RH124 – Red Hat System Administration I

Course Description

Get started building skills to perform the key tasks needed to become a full-time Linux administrator.

Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) is designed for IT professionals without previous Linux system administration experience. The course provides students with Linux administration competence by focusing on core administration tasks. This course also provides a foundation for students who plan to become full-time Linux system administrators by introducing key command-line concepts and enterprise-level tools. 

This course is the first of a two-course series that helps a computer professional without Linux system administration knowledge to become a fully capable Linux administrator. These concepts are further developed in the follow-on course, Red Hat System Administration II (RH134).

This course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 10.0.

Course Content Summary

• Introduce Linux and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux ecosystem.
• Run commands and view shell environments.
• Manage, organize, and secure files.
• Manage users, groups, and user security policies.
• Control and monitor systemd services.
• Configure remote access by using the web console and SSH.
• Configure network interfaces and settings.
• Manage software by using DNF.

Target Audience

• System administrators, platform engineers, developers, and other IT professionals who have limited Red Hat Enterprise Linux experience but need to perform essential Linux administration tasks on a single server.
• This course is popular in RHA, and is targeted at the student who is planning to become a technical professional using Linux.

Recommended training

• Basic familiarity with computer systems as a user. Previous experience as a Linux user or with system administration of other operating systems might be beneficial.