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 ...

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 these tasks: Install and configure Puppet. Install Puppet servers. Install Puppet nodes. Register Puppet nodes to a Puppet server. Create and maintain Puppet manifests. Create new Puppet manifests. Debug existing Puppet manifests. Create Puppet modules. Create reusable modules. Create modules with classes, name spaces, variables, and conditionals. Create modules that install software on target nodes and deploy configuration files. Use facter to obtain system information. Create custom facts. Use facts to change Puppet behavior. [ - ul * These audiences may be interested in earning the red hat certificate of Expertise in Configuration Management with Puppet: Experienced Linux system administrators responsible for the planning, deployment, and management of multiple physical or virtualized servers Experienced Linux systems administrators responsible for implementing DevOps practices An RHCE interested in earning a red hat certificate of Expertise or red hat certified Architect (RHCA) credential 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 these tasks: Install and configure Puppet. Install Puppet servers. Install Puppet nodes. Register Puppet nodes to a Puppet server. Create and maintain Puppet manifests. Create new Puppet manifests. Debug existing Puppet manifests. Create Puppet modules. Create reusable modules. Create modules with classes, name spaces, variables, and conditionals. Create modules that install software on target nodes and deploy configuration files. Use facter to obtain system information. Create custom facts. Use facts to change Puppet behavior. Create Git repositories. Create and perform simple management of a Git repository. Add files to a Git repository. Apply changes and commit changed files to a Git repository. Implement Puppet in a red hat Satellite 6 environment. Create a Puppet repository on red hat Satellite. Install, configure, and deploy Puppet modules using red hat Satellite. Register Puppet clients to a red hat Satellite server. As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after restart 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 total scores. red hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites Exam candidates should: Hold a current RHCE certification at exam time Have red hat Configuration Management with Puppet (DO405) or equivalent experience Understand that actual system administration experience is also an important aspect of preparation for the exam Review exam objectives for the red hat certificate of Expertise in Configuration Management with Puppet exam Recommende ...

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 have the following skills and abilities: Understand core components of Ansible Inventories Modules Variables Facts Plays Playbooks Configuration files Run ad-hoc Ansible commands Use both static and dynamic inventories to define groups of hosts Utilize an existing dynamic inventory script Create Ansible plays and playbooks Know how to work with commonly used Ansible modules Use variables to retrieve the results of running a commands Use conditionals to control play execution Configure error handling Create playbooks to configure systems to a specified state Selectively run sp * The following audiences may be interested in earning the red hat certificate of Expertise in Ansible Automation: System administrators who need to manage large numbers of systems System administrators who work in a DevOps environment and who wish to automate a large part of their day-to-day workload Developers who have some basic systems administration background and who wish to incorporate automation into their development process A red hat certified Engineer (RHCE) interested in earning a red hat certificate of Expertise or RHCA credential. 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 have the following skills and abilities: Understand core components of Ansible Inventories Modules Variables Facts Plays Playbooks Configuration files Run ad-hoc Ansible commands Use both static and dynamic inventories to define groups of hosts Utilize an existing dynamic inventory script Create Ansible plays and playbooks Know how to work with commonly used Ansible modules Use variables to retrieve the results of running a commands Use conditionals to control play execution Configure error handling Create playbooks to configure systems to a specified state Selectively run specific tasks in playbooks using tags Create and use templates to create customized configuration files Work with Ansible variables and facts Create and work with roles Download roles from an Ansible Galaxy and use them Manage parallelism Use Ansible Vault in playbooks to protect sensitive data Install Ansible Tower and use it to manage systems Use provided documentation to look up specific information about Ansible modules and commands 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 total scores. red hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites Candidates for this exam should: red hat recommends that candidates for the red hat certificate of Expertise in Ansible Automation exam (EX407) have taken Automation with Ansible (DO407) or have equivalent experience working with Ansible to configure systems. red hat also recommends candidates have earned red hat certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or higher or have equivalent systems administration experience. Recom ...

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, review the exam objectives, which highlight the task areas you can expect to see on 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 these tasks: Configure and use red hat JBoss BPM Suite activities, including User Task Script Service Custom work item Business rule task Sub process Define and manipulate red hat JBoss BPM Suite variables, including Global variables Process variables Task variables Mapping variables to activity parameters Understand and use flow control in red hat JBoss BPM Suite business processes, including Understanding the meaning and use of the different start and end events Using gateways to branch process flows Understand the specific benefits and weaknesses of different red hat JBoss BPM Suite proc * Business Analysts, non-technical developers, and experienced developers who are responsible for designing and implementing business processes using red hat JBoss BPM Suite. The exam does not require any Java programming expertise Students who have attended Developing Workflow Applications with red hat JBoss BPM Suite (AD427) course Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives, which highlight the task areas you can expect to see on 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 these tasks: Configure and use red hat JBoss BPM Suite activities, including User Task Script Service Custom work item Business rule task Sub process Define and manipulate red hat JBoss BPM Suite variables, including Global variables Process variables Task variables Mapping variables to activity parameters Understand and use flow control in red hat JBoss BPM Suite business processes, including Understanding the meaning and use of the different start and end events Using gateways to branch process flows Understand the specific benefits and weaknesses of different red hat JBoss BPM Suite process elements, including but not limited to Script vs. work item Stop vs. terminate Handle technical exceptions and process errors Using signal Using error code Triggered by event subprocess Integrate with external processes Familiarize yourself with the official red hat JBoss BPM Suite documentation for the version used in the exam (BPM Suite 6.3). The exam environment includes a snapshot of the official BPM Suite 6.3 docs, so being familiar with them will significantly help if you need to look up anything during the exam. In addition to the official documentation for the product version being tested, there may also be sample files or additional documentation included with the product itself. We will not strip out anything that is normally included, but you will not be able to use the Internet to search for or use other documentation. It s a good idea to keep these restrictions in mind as you study. Make sure you re familiar with, and only rely on, the official product documentation for the version specified. Due to technical limitations in the exam environment, we strongly recommend that you use the +HTML-SINGLE+ version of the docs as that is the version that is easiest to use and view during the exam. Preparation red hat encourages all candidates for the red hat certified specialist in Business Process Design exam (EX427) to consider taking the Developing Workflow Applications with red hat JBoss BPM Suite (AD427) course to help prepare. Attendance in these classes is not required, and you can choose to take just an exam. While attending red hat s classes ca ...

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 for the red hat certified specialist in OpenShift Application Development exam should be able to perform these tasks: Troubleshoot application deployment issues Create custom image streams Use OpenShift secrets and ConfigMaps to inject configuration data into applications Customize existing S2I builder images Implement hooks and triggers Work with multi-container templates Implement application health monitoring As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. * These audiences may be interested in becoming a red hat certified specialist in OpenShift Application Development: Application developers in a DevOps role who are responsible for managing a red hat® OpenShift Container Platform environment Application developers in a DevOps role who are responsible for implementing a red hat OpenShift Container Platform environment Application developers who are responsible for creating containerized applications or converting existing applications into containerized applications 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 for the red hat certified specialist in OpenShift Application Development exam should be able to perform these tasks: Troubleshoot application deployment issues Create custom image streams Use OpenShift secrets and ConfigMaps to inject configuration data into applications Customize existing S2I builder images Implement hooks and triggers Work with multi-container templates Implement application health monitoring 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 US business days. Exam results are reported as total scores. red hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites Candidates for the red hat certified specialist in OpenShift Application Development exam (EX288) should have a basic understanding of container technology. Some programming experience is recommended, but not required. ...

The following audiences may be interested in earning the red hat certified specialist in Messaging Administration Systems administrators responsible for implementing enterprise messaging systems using red hat JBoss AMQ Systems architects designing and managing applications that use enterprise messaging systems based on red hat JBoss AMQ Pr ...

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 Ceph Storage Server Install red hat Ceph Storage Server on both physical and virtual systems Be familiar with the Ansible installation files for Ceph Be able to install a Ceph Storage Server using Ansible Work with existing red hat Ceph Storage Server appliances Be able to change a Ceph Storage Server configuration Add monitor (MON) nodes and object storage device (OSD) nodes Configure red hat Ceph Storage Server Configure a replicated storage pool Store objects in storage pool Store objects within a namespace within a storage pool Create and configure erasure-coded pools Create an erasure-coded pool * The red hat certified specialist in Ceph Storage Administration exam (EX125) tests the knowledge, skills, and ability to install, configure, and manage red hat® Ceph Storage clusters. By passing this exam, you become a red hat certified specialist in Ceph Storage Administration, which also counts toward becoming a red hat certified Architect (RHCA®). 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 Ceph Storage Server Install red hat Ceph Storage Server on both physical and virtual systems Be familiar with the Ansible installation files for Ceph Be able to install a Ceph Storage Server using Ansible Work with existing red hat Ceph Storage Server appliances Be able to change a Ceph Storage Server configuration Add monitor (MON) nodes and object storage device (OSD) nodes Configure red hat Ceph Storage Server Configure a replicated storage pool Store objects in storage pool Store objects within a namespace within a storage pool Create and configure erasure-coded pools Create an erasure-coded pool profile with specified parameters Upload a file to an erasure-coded pool Change default settings in the Ceph configuration files Manage Ceph authentication Create a Ceph client with restricted read or write access to MONs, OSDs, pools, and namespaces Provide block storage with RBD Create a RADOS block device image Obtain information about a RADOS block device image Map a RADOS block device image on a server Use a RADOS block device image Create an RBD snapshot Create an RBD clone Configure RBD mirrors Deploy a RBD mirror agent Configure one-way RBD mirroring in pool mode Configure one-way RBD mirroring in image mode Check the status of the mirroring process Import and export RBD images Export a RADOS block device to an image file Create an incremental RBD image file Import a full RBD image file Import a full RBD image file updated with an incremental RBD image file Provide object storage with RADOSGW Deploy a RADOS gateway Deploy a multisite RADOS gateway Provide object storage using the Amazon S3 API Be able to create a RADOSGW user that will use the S3 clients commands Be able to upload and download objects to a RADOSGW using the S3 client commands Export S3 objects using NFS Provide object storage for Swift Be able to create a RADOSGW user that will use the Swift interface Be able to upload or download objects to a RADOSGW using Swift commands Provide file storage with CephFS Create a Ceph file system Mount a Ceph file system on a client node, persistently Configure C ...

Study points for the exam Use red hat Ansible ® Engine Install red hat Ansible Engine on a control node. Configure managed nodes. Configure simple inventories. Perform basic management of systems. Run a provided playbook against specified nodes. Configure intrusion detection Install AIDE. Configure AIDE to monitor critical system files. Configure encrypted storage Encrypt and decrypt block devices using LUKS. Configure encrypted storage persistence using NBDE. Change encrypted storage passphrases. Restrict USB devices Install USBGuard. Write device policy rules with specific criteria to manage devices. Manage administrative policy and daemon configuration. Manage system login security using pluggable authentication modules (PAMs) Configure password quality requirements. Configure failed login polic * for this exam These audiences may be interested in becoming a red hat certified specialist in Security: Linux: System administrators responsible for managing large enterprise environments System administrators responsible for securing their organization s infrastructure red hat certified Engineers interested in pursuing the red hat certified Architect (RHCA) credential Prerequisites for this exam Be a red hat certified System Administrator or have comparable work experience and skills (red hat certified Engineer would be even better) Review the red hat certified specialist in Security: Linux exam objectives or have comparable work experience using red hat OpenStack Platform. Study points for the exam Use red hat Ansible ® Engine Install red hat Ansible Engine on a control node. Configure managed nodes. Configure simple inventories. Perform basic management of systems. Run a provided playbook against specified nodes. Configure intrusion detection Install AIDE. Configure AIDE to monitor critical system files. Configure encrypted storage Encrypt and decrypt block devices using LUKS. Configure encrypted storage persistence using NBDE. Change encrypted storage passphrases. Restrict USB devices Install USBGuard. Write device policy rules with specific criteria to manage devices. Manage administrative policy and daemon configuration. Manage system login security using pluggable authentication modules (PAMs) Configure password quality requirements. Configure failed login policy. Modify PAM configuration files and parameters. Configure system auditing Write rules to log auditable events. Enable prepackaged rules. Produce audit reports. Configure SELinux Enable SELinux on a host running a simple application. Interpret SELinux violations and determine remedial action. Restrict user activity with SELinux user mappings. Analyze and correct existing SELinux configurations. Enforce security compliance Install OpenSCAP and Workbench. Use OpenSCAP and red hat Insights to scan hosts for security compliance. Use OpenSCAP Workbench to tailor policy. Use OpenSCAP Workbench to scan an individual host for security compliance. Use red hat Satellite server to implement an OpenSCAP policy. Apply OpenSCAP remediation scripts to hosts. As with all red hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. Prerequisites Be a red hat certified System Administrator or have comparable work experience and skills (red hat certified Engineer would be even better) Review the red hat certified specialist in Security: Linux e ...