Red Hat Services Management and Automation with Exam (RH359)

• Linux system administrators, platform engineers, developers, and other IT professionals with some Ansible experience who are interested in learning how to manage and automate the deployment, configuration, and operation of key network services included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

After this course participants should be able to:

• Provide key network services using software included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, including:
  • DNS with Unbound and BIND9
  • IPv4 and IPv6 network autoconfiguration withDHCP and DHCPv6 servers
  • Client email transmission
  • Printing service with IPP Everywhere and CUPS
  • NFS and SMB protocol file sharing
  • SQL database service with MariaDB
  • Web services using Apache HTTPD and Nginx.
• Configure advanced networking for server use cases, including network bonding
• Use Ansible to automate the manual deployment and configuration tasks covered in this course

1. Managing Network Services
Discuss and review key tools and skills needed to manage network services.

2. Configuring Link Aggregation
Configure and troubleshoot advanced network interface functionality, including network bonds.

3. Managing DNS and DNS Servers
Explain the operation of the Domain Name System (DNS), troubleshoot DNS issues, and configure name servers that are caching-only or that are authoritative for a DNS zone.

4. Managing DHCP and IP Address Assignment
Explain and configure services that automatically assign IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, including DHCP, DHCPv6, and SLAAC.

5. Managing Printers and Printing Files
Configure systems to print to network printers that support the IPP Everywhere protocol, and manage existing print queues on Linux systems.

6. Configuring Email Transmission
Discuss how mail servers operate, and configure a server to use system tools and Postfix to send email messages through an outbound mail relay.

7.Configuring MariaDB SQL Databases
Discuss the basic operation of SQL-based relational databases, perform basic SQL queries for troubleshooting, and be able to set up a simple MariaDB database service.

8. Configuring Web Servers
Provide web content from Apache HTTP Server or Nginx web servers, and configure them with virtual hosts and TLS-based encryption.

9. Providing File-based Network Storage
Provide file-based network-attached storage to clients by using the NFS or SMB protocol.

10. Accessing Block-based Network Storage
Configure iSCSI initiators on your servers to access block-based storage devices provided by network storage arrays or Ceph storage clusters.

• RHCSA-level skills with Linux system administration
• Working knowledge of Ansible (RH294 or equivalent skills and experience)

Take Red Hat free assessment to gauge whether this offering is the best fit for your skills Red Hat Skills Assessment

• EX358 Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management and Automation exam - exam voucher included

• Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO374-AU374)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Diagnostics and Troubleshooting (RH342) 

• RH342 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

• Official course book provided to participants