Study points for the exam RHCSA exam candidates should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. These have been grouped into several categories. Understand and use essential tools Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.) Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text Access remote systems using ssh Log in and switch users in multiuser targets Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2 Create and edit text files Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories Create hard and soft links List, set, and change standard ugo wx permissions Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in - usr - share - doc Note: Red Hat may use applications during the exam that are not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the purpose of evaluating candidate s abilities to meet thi * Experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills Students who have attended Red Hat System Administration I and II and are on the path to ea> RHCSA certification Experienced Linux system administrators who require a certification either by their organization or based on a mandate (DOD 8570 directive) IT professionals who are on the path to ea> RHCE certification An RHCE who is noncurrent or who is about to become noncurrent and wants to recertify as an RHCE Study points for the exam RHCSA exam candidates should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. These have been grouped into several categories. Understand and use essential tools Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.) Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text Access remote systems using ssh Log in and switch users in multiuser targets Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2 Create and edit text files Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories Create hard and soft links List, set, and change standard ugo wx permissions Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in - usr - share - doc Note: Red Hat may use applications during the exam that are not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the purpose of evaluating candidate s abilities to meet this objective. Operate running systems Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally Boot systems into different targets manually Interrupt the boot process in order to gain access to a system Identify CPU - memory intensive processes, adjust process priority with renice, and kill processes Locate and interpret system log files and journals Access a virtual machine s console Start and stop virtual machines Start, stop, and check the status of network services Securely transfer files between systems Configure local storage List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks Create and remove physical volumes, assign physical volumes to volume groups, and create and delete logical volumes Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by Universally Unique ID (UUID) or label Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap to a system non-destructively Create and configure file systems Create, mount, unmount, and use vfat, ext4, and xfs file systems Mount and unmount CIFS and NFS network file systems Extend existing logical volumes Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration Create and manage Access Control Lists (ACLs) Diagnose and correct file permission problems Deploy, configure, and maintain systems Configure networking and hostname resolutio ...

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. Install Red Hat Storage Server on both physical and virtual systems and work with existing Red Hat Storage Server appliances Configure a Red Hat Storage Server storage pool Create individual storage bricks on either physical devices or logical volumes Create various Red Hat Storage Server volumes such as: Distributed Replicated Distributed-replicated Stripe-replicated Distributed-striped Distributed-striped-replicated • Format the volumes with an appropriate file system Create Red Hat Storage Server volume snapshots Extend existing storage volumes by adding additional bricks and performing appropriate rebalancing operations * The following audiences may be interested in earning the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Storage: System administrators, architects, and others who need to demonstrate their skills, knowledge, and ability in using Red Hat Storage Server RHCEs interested in pursuing 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. Install Red Hat Storage Server on both physical and virtual systems and work with existing Red Hat Storage Server appliances Configure a Red Hat Storage Server storage pool Create individual storage bricks on either physical devices or logical volumes Create various Red Hat Storage Server volumes such as: Distributed Replicated Distributed-replicated Stripe-replicated Distributed-striped Distributed-striped-replicated • Format the volumes with an appropriate file system Create Red Hat Storage Server volume snapshots Extend existing storage volumes by adding additional bricks and performing appropriate rebalancing operations Configure clients to use Red Hat Storage Server appliance volumes using native and network file systems (NFS) Configure clients to use Red Hat Storage Server appliance volumes using SMB Configure Red Hat Storage Server features including disk quotas and POSIX access control lists (ACLs) Configure IP failover for NFS-and SMB-based cluster services Configure geo-replication services Configure unified object storage Configure Red Hat Storage Server to support Hadoop Troubleshoot Red Hat Storage Server problems Monitor Red Hat Storage Server workloads Perform Red Hat Storage Server management tasks such as tuning volume options, volume migration, stopping and deleting volumes, and configuring server-side quorum 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 Exam candidates should: Be a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or have comparable work experience and skills. Have taken the Red Hat Gluster Storage Administration (RH236) course or have work experience using Red Hat Gluster Storage. Recommended course RH236 - R ...

Study points for the exam Using Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio, you should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. The tasks have been grouped into categories to assist your preparation. Configure and create enterprise-ready web projects Configure database connection and persistence details Include existing components and entities Generate views and view beans from entities Choose between war and ear applications Generate the application scaffold Handle web and enterprise application project structures, including possible configuration file locations Generate and deploy the application using maven or JBoss Tools Work with contexts (CDI) Use the best context lifecycle for a given use case Make good use of Conversation by understanding: Context order used by the container to resolve components and contex * Java™ EE application developers Study points for the exam Using Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio, you should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. The tasks have been grouped into categories to assist your preparation. Configure and create enterprise-ready web projects Configure database connection and persistence details Include existing components and entities Generate views and view beans from entities Choose between war and ear applications Generate the application scaffold Handle web and enterprise application project structures, including possible configuration file locations Generate and deploy the application using maven or JBoss Tools Work with contexts (CDI) Use the best context lifecycle for a given use case Make good use of Conversation by understanding: Context order used by the container to resolve components and context variables Temporary versus long running Conversation promotion Conversation demarcation and propagation Relation between conversations, transactions, and persistence context flushmode Debugging a CDI application (potentially with Arquillian) Manage context content Work with POJO - JEE components Differences between EJB3-based components and POJO-based components Component definition Apply @Named Configure beans.xml Component lifecycle Component - contexts interaction Use of @Inject Understand interceptors Understand events Use @Alternative Use @Decorator Apply qualifier Apply producer Apply dispose Setting component and context variable in particular context using CDI APIs Implement the observer or observed patte> using CDI Implement a transactional conversation having in mind the relation between conversations, transactions, and persistence context flushmode JAAS security-related features, including (list not exhaustive) authentication restriction security events bind authentication methods Access and manage identity information through API Work with web - JSF components and web navigation Understand Postback lifecycle Use exhaustive navigation capabilities using faces-config Handling of RESTFul approach with JSF2 (viewparam) Use common Richfaces components Configure navigation based on application state Set up JSF input validation Set up JSF input conversion Use Expression Language (EL) Understand message bundle and locales Choose and configure JSF components Efficiently handle exceptions Implement success and error messages ...

Study points for the exam Using Red Hat JBoss EAP, RHCJA exam candidates should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. The tasks have been grouped into categories to assist your preparation. Install and manage JBoss EAP Install JBoss EAP to a specific location on a system Install additional, operating system specific native libraries to enhance JBoss EAP performance Configure minimal security requirements for accessing and managing JBoss EAP Access and manage JBoss EAP using the provided tools Configure and start a multi-node, multi-server JBoss EAP domain spanning at least two hosts with multiple servers per host Configure JBoss EAP domains, hosts and servers Create and remove JBoss EAP domains, hosts and servers Start, monitor and stop individual JBoss EAP domains, hosts and servers Configure Java ™ memory usage at the host, server group and server level Configure JBoss EAP to suppor * IT professionals who want to ea> a credential that shows they have the skills and knowledge needed to install, configure, monitor, manage, and deploy applications to Red Hat JBoss EAP: Application server systems administrators Application administrators Application developers Deployment managers System architects Quality assurance engineers Study points for the exam Using Red Hat JBoss EAP, RHCJA exam candidates should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. The tasks have been grouped into categories to assist your preparation. Install and manage JBoss EAP Install JBoss EAP to a specific location on a system Install additional, operating system specific native libraries to enhance JBoss EAP performance Configure minimal security requirements for accessing and managing JBoss EAP Access and manage JBoss EAP using the provided tools Configure and start a multi-node, multi-server JBoss EAP domain spanning at least two hosts with multiple servers per host Configure JBoss EAP domains, hosts and servers Create and remove JBoss EAP domains, hosts and servers Start, monitor and stop individual JBoss EAP domains, hosts and servers Configure Java ™ memory usage at the host, server group and server level Configure JBoss EAP to support clustered and HA operation Configure persistent network bindings for JBoss EAP services (both addresses and ports) Configure high-availability clustering using either TCP unicast or UDP multicast networking Secure the communications channels between clustered nodes Configure an Apache based load balancer for handling HTTP session fail over in a HA environment Monitoring and managing JBoss EAP Create and restore configuration snapshots Configure JBoss EAP logging Configure and secure JBoss EAP JMX interface for external monitoring Configuring Java Messaging Service Create and configure JMS topics and queues Secure access to JMS destinations Manage applications Select appropriate JBoss EAP server profiles based on application requirements Configure DataSources (both XA and non-XA compliant) Deploy and undeploy applications Deploy and undeploy additional libraries and drivers Deploy a web application to the root context Configure JBoss Web Connectors Tune and configure JBoss EAP web connector properties as requested Configure Apache integration with JBoss EAP Configure an SSL encrypted connection Configure JBoss EAP security Create, modify, and use security domains Connect JBoss EAP to specified external security sources such as LDAP and DBMS Secure access to JBoss EAP services Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from Red Hat Certification Central ...

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 ...

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. Being able to manage Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (CFME) requires some level of skill with one or more of the underlying cloud and virtualization technologies supported by CFME. In order to provide a defined and manageable scope for the exam, the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Management exam is based on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management, one of the several that CFME supports. Therefore, you should also be able to perform these ancillary tasks with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management: Import virtual machine template images into a pre-configured Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management environment Import ISO image files and template VM images into Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management Create virtual machine images from templates and customize various attributes * Experienced Red Hat CloudForms administrators seeking validation of their skills Students who have attended Red Hat CloudForms Hybrid Cloud Management (CL220) 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. Being able to manage Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (CFME) requires some level of skill with one or more of the underlying cloud and virtualization technologies supported by CFME. In order to provide a defined and manageable scope for the exam, the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Management exam is based on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management, one of the several that CFME supports. Therefore, you should also be able to perform these ancillary tasks with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management: Import virtual machine template images into a pre-configured Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management environment Import ISO image files and template VM images into Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management Create virtual machine images from templates and customize various attributes of the virtual machine You will not be directly evaluated on your ability to perform those ancillary tasks, but the inability to do so will prevent you from being able to perform the actual exam tasks, which include: Perform initial CloudForms management engine configuration via virtual machine console Add Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as a cloud service provider Configure basic CFME settings Create new CFME roles Add CFME users and groups Create and apply smart tags Configure CFME to be able to provision virtual systems via all supported mechanisms Use CFME to provision virtual systems Configure control policies Configure chargeback reporting Configure reporting Perform drift analyses Configure alerts Configure life cycle management provisioning request default values Save the output from reporting and analyses in an external format that can be parsed by other tools 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. Recommended course CL220 - Red Hat CloudForms Hybrid Cloud Management ...

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 thi ...

The Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Development I with exam (JB226) bundle is a combination of the following: Red Hat JBoss Application Administration I (JB248) Red Hat JBoss Certified Administration (RHCJA) exam (ex248) Below you will find a description of each component of the bundle. ...

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. Install Red Hat Storage Server on both physical and virtual systems and work with existing Red Hat Storage Server appliances Configure a Red Hat Storage Server storage pool Create individual storage bricks on either physical devices or logical volumes Create various Red Hat Storage Server volumes such as: Distributed Replicated Distributed-replicated Stripe-replicated Distributed-striped Distributed-striped-replicated • Format the volumes with an appropriate file system Create Red Hat Storage Server volume snapshots Extend existing storage volumes by adding additional bricks and performing appropriate rebalancing operations * The following audiences may be interested in earning the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Storage: System administrators, architects, and others who need to demonstrate their skills, knowledge, and ability in using Red Hat Storage Server RHCEs interested in pursuing 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. Install Red Hat Storage Server on both physical and virtual systems and work with existing Red Hat Storage Server appliances Configure a Red Hat Storage Server storage pool Create individual storage bricks on either physical devices or logical volumes Create various Red Hat Storage Server volumes such as: Distributed Replicated Distributed-replicated Stripe-replicated Distributed-striped Distributed-striped-replicated • Format the volumes with an appropriate file system Create Red Hat Storage Server volume snapshots Extend existing storage volumes by adding additional bricks and performing appropriate rebalancing operations Configure clients to use Red Hat Storage Server appliance volumes using native and network file systems (NFS) Configure clients to use Red Hat Storage Server appliance volumes using SMB Configure Red Hat Storage Server features including disk quotas and POSIX access control lists (ACLs) Configure IP failover for NFS-and SMB-based cluster services Configure geo-replication services Configure unified object storage Configure Red Hat Storage Server to support Hadoop Troubleshoot Red Hat Storage Server problems Monitor Red Hat Storage Server workloads Perform Red Hat Storage Server management tasks such as tuning volume options, volume migration, stopping and deleting volumes, and configuring server-side quorum 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 Exam candidates should: Be a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or have comparable work experience and skills. Have taken the Red Hat Gluster Storage Administration (RH236) course or have work experience using Red Hat Gluster Storage. Recommended course RH236 - R ...

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 thi ...