RH 354 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 New Features for Experience Administrators

Audience:

This course is designed for experienced IT professionals who want a preview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, including: • Linux system administrators • DevOps engineers • Cloud administrators

Prerequisites:

Be certified as a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or demonstrate equivalent knowledge of and experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Description:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 New Features for Experienced Linux Administrators (RH354) introduces you to updates in the upcoming Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® release. Intended for experienced Linux system administrators, this course offers a rapid orientation to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 based on the pre-release beta. The offering prepares operators, managers, principal system administrators, and other IT professionals with experience in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for deployments and migrations to the new release.

This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Course Content Summary:

• Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 using the new packaging, modularity, and appstream features.
• Upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 using new tools.
• Perform integrated file system and volume management using Stratis.
• Use Cockpit for system management.
• Create system images with Composer.
• Configure Identity Management using authselect.
• Understand the Wayland graphical display server.
• Deploy containers using the new integrated OCI runtime and tools.
• Configure firewall rules that use the new NFT back end.

Course Objectives:

As a result of attending this course, you will be prepared to work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and take advantage of key new features of the operating system.

You should be able to demonstrate these skills:

• Describe key features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
• Install or upgrade an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 server to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
• Manage software with the upgraded Yum package manager and select specific software versions through module streams.
• Use new storage tools to compress and deduplicate data and efficiently manage the storage stack from hardware to file system.
• Adjust to changes to core components of the operating system, including Python 3, Wayland, and Chronybased NTP service.
• Work with the new nftables-backed firewall system.
• Develop and test portable, standards-based containers with the new runtime and toolchain.
• Configure servers efficiently with the updated web-based remote interface and with Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Roles.

This course is delivered remotely via our partnership with Sunset Learning.