Red Hat Services Management and Automation
Red Hat Services Management and Automation (RH358) is designed for IT professionals with some experience managing Linux systems, who want to learn more about how to manage and deploy network services that are included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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RH358
Red Hat Services Management and Automation
You will learn how to manually install, configure, and manage basic configurations of these services, and then use Ansible to automate your work in a scalable, repeatable manner.
This Red Hat course (RH358) is perfect for IT folks who already know their way around Linux and want to level up their skills in managing and deploying essential network services on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
You’ll start by getting hands-on with manually setting up, tweaking, and running these services. Think of it as learning the fundamentals. Then, you’ll discover the power of Ansible to automate these tasks, making your work much more efficient and consistent across your systems.
The course uses the latest versions of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (2.4) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (9.4), so you’ll be learning with the most up-to-date tools.
5 – 10 Course Topic
In this course, you’ll get practical experience setting up and managing a bunch of essential network services that come built-in with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Think of it as mastering the core tools your network relies on:
- 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.
Configuring advanced networking for server use cases, including network bonding
Using Ansible to automate the manual deployment and configuration tasks covered in this course
Target Audience:
This Red Hat course (RH358) is for Linux system administrators, platform engineers, developers, and other IT professionals with some Ansible experience. It focuses on learning how to manage and automate the deployment, configuration, and operation of key network services included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Prerequisites for this course:
- RHCSA-level skills with Linux system administration
- Working knowledge of Ansible (RH294 or equivalent skills and experience)
Managing Network Services
Discuss and review key tools and skills needed to manage network services.
Configuring Link Aggregation
Configure and troubleshoot advanced network interface functionality, including network bonds.
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.
Managing DHCP and IP Address Assignment
Explain and configure services that automatically assign IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, including DHCP, DHCPv6, and SLAAC.
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.
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.
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.
Configuring Web Servers
Provide web content from Apache HTTP Server or Nginx web servers, and configure them with virtual hosts and TLS-based encryption.
Providing File-based Network Storage
Provide file-based network-attached storage to clients by using the NFS or SMB protocol.
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.
Business Outcome Statement
This course empowers your IT staff with crucial skills in managing and automating essential services underpinning business-critical applications. This leads to faster deployment times, enhanced reliability, and consistent architectural adherence, ultimately freeing up resources to focus on business improvement and innovation instead of routine operations.
Student Outcome Statement
This course provides essential system administration skills for setting up and managing vital network services commonly used by servers and applications in enterprise data centers. You will develop the ability to manually configure these services and, crucially, learn to create Ansible Playbooks to automate these manual configurations for efficient and scalable deployment.
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