Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates for the red hat certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening should be able to perform the following tasks: Identify red hat Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and red hat Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selectively update systems based on this information Verify package security and validity Identify and employ standards-based practices for configuring file system security, create and use encrypted file systems, tune file system features, and use specific mount options to restrict access to file system volumes Configure default permissions for users and use special file permissions, attributes, and access control lists (ACLs) to control access to files Install a * The following audiences may be interested in earning the red hat certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening: System administrators responsible for standards-compliant security on red hat enterprise linux systems System administrators responsible for security on red hat enterprise linux systems or who wish to harden systems beyond default configurations rhcEs who wish to ea> red hat certified Architect (rhcA). Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates for the red hat certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening should be able to perform the following tasks: Identify red hat Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and red hat Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selectively update systems based on this information Verify package security and validity Identify and employ standards-based practices for configuring file system security, create and use encrypted file systems, tune file system features, and use specific mount options to restrict access to file system volumes Configure default permissions for users and use special file permissions, attributes, and access control lists (ACLs) to control access to files Install and use intrusion detection capabilities in red hat enterprise linux to monitor critical system files Manage user account security and user password security Manage system login security using pluggable authentication modules (PAM) Configure console security by disabling features that allow systems to be rebooted or powered off using bootloader passwords Configure system-wide acceptable use notifications Install, configure, and manage identity management services and configure identity management clients Configure remote system logging services, configure system logging, and manage system log files using mechanisms such as log rotation and compression Configure system auditing services and review audit reports Use network scanning tools to identify open network service ports and configure and troubleshoot system firewalling As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from red hat certification Central. red hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days. exam results are reported as section scores. red hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites Be a red hat certified System Administrator (rhcSA) or have comparable wor ...

Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates should be able to perform the tasks listed below: Configure a high-availability cluster, using either physical or virtual systems, that: Provides a service fail-over between the nodes Provides a preferred node for the service Selectively fails over based on node characteristics Manage logical volumes in a clustered environment such as: Create volumes and volume groups that are available to all members of a highly-available cluster Create snapshots of logical volumes Configure a GFS file system to: Meet specified size, layout, and performance objectives Support file system quotas * Experienced linux® system administrators responsible for the planning, deployment, and management of more than 1 physical or virtualized server An rhcE interested in earning a red hat certificate of Expertise or rhcA credential Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates should be able to perform the tasks listed below: Configure a high-availability cluster, using either physical or virtual systems, that: Provides a service fail-over between the nodes Provides a preferred node for the service Selectively fails over based on node characteristics Manage logical volumes in a clustered environment such as: Create volumes and volume groups that are available to all members of a highly-available cluster Create snapshots of logical volumes Configure a GFS file system to: Meet specified size, layout, and performance objectives Support file system quotas Configure iSCSI targets and initiators Manage device configuration using udev Create and manage red hat Storage based clusters including: Creating distributed clusters Creating replicated clusters Implementing and utilizing appropriate file systems As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from red hat certification Central. red hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days. exam results are reported as section scores. red hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites Holding a current rhcE certification is recommended. Have red hat enterprise Clustering and Storage Management (RH436) or equivalent experience. Understand that real-world system administration experience is also an important aspect of preparation for the exam. Review exam objectives for the red hat certificate of Expertise in Clustering and Storage Management exam. Recommended courses RH436 - red hat High Availability Clustering ...

Study points for the exam To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates should be able to perform the tasks listed below: Use utilities such as vmstat, iostat, mpstat, sar, gnome-system-monitor, top, powertop and others to analyze and report system and application behavior Configure systems to provide performance metrics using utilities such as Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Use the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) mechanism to implement restrictions on critical system resources Use - proc - sys, sysctl and - sys to examine and modify and set kernel run-time parameters Use utilities such as dmesg, dmidecode, x86info, sosreport etc. to profile system hardware configurations Analyze system and application behavior using tools such as ps, strace, top and Valgrind * Experienced linux system administrators responsible for maximizing resource utilization through performance tuning An rhcE interested in earning red hat certified Architect (rhcA) Study points for the exam To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates should be able to perform the tasks listed below: Use utilities such as vmstat, iostat, mpstat, sar, gnome-system-monitor, top, powertop and others to analyze and report system and application behavior Configure systems to provide performance metrics using utilities such as Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Use the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) mechanism to implement restrictions on critical system resources Use - proc - sys, sysctl and - sys to examine and modify and set kernel run-time parameters Use utilities such as dmesg, dmidecode, x86info, sosreport etc. to profile system hardware configurations Analyze system and application behavior using tools such as ps, strace, top and Valgrind Configure systems to run SystemTap scripts Alter process priorities of both new and existing processes Configure systems to support alternate page sizes for applications that use large amounts of memory Given multiple versions of applications that perform the same or similar tasks, choose which version of the application to run on a system based on its observed performance characteristics Configure disk subsystems for optimal performance using mechanisms such as swap partition placement, I - O scheduling algorithm selection, file system layout and others Configure kernel behavior by altering module parameters Calculate network buffer sizes based on known quantities such as bandwidth and round-trip time and set system buffer sizes based on those calculations Select and configure tuned profiles Manage system resource usage using control groups As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from red hat certification Central. red hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days. exam results are reported as section scores. red hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites red hat recommends that candidates ea> red hat certified System Administrator (rhcSA) or red hat certified engineer (rhcE) before attempting this exam but neither is required. exam candidates should: Be a red hat certified System Administrator (rhcSA) or have comparable work experience and s ...

Study points for the exam To help you prepare, these exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Understand, identify, and work with containerization features Deploy a preconfigured application and identify crucial features such as namespaces, SELinux labels, and cgroups Deploy a preconfigured application with security context constraint capabilities and view the application’s capability set Configure security context constraints Use trusted registries Load images into a registry Query images in a registry Work with trusted container images Identify a trusted container image Sign images View signed images Scan images Load signed images into a registry Build secure container images Perform simple S2I builds Implement S2I bui * System administrators or developers who want to demonstrate their ability to properly secure containers System administrators or developers who are working in a DevOps environment using red hat OpenShift Container Platform red hat certified engineers who wish to become red hat certified Architects Study points for the exam To help you prepare, these exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Understand, identify, and work with containerization features Deploy a preconfigured application and identify crucial features such as namespaces, SELinux labels, and cgroups Deploy a preconfigured application with security context constraint capabilities and view the application’s capability set Configure security context constraints Use trusted registries Load images into a registry Query images in a registry Work with trusted container images Identify a trusted container image Sign images View signed images Scan images Load signed images into a registry Build secure container images Perform simple S2I builds Implement S2I build hooks Automate builds using Jenkins Automate scanning and code validations as part of the build process Control access to OpenShift Container Platform clusters Configure users with different permission levels, access, and bindings Configure OpenShift Container Platform to use red hat Identity Management services (IdM) for authentication Query users and groups in IdM Log into OpenShift Container Platform using an IdM managed account Configure single sign-on (SSO) Install SSO authentication Configure OpenShift Container Platform to use SSO Integrate web applications with SSO Automate policy-based deployments Configure policies to control the use of images and registries Use secrets to provide access to external registries Automatically pull and use images from a registry Use triggers to verify that automated deployments work Manage orchestration Restrict nodes on which containers may run Use quotas to limit resource utilization Use secrets to automate access to resources Configure network isolation Create software-defined networks (SDN) Associate containers and projects with SDNs Configure and manage secure container storage Configure and secure file-based container storage Configure and secure block-based container storage As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from red hat certification Central . red hat does not authorize e ...

Study points for the exam You should be able to accomplish the following grouped tasks without assistance: Understand and use Git Clone a Git repository Update, modify and create files in a Git repository Add those modified files back into the Git repository Manage inventory variables Structure host and group variables using multiple files per host or group Use special variables to override the host, port, or remote user Ansible uses for a specific host Set up directories containing multiple host variable files for some of your managed hosts Override the name used in the inventory file with a different name or IP address Manage task execution Control privilege execution Run selected tasks Transform data with filters and plugins Populate variables with data from external sources using lookup plugins * The red hat certified Specialist in Advanced Automation: Ansible Best Practices exam will be of interest to anyone seeking to demonstrate a broader knowledge and understanding of Ansible best practices, applying Ansible in larger and more complex projects, and using Ansible Tower, including those in these roles: Experienced linux system administrators DevOps engineers Cloud administrators Other IT professionals Study points for the exam You should be able to accomplish the following grouped tasks without assistance: Understand and use Git Clone a Git repository Update, modify and create files in a Git repository Add those modified files back into the Git repository Manage inventory variables Structure host and group variables using multiple files per host or group Use special variables to override the host, port, or remote user Ansible uses for a specific host Set up directories containing multiple host variable files for some of your managed hosts Override the name used in the inventory file with a different name or IP address Manage task execution Control privilege execution Run selected tasks Transform data with filters and plugins Populate variables with data from external sources using lookup plugins Use lookup and query functions to template data from external sources into playbooks and deployed template files Implement loops using structures other than simple lists using lookup plugins and filters Inspect, validate, and manipulate variables containing networking information with filters Delegate tasks Run a task for a managed host on a different host, then control whether facts gathered by that task are delegated to the managed host or the other host Install Ansible Tower Perform basic configuration of Ansible Tower after configuration Manage access for Ansible Tower Create Ansible Tower users and teams and make associations of one to the other Manage inventories and credentials Manage advanced inventories Create a dynamic inventory from an identity management server or a database server Create machine credentials to access inventory hosts Create a source control credential Manage projects Create a job template Manage job workflows Create a job workflow template Work with the Ansible Tower API Write an API scriptlet to launch a job Back up Ansible Tower Back up an instance of Ansible Tower As with all red hat performance-based exams, config ...

The following audiences may be interested in earning the red hat certificate of Expertise in Platform-as-a-Service: System administrators who want to demonstrate their OpenShift enterprise by red hat skills. red hat certified engineers who wish to pursue red hat certified Architect (rhcA). Prerequisites for this exam Candidates for this ...

: Administrators, architects, software developers, and anyone responsible for creating, managing, or using containers, including those who want to demonstrate their understanding of the key concepts and processes underlying the use of containers in mode> software. Developers who wish to containerize software applications. Administrators who ...

Study points for the exam: You should be able to accomplish these tasks without assistance: Access control Create and maintain application plans Configure limits and pricing rules Accounts Create and update user accounts Configure user credentials Send user invitations Maintain group memberships Configure usage rules and information gathered from users Maintain application states and plans Analytics Monitor usage, averages, and top applications Analyze alerts, traffic, and integration errors API authentication Maintain API credentials Configure access tokens Provide access control using OpenID Connect, API key, and - or App_ID, App_Key Pair Configure SSO integration API documentation Configure ActiveDocs using OpenAPI standards Billing Configure payment gateway Config * : Application developers in a DevOps role who are responsible for managing enterprise APIs using 3scale by red hat Administrators or architects in a DevOps role who are responsible for managing enterprise APIs using 3scale by red hat Study points for the exam: You should be able to accomplish these tasks without assistance: Access control Create and maintain application plans Configure limits and pricing rules Accounts Create and update user accounts Configure user credentials Send user invitations Maintain group memberships Configure usage rules and information gathered from users Maintain application states and plans Analytics Monitor usage, averages, and top applications Analyze alerts, traffic, and integration errors API authentication Maintain API credentials Configure access tokens Provide access control using OpenID Connect, API key, and - or App_ID, App_Key Pair Configure SSO integration API documentation Configure ActiveDocs using OpenAPI standards Billing Configure payment gateway Configure credit card policies Configure billing periods Update users billing state Configure billing details and invoice items Issue, charge, and cancel invoices Developer portal Customize developer portal Configure legal terms Configure portal settings Service discovery Add services from an underlying OpenShift cluster Service definition Configure methods and metrics Service integration Configure API gateway to point to private API Promote API gateway to staging and production Customize service authentication settings and service response Create and maintain custom service policies As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. Prerequisites: Possess hands-on experience with the red hat 3scale API Management platform Recommended next exam or course: DO240 - Cloud-Native API Administration with red hat 3scale API Management ...

Study points for the exam can be found here . * : System administrators responsible for managing large enterprise environments System administrators responsible for managing network services red hat certified engineers interested in becoming a red hat certified Architect (rhcA) . Study points for the exam can be found here . Prerequisites: Be a red hat certified engineer (rhcE) or red hat certified System Administrator (rhcSA) , or have comparable work experience and skills. Take our free assessment to find the course that best supports your preparation for this exam. Take RH358 - red hat Services Management and Automation , or have comparable work experience and skills. Recommended next exam or course: DO447 - Advanced Automation: Ansible Best Practices RH342 - red hat enterprise linux Diagnostics and Troubleshooting ...

Study points for the exam To help you prepare, these exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. You should be able to perform these tasks: Install red hat Identity Management (IdM) in a scalable, fault-tolerant environment Create users - groups - policies Install and configure IdM clients Configure roaming - automounted home directories Use REST apis to query IdM Configure Kerberized services Create trust relationships with Active Directory Configure - control policies and user access Configure and manage a certificate authority Back up an IdM infrastructure Configure IdM as LDAP backend for external services such as red hat Satellite Server or red hat Ansible Tower Implement a SSO As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot wit * : These audiences may be interested in becoming a red hat certified Specialist in Directory Services and Authentication: Any red hat certified engineer (rhcE) who wishes to become a red hat certified Architect (rhcA) . System administrators who want to demonstrate the ability to configure authentication services and link other products to those services. Study points for the exam To help you prepare, these exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. You should be able to perform these tasks: Install red hat Identity Management (IdM) in a scalable, fault-tolerant environment Create users - groups - policies Install and configure IdM clients Configure roaming - automounted home directories Use REST apis to query IdM Configure Kerberized services Create trust relationships with Active Directory Configure - control policies and user access Configure and manage a certificate authority Back up an IdM infrastructure Configure IdM as LDAP backend for external services such as red hat Satellite Server or red hat Ansible Tower Implement a SSO As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. Prerequisites: Be a red hat certified System Administrator (rhcSA) or have comparable work experience and skills ( red hat certified engineer (rhcE) certification recommended) Take the red hat Security: Identity Management and Active Directory Integration (RH362) course or have comparable work experience Review the red hat certified Specialist in Directory Services and Authentication exam objectives While not required, experience with these products is also recommended: red hat Satellite Server 6.3 red hat Ansible Tower Microsoft Active Directory Server 2016 ...

Study points for the exam red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance through revisions to this document. Candidates for the rhcSA in red hat OpenStack should be able to perform the following tasks: Install and configure red hat enterprise linux OpenStack Platform Manage users Manage projects Manage flavors Manage roles Set quotas Manage images Configure images at instantiation Add additional compute nodes Manage Swift storage Manage networking Manage Cinder storage * System administrators who want to demonstrate their use of red hat enterprise linux OpenStack Platform skills. red hat certified engineers (rhcE) who wish to pursue red hat certified Architect (rhcA). Study points for the exam red hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance through revisions to this document. Candidates for the rhcSA in red hat OpenStack should be able to perform the following tasks: Install and configure red hat enterprise linux OpenStack Platform Manage users Manage projects Manage flavors Manage roles Set quotas Manage images Configure images at instantiation Add additional compute nodes Manage Swift storage Manage networking Manage Cinder storage Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from red hat certification Central. red hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days. exam results are reported as section scores. red hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites Be rhcSA or have comparable work experience and skills (rhcE would be even better). Have taken the red hat OpenStack Administration (CL210) course or have comparable work experience using red hat enterprise linux OpenStack Platform. Review the rhcSA in red hat OpenStack exam (EX210) objectives. Recommended courses CL210 - red hat OpenStack Administration II: Infrastructure Configuration for Cloud Administrators ...