RED HAT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION COURSE CATALOG Asia Pacific

RED HAT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION COURSE CATALOG Asia Pacific

2 Ten Things You Should Know About Red Hat Training 3 Ways to Train 4-5 Certification Tracks 6 RH033 Red Hat Linux Essentials 7 RH133 Red Hat System Administration 8 RH202 Red Hat Certified Technician Exam 9 RH253 Red Hat Linux Networking and Security Administration 10 RH300 RHCE Rapid Track Course (and RHCE exam) 11 RH302 Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Exam 12-13 Red Hat Certified Architect/Enterprise Architect Curriculum 14 RHS333 Enterprise Security: Securing Network Services 15 RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management 16 RH423 Red Hat Enterprise Directory Services and Authentication 17 RH436 Red Hat Enterprise Storage Management 18 RH442 Red Hat Enterprise System Monitoring and Performance Tuning 19 Developer Courses 20 Security Courses/Security-Related Courses 21 Training Manager Resource Center 22 Pre-assessment Tests 23 Red Hat Global Client Services 24 Terms and Conditions

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TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RED HAT TRAINING

1. Industry-acclaimed as the best in Linux. (p. 5) 2. Solid track record: 90,000 students since 1999. 3. Hands-on. Learn by doing. 4. Performance-based certifications. Prove what you can do. (p. 4) 5. The only Linux pre-assessment tests. (p. 22) 6. All instructors are RHCEs. 7. All skill levels, intro to Enterprise Architect. 8. Always up-to-date and accurate. 9. Classes in 25 cities across Asia Pacific, 90 worldwide. 10. No other Linux training program comes close.

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THREE WAYS TO TRAIN Red Hat Training Units

OPEN ENROLLMENT

ONSITE TRAINING

E-LEARNING

Open enrollment courses are offered continually in 25 locations across Asia Pacific and 90 locations worldwide. Red Hat courses are performance-based students have access to at least one dedicated system, and in some courses, as many as five. Instructors are all experienced Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCEs) who are intimately familiar with the course curriculum.

Onsite training is delivered by Red Hat at your facility for teams of 10 to 12 people per class. Red Hatês technical staff will assist your technical staff prior to arrival to ensure the training venue is prepared to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat courses, and/or Red Hat certification exams. Onsites are a great way to train large groups at once. Open enrollment can be leveraged later for incremental training.

No time for class? Red Hatês e-Learning titles are delivered online and cover RHCT and RHCE track skills. Our growing catalog also includes courses on the latest programming languages, scripting and ecommerce.

Course schedules are available at http://www.apac.redhat.com /training/service/dates.php3 For more information, call Red Hat Australia: 1800 733428 Singapore: +65 6490 4200

For more information, visit www.redhat.com/training/ solutions/onsite or call Red Hat Australia: 1800 733428 Singapore: +65 6490 4200

For more information, visit www.apac.redhat.com/ training/elearning

If you need Red Hat training but are uncertain when or where you'll train, training units are the answer. T.U.s act as credits that can be applied to any open enrollment course. A 10-pack of training units can be redeemed for most Red Hat courses including those on the popular Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) track. For more information including a full T.U. redemption chart, visit www.apac.redhat.com/training/ trainingunits

Training Manager Resource Center Looking to enroll multiple students? Our newly created Training Manager Resource Center is just for you. Turn to page 21 for more information. Check it out today: www.redhat.com/training/ solutions/manager

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CERTIFICATION TRACKS Red Hat certifications are indisputably regarded as the best in Linux, and perhaps, according to some, in all of IT. Taught entirely by experienced Red Hat experts, our certification programs measure competency on actual live systems and are in great demand by employers and IT professionals alike. Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) Now entering its third year, Red Hat Certified Technician is the fastest-growing credential in all of Linux. RHCT is the best first step in establishing Linux credentials and is an ideal initial certification for those transitioning from non-UNIX®/ Linux environments.

GOAL: RHCT

No UNIX/Linux experience

Some UNIX/Linux experience Considerable UNIX/Linux onthe-job skills and experience

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Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) RHCEs who seek advanced training can enroll in Enterprise Architect courses and prove their competency with the newly announced Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) certification. RHCA is the capstone certification to Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) and Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), the most acclaimed certifications in the

RH033 Essentials

Some UNIX/Linux experience

No UNIX/Linux experience GOAL: RHCE

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Red Hat Certified Engineer began in 1999 and has been earned by more than 13,000 Linux experts. Called the "crown jewel of Linux certifications," independent surveys have ranked the RHCE program #1 in all of IT.

Linux space. Full details on the five-course Enterprise Architect curriculum can be found on page 12. Choosing the right certification depends on your background and goals. Whether you have advanced, minimal, or no UNIX or Linux experience whatsoever, Red Hat Global Learning Services has a training and certification path that is right for you. Below are the most common tracks for RHCT and RHCE certifications.

RH133 System Administration RH133 System Administration

RH033 Essentials

RH133 System Administration

RH253 Networking and Security Administration

RH302 RHCE Exam

RH133 System Administration

RH253 Networking and Security Administration

RH302 RHCE Exam

RH300 Rapid Track

Red Hat training and certification programs consistently attain the highest possible ratings from customers, publications, and industry analysts alike. • #1, Overall Quality of Program, Education and Test Exams (Certification Mag./Fairfield Research) • RHCE is the "crown jewel of Linux certifications" (CertCities)

• Ranked amongst "Hottest Certifications in IT Today" four years running (CertCities.com) • Red Hat Training and certification programs are "unparalleled in the Linux realm" (UnixReview) • Red Hat certifications most important in all of IT behind Cisco and Microsoft (CRN 2004 Study) • Red Hat certifications lead to second-largest pay increases year to year (CRN 2004 Study)

FREE PRE-ASSESSMENT TESTS Test your Linux smarts and identify your Red Hat course level with our automated pre-assessment tests. Completely free, no obligations, 10 minutes of your time. Turn to page 22 for more details, or go to www.redhat.com/apps/ training/assess.

• "Red Hat certifications continue to grow in prominence and dividends and...will generate even stronger returns as the Linux market grows." (CRN 2004 study)

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RH033

RH033

RED HAT LINUX ESSENTIALS Essential instruction for common command line processes and desktop productivity roles.

COURSE DESCRIPTION The first course for both RHCT and RHCE certification tracks, RH033 is ideal for individuals who have never used Linux or UNIX, and who have no prior command line experience in any other operating system. You are taught the basics of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment, and it prepares you for your future role as a system administrator.

PREREQUISITES User-level experience with any computer system, use of menus, use of any graphical user interface.

GOAL A Red Hat Enterprise Linux power user who can be productive in using and customizing a Red Hat system for common command line processes and

“

Absolutely the best training session I have attended. I will be attending RH133 in the near future.

”

–RH033 student

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desktop productivity roles, and who is ready to learn system administration (RH133).

AUDIENCE Users who are new to Linux and have no prior UNIX or command line skills, who want to develop and practice the basic skills to use and control their own Red Hat Linux system.

COURSE OBJECTIVES • Understand the Linux file system • Issue essential Linux commands from the command line • Open, edit, and save text documents using the vi editor • Understand file access permissions • Customize X Window System • Use regular expression pattern matching and I/O redirection

RH033

RH133 RH133

RHCT

RH133

RH253

RH302

RH133

RH253

RH302

RHCE

RH300

FOLLOW-ON COURSES RH133 Red Hat Linux Sys. Admin. (p. 7) RH253 Red Hat Linux Net. and Sec. Admin. (p. 9) RH300 Red Hat Linux RHCE Rapid Track (p. 10)

RH033: 4 DAYS

RH133

RED HAT LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION (AND RHCT EXAM)

RH033

RH133 RH133

RHCT

RH033

RH133

RH253

RH302

RH133

RH253

RH302

System Administration and Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) certification. COURSE DESCRIPTION RH133 focuses on skills in system administration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, to a level where you can attach and configure a workstation on an existing network. This 4.5-day course provides intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and includes the RH202 RHCT Certification Lab Exam on the last day.

PREREQUISITES

performance-based lab exam that tests actual ability to install, configure, and attach a new Red Hat Enterprise Linux system to an existing production network.

AUDIENCE Linux or UNIX users who understand the basics of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and desire further technical training to begin the process of becoming a system administrator.

RH033 or equivalent skills

RHCE

RH300

• Administer the Linux printing subsystem • Automate tasks with at, cron, and anacron • Back up filesystems to tape and tar archive • Manipulate software packages with RPM • Configure the X Window System and the GNOME desktop environment • Perform basic troubleshooting

FOLLOW-ON COURSES RH253 Red Hat Linux Net. and Sec. Admin. (p. 9) RH300 Red Hat Linux RHCE Rapid Track (p. 10)

COURSE OBJECTIVES GOAL

• Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux interactively and with Kickstart • Configure an NFS client and autofs • Understand system and service initialization • Perform user and group administration • Configure a workstation as a client to NIS, DNS, and DHCP services

Upon successful completion of this course, students will possess basic Linux system administrator knowledge, which can be proved by passing the RHCT Exam. The exam is a

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RH133: 5 DAYS

The course and instructor were excellent. Well done.

”

–S.C. Molen •7•

RH202

RED HAT CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN EXAM The fastest-growing credential in all of Linux.

COURSE DESCRIPTION The RHCT (Red Hat Certified Technician) is a hands-on, performance-based exam testing candidates' actual skills in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Certification Lab Exam is bundled with RH133, but individuals who have mastered the content of RH033 and RH133 can take just the exam.

PREREQUISITES Candidates should consider taking RH033 and RH133 in preparation for the exam, but these courses are not required in order to take it. Candidates are also advised that real-world system administration experience is an important aspect of preparation for the exam, and that

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study without such experience is unlikely to result in success.

GOAL

• People who have taken RH133 and/or RH253 prior to Red Hat's offering of the RHCT certification. Individuals who wish to earn an RHCE and view RHCT as a milestone on that path.

The successful candidate will receive RHCT certification.

FOLLOW-ON COURSES

AUDIENCE

RH253 Red Hat Linux Net. and Sec. Admin. (p. 9) RH300 Red Hat Linux RHCE Rapid Track (p. 10)

• Individuals who have taken the RH300 Red Hat Linux Rapid Track course who might not be ready to undertake the RHCE, but believe they are prepared to take the RHCT • Experienced Linux and UNIX system administrators whose job roles do not involve configuration of networking services and security

EXAM CONTENT The RHCT Exam is a performance-based practical exam comprising: • Troubleshooting and system maintenance • Installation and configuration

RH202: 0.5 DAY

RH033

RH253

RED HAT LINUX NETWORKING AND SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

RH033

RH133 RH133

RHCT

RH133

RH253

RH302

RH133

RH253

RH302

Setup a Red Hat server and configure common network services. COURSE DESCRIPTION

AUDIENCE

FOLLOW-ON COURSES

RH253 arms students with in-depth knowledge needed to configure common Red Hat Enterprise Linux network services. Network and local security tasks are also topics of this course.

Linux or UNIX system administrators who already have some real-world experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems administration, want a first course in networking services and security, and want to build skills at configuring common network services and security administration using Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

RH302 RHCE Certification Exam (p. 11)

PREREQUISITES RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration or equivalent experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, LAN/WAN fundamentals or equivalent, internetworking with TCP/IP or equivalent.

GOAL Upon completion of this course, individuals can set up a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server and configure common network services and security at a basic level.

RHCE

RH300

RH253: 4 DAYS

COURSE OBJECTIVES • Configuration of core networking services including xinetd, BIND, NFS, FTP, Samba, Sendmail, Postfix, Apache, Squid, and others. • Host-based and user-based security mechanisms • PAM • tcp_wrappers • iptables • Cryptographic tools

“

This course was excellent. The teacher was fantastichis depth of knowledge is amazing.

”

–Greg Peters, Future Networks USA •9•

RH033

RH300

RHCE RAPID TRACK COURSE (AND RHCE EXAM)

RH033

RH133 RH133

RHCT

RH133

RH253

RH302

RH133

RH253

RH302

The fastest path to RHCE certification for experienced UNIX/Linux users. COURSE DESCRIPTION

PREREQUISITES

RH300 is designed for experienced UNIX or Linux system administrators or networking specialists. Five days in duration, this course provides intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and includes the RHCE Certification Lab Exam.

RH033, RH133, RH253, or equivalent experience with UNIX. Please do not register for RH300 unless you are experienced with systems administration or are a power user in UNIX or Linux environments.

• 4 days of intensive fast-track training on Red Hat Linux • Hands-on labs, exercises, and daily quizzes • RHCE Exam on day 5

some experience setting up key networking services such as HTTP, DNS, NIS, and DHCP, and who want a fast-track course to prepare for the RHCE Exam.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of this course, individuals will be Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators who have been trained and then tested by means of the RHCE Exam, a realistic performance-based lab exam.

• Hardware and Installation (x86 architecture) • Configuration and administration • Alternate installation methods • Kernel services and configuration • Standard networking services • X Window system • User and host security

AUDIENCE

FOLLOW-ON COURSES

UNIX or Linux system administrators who have significant real-world experience with UNIX or Linux systems administration and

Enterprise Architect curriculum and RHCA certification (p. 12)

GOAL COURSE FEATURES

RH300: 5 DAYS

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RHCE

RH300

RH033

RH302

RED HAT CERTIFIED ENGINEER (RHCE) EXAM The most respected and recognized Linux certification for six years running.

RH033

RH133 RH133

RHCT

RH133

RH253

RH302

RH133

RH253

RH302

RHCE

RH300

COURSE DESCRIPTION RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) stands apart from many other certification programs in the IT sector because of its emphasis on hands-on, performance-based testing of actual skills in Red Hat Linux installation, configuration, debugging, and setup of key networking services. The Certification Lab Exam is bundled with RH300, but if you are already an expert with a current Red Hat Linux system, you may skip the course and just take the exam.

Note: The skills and practical knowledge detailed in the prep guide are important! Participants arriving without a large portion of these skills and without up-to-date experience will be unlikely to pass the certification exam. Please do not sign up for RH302 unless you are experienced with Red Hat Linux systems administration or Red Hat Linux networking, or are a power user in Linux environments.

EXAM CONTENT RHCE Exam is a performance-based practical exam comprising: • Troubleshooting and system maintenance • Installation and configuration

RH302: 1 DAY GOAL The successful candidate will receive the RHCE certification.

AUDIENCE

PREREQUISITES See RH300 course prerequisites (p. 10). For further information, please refer to the RHCE Exam Prep Guide: www.redhat.com/training/rhce/examprep.html

Experienced Linux system administrators

FOLLOW-ON COURSES Enterprise Architect curriculum and RHCA certification (p. 12)

“

The RH300 course and RHCE Exam are the most comprehensive and useful training and certification in the industry.

”

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RED HAT CERTIFIED ARCHITECT (RHCA)/ ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT CURRICULUM Master-level competency. Indisputable proof. The newly announced RHCA is the capstone certification to Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT), the most recognized, acclaimed, and mature certifications in the Linux space. The full Enterprise Architect curriculum provides in-depth, hands-on training for senior Linux system administrators responsible for the deployment and management of many systems in large enterprise environments. A Red Hat Certified Architect has proven the skills required to design and manage Linux and open source architectures for large complex enterprise computing environments. RHCA certification proves competency in the use of Red Hat solutions to provision, manage, and optimize many

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systems from the most powerful missioncritical servers to corporate desktops. The Enterprise Architect curriculum consists of four advanced 400-level courses and an upper-level security course. The courses are all "peer-level," meaning each can be taken by someone with RHCE or equivalent skills. Any order is fine. Some customers find that taking RH401 gives them a good foundation for the other RH400 courses and for the all-around architect-level skills that will help them in deployment of various Linux solutions. RHCA courses feature equipment-intensive classrooms and build on the skills covered in the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

program, which is a prerequisite for all 400-level courses. Prospective course participants who do not possess RHCE certification are strongly advised to take Red Hat's pre-assessments prior to enrolling in any 400-level course. Endorsement Exams and Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) Certification. Each course in the Enterprise Architect curriculum is followed by an endorsement exam on the fifth day. Endorsement exams are performance-based and tests of the comptencies learned in the prior four days of hand-on class. sucessful candidates will receive an endorsement credential proving completion and mastery of the course curriculm. Endorsement exams run up to a

RED HAT CERTIFIED ARCHITECT (RHCA)/ ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT CURRICULUM Master-level competency. Indisputable proof. full day in lenght, and can only be taken by current RHCES. Endorsement exams for RHCA: • EXS333 Security : Network Services [link to page] • EX401 Deployment and Systems Management [link to page] • EX423 Directory Services and Authentication [link to page] • EX436 Storage Management [link to page] • EX442 System Monitoring and Performance Tuning [link to page]

GOAL: RHCA

RHS333 Enterprise Security: Network Services RH423 Directory Services and Authentication

Current RHCEs will obtain Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) certification upon successfully passing all five Enterprise Architect Endorsement exams. An RHCA has proven the skills required to plan, design and manage open source infrastructure in large complex environments consisting of many Linux systems across the enterprise.

RH401 Deployment and Systems Management

RH436 Storage Management

RH442 System Monitoring and Performance Tuning

(classes may be taken in any order)

*Exam dates and availability will be announced on the Red Hat Web site. Check www.redhat.com/training/ enterprisearchitect.

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RHS333

ENTERPRISE SECURITY: SECURING NETWORK SERVICES

RHS333 RH423

RH401

RH436

RH442

RHCA

Security for the most commonly deployed services. COURSE DESCRIPTION

GOAL

FOLLOW-ON COURSES

Red Hat Enterprise Linux has gained considerable momentum as the operating system of choice for deploying network services such as web, ftp, email, and file sharing. Red Hat's RHCE curriculum provides training in deploying these services and on the essential elements of securing them.

This class advances beyond the essential security coverage offered in the RHCE curriculum and delves deeper into the security features, capabilities, and risks associated with the most commonly deployed services.

(can be taken in any order)

PREREQUISITES RH253, RH300, or RHCE certification or equivalent work experience is required for this course. Course participants should already know the essential elements of how to configure the services covered, as this course will be focusing on more advanced topics from the outset.

AUDIENCE The audience for this course includes system administrators, consultants, and other IT professionals responsible for the planning, implementation, and maintenance of network servers. While the emphasis is on running these services on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and the content and labs will assume its use, system administrators and others using proprietary forms of UNIX may also find many elements of this course relevant.

COURSE OBJECTIVES • Mastering basic service security • Understanding cryptography • Logging system activity • Securing BIND and DNS • Network user authentication security • Improving NFS security • The secure shell: OpenSSH • Securing email with Sendmail and Postfix • Managing FTP access • Apache security • Basics of intrusion response

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RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and System Mgmt. (p. 15) RH423 Red Hat Enterprise Directory Services and Authentication (p. 16) RH436 Red Hat Enterprise Storage Mgmt. (p. 17) RH442 Red Hat Enterprise System Monitoring and Performance Tuning (p. 18)

RH253: 4 DAYS

“

[The instructor's] experience was extremely valuable in making the course effective. There are few people out there with over 10 years of Linux experience!

”

–RHS333 student

RH401

RED HAT ENTERPRISE DEPLOYMENT AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

RHS333 RH423

RH401

RH436

RH442

RHCA

Manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments. COURSE DESCRIPTION RH401 is a four-day intensive hands-on lab course in skills and methods critical to large-scale deployment and management of mission-critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, including failover and load-balancing, CVS for system administrators, RPM rebuilding, and performance tuning for specific applications.

PREREQUISITES RH253 at a minimum, RHCE certification preferred, or comparable skills and knowledge. All prospective course participants without RHCE certification are encouraged to verify skills with Red Hat's free online pre-assessment tests.

servers in a variety of roles, and/or manage them for mission-critical applications that require failover and load-balancing. Further, RH401 is benchmarked on expert-level competencies in managing operating systems for enterprise rolesÑthe course teaches how to implement and manage enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments efficiently and effectively in ways that make the entire enterprise deployment manageable by a team.

• Construction of custom RPM packages • Software management with Red Hat Network Proxy Server • Assembling a host provisioning and management system • Performance tuning and analysis • High-availability network load-balancing clusters • High-availability application failover clusters

FOLLOW-ON COURSES (can be taken in any order)

AUDIENCE

GOAL

Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals working in enterprise environments and mission-critical systems.

RH401 trains senior system administrators to manage large numbers of Enterprise Linux

COURSE OBJECTIVES

RHS333 Enterprise Security: Securing Network Services (p. 13) RH423 Red Hat Enterprise Directory Services and Authentication (p. 15) RH436 Red Hat Enterprise Storage Mgmt. (p. 16) RH442 Red Hat Enterprise System Monitoring and Performance Tuning (p. 17)

• Configuration management using CVS

RH401: 4 DAYS

“

[Instructor] does a great job presenting this class; his knowledge of the material is a thing of beauty.

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RH423

RED HAT ENTERPRISE DIRECTORY SERVICES AND AUTHENTICATION

RHS333 RH423

RH401

RH436

RH442

RHCA

Manage and deploy directory services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. COURSE DESCRIPTION RH423 is an intensive course that provides four days of instruction and labs on cross-platform integration of directory services to provide authentication or information service across the enterprise.

PREREQUISITES RH253 at a minimum, RHCE certification preferred, or comparable skills and knowledge. All prospective course participants without RHCE certification are encouraged to verify skills with Red Hat's free online pre-assessment tests.

GOAL RH423 trains senior system administrators to manage and deploy directory services on and for Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. Gaining an understanding of the basic concepts, configuration, and management of LDAP-based services is central to this course. Students will integrate standard network clients and services with the directory service in order to take advantage of its capabilities. We will also look at PAM, the

Pluggable Authentication Modules system, and how it is integrated with services that require authentication and authorization.

RH436 Red Hat Enterprise Storage Mgmt. (p. 16) RH442 Red Hat Enterprise System Monitoring and Performance Tuning (p. 17)

AUDIENCE

RH423: 4 DAYS

Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals working in enterprise environments and mission-critical systems.

COURSE OBJECTIVES • Basic LDAP concepts • How to configure and manage an OpenLDAP server • Using LDAP as a "white pages" directory service • Using LDAP for user authentication and management • Integrating multiple LDAP servers

“

This is the best Red Hat course I have been in. Great content and very well taught.

”

–RH423 student

FOLLOW-ON COURSES (can be taken in any order)

RHS333 Enterprise Security: Securing Network Services (p. 13) RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management (p. 14)

“

Really excellent course that has some meat in it.

”

–Ellie Berriman, Network Appliance

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RH436

RED HAT ENTERPRISE STORAGE MANAGEMENT

RHS333 RH423

RH401

RH436

RH442

RHCA

Deploy and manage Red Hatês cluster file system technology. COURSE DESCRIPTION

AUDIENCE

RH436 provides intensive hands-on experience with the emerging Shared Storage technology delivered by Red Hat Global File System™ (GFS). This four-day course focuses on the implementation of native Red Hat Enterprise Linux technologies included in Red Hat Cluster Suite and GFS.

Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals working in enterprise environments and mission-critical systems.

Systems Management (p. 15) RH423 Red Hat Enterprise Directory Services and Authentication (p. 16) RH442 Red Hat Enterprise System Monitoring and Performance Tuning (p. 18)

COURSE OBJECTIVES

RH436: 4 DAYS

PREREQUISITES RH253 at a minimum, RHCE certification preferred, or comparable skills and knowledge. All prospective course participants without RHCE certification are encouraged to verify skills with Red Hat's free online pre-assessment tests.

GOAL This course is designed to train people with RHCE-level competency on skills required to deploy and manage highly available storage data to the mission-critical enterprise computing environment. Complementing skills gained in RH401, this course delivers extensive hands-on training with the cluster file system, GFS.

• Review Red Hat Enterprise Linux storage management technologies • Data storage design: Data sharing • Cluster Suite overview • Global File System (GFS) overview • GFS management • Modify the online GFS environment: Managing data capacity • Monitor GFS • Implement GFS modifications • Migrating Cluster Suite NFS from DAS to GFS • Re-visit Cluster Suite using GFS

Equipment-intensive: • five servers • storage array

FOLLOW-ON COURSES (can be taken in any order)

RHS333 Enterprise Security: Securing Network Services (p. 13) RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and

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RH442

RED HAT ENTERPRISE SYSTEM MONITORING AND PERFORMANCE TUNING

RHS333 RH423

RH401

RH436

RH442

RHCA

Performance tuning and capacity planning for Red Hat Enterprise Linux COURSE DESCRIPTION RH442 is an advanced four-day hands-on lab course covering system architecture, performance characteristics, monitoring, benchmarking, and network performance tuning.

PREREQUISITES RHCT at a minimum, RHCE certification recommended, or comparable skills and knowledge. All prospective course participants without RHCE certification are encouraged to verify skills with Red Hat's free online pre-assessment tests.

• Methods for testing the effects of performance adjustments (benchmarking) • Open source benchmarking utilities • Methods for analyzing system performance and networking performance • Tuning configurations for specific application loads

• Gathering performance-related data with SNMP • Using open source benchmarking utilities • Network performance tuning • Application performance tuning considerations • Tuning for specific configurations

FOLLOW-ON COURSES (can be taken in any order)

RH442 is aimed at senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals working in enterprise environments and mission-critical systems.

RHS333 Enterprise Security: Securing Network Services (p. 14) RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management (p. 15) RH436 Red Hat Enterprise Storage Mgmt. (p. 17)

COURSE OBJECTIVES

RH442: 4 DAYS

AUDIENCE

GOAL RH442 is designed to teach the methodology of performance tuning and capacity planning for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This class will cover: • A discussion of system architecture with an emphasis on understanding the implications of system architecture on system performance

“

• Overview of system components and architecture as they relate to system performance • Translating manufacturers' hardware specifications into useful information • Using standard monitoring tools effectively to gather and analyze trend information

[RH442] offers information found in no other course anywhere. Thanks for a great course.

”

–RH442 student

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DEVELOPER COURSES

“

After four days of class I am further along than I could have been in two months of self-study and experimentation. Thank you all for a very profitable week.

”

–Don Woerner, Segen Corporation

RHD143 RED HAT LINUX PROGRAMMING ESSENTIALS An intensive hands-on course designed to rapidly train staff in key skills for developing applications and programs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This five-day course provides hands-on training, concepts, demonstrations, with emphasis on realistic labs and programming exercises. Upon completion of the course, students will have learned and practiced the essential skills required to develop programs for Linux systems.

RHD236 RED HAT LINUX KERNEL INTERNALS This course is designed to provide a detailed examination of the Linux kernel architecture, including process scheduling, memory management, file systems, and driving peripheral devices. This five-day course provides hands-on training, concepts, and demonstrations, with emphasis on realistic labs and programming exercises.

RHD221 RED HAT LINUX DEVICE DRIVERS This course is designed to teach experienced programmers how to develop device drivers for Linux systems. Upon completion of the course, students will understand the Linux architecture, hardware and memory management, modularization, and the layout of the kernel source, and will have practiced key concepts and skills for development of character, block, and network drivers.

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SECURITY COURSES

SECURITY-RELATED COURSES

RHS333 ENTERPRISE SECURITY: SECURING NETWORK SERVICES Enterprise Security: Securing Network Services goes beyond the essential security coverage offered in the RHCE curriculum and delves deeper into the security features, capabilities, and risks associated with the most commonly deployed network services such as web, ftp, email, and file sharing based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

RH253 RED HAT LINUX NETWORKING AND SECURITY ADMINISTRATION In this course you will learn how to configure common Red Hat Enterprise Linux network services. Network and local security tasks are also topics of this course. See page 9 for full course detail

See page 14 for full course details.

RH320 APACHE SECURE WEB SERVER ADMINISTRATION This four-day course is for web server administrators who, upon successful completion of the course, will be able to configure and maintain an Apache web server running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, incorporating CGI handlers, SSL security, dynamic content, and customization via modules.

RHS342 DEVELOPING RED HAT FIREWALL SOLUTIONS A four-day technical workshop for Linux and/or UNIX systems administrators and others who want to learn about and acquire security and firewalling concepts and skills based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

RH423 RED HAT ENTERPRISE DIRECTORY SERVICES AND AUTHENTICATION Designed to train people with RHCE competency on skills required to manage and deploy directory services on and for Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. Gaining an understanding of the basic concepts, configuration, and management of LDAP-based services is central to this course. See page 16 for full course details.

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