Packet Filtering using netfilter, Network Address Translation | 15 | 697, 703 | * | ||
| Use PAM to implement user-level restrictions | Pluggable Authentication Modules | 6 | 305 | * | ||
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