Hands-on Guide to the Red Hat® Exams: RHCSA¿ and RHCE® Cert Guide and Lab Manual, Rough Cuts
- By Damian Tommasino
- Published Feb 17, 2011 by Pearson IT Certification. Part of the Certification Guide series.
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Description
- Copyright 2011
- Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9-1/8"
- Pages: 600
- Edition: 1st
- Rough Cuts
- ISBN-10: 0-13-268609-0
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-268609-9
This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
Master every topic on Red Hat’s new RHCSA™ and RHCE® exams.
- Assess your knowledge and focus your learning.
- Get the practical workplace knowledge you need!
Start-to-finish RHCSA™ and RHCE® preparation from leading Linux system administrator, IT trainer, and certification expert Damian Tommasino!
Master every RHCSA™ and RHCE® topic!
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 local and network installation
- System services, runlevels, and bootup
- Disks, partitions, and file systems, including LUKS encryption
- Networking
- Package management
- User administration
- Logging, monitoring, and automation
- Kernel updates and tuning
- Security, including SELinux, firewalls, and policies
- Remote access, including SSH
- Apache, Squid, DNS, DHCP, NTP, and email
- NFS and Samba
- Client and network troubleshooting
- KVM virtualization
Test your knowledge, build your confidence, and succeed!
- 22 hands-on RHCSA™ and RHCE® Labs, each with multiple real-world tasks
- Downloadable troubleshooting scripts
- Practical tutorials and real-world tips
- Exam tips
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Command Quick Reference
- Exclusive Red Hat exam prep advice and task lists
- Two full length lab-based practice exams
Damian Tommasino (RHCE, RHCSA, MCSA, CCNA, CCENT, MCP, Security+, Network+, A+) is a Linux system administrator at TradeCard and CEO of Modular Learning Inc., an online IT training company. He blogs on Red Hat, Linux, and security at Security Nut (http://secnut.blogspot.com), and actively contributes to the popular IT exam certification forums at techexams.net.
Sample Content
Table of Contents
Preface xvi
Introduction 3
Chapter 1 Installation 29
Starting the Installation 29
An Older Install with RHEL5 33
The Firstboot Process 37
Verifying the Installation 40
Summary 41
Review Questions 42
Answers to Review Questions 42
Chapter 2 System Initialization 47
The Boot Process 47
Working with GRUB 51
The Config File 52
The GRUB Command Line 54
Runlevels 55
Runlevel Utilities 56
Rescue and Recovery Runlevels 59
Service Management 59
The Upstart Conversion 64
Summary 66
Review Questions 66
Answers to Review Questions 67
Chapter 3 Disks and Partitioning 71
Basic Partitions 71
Creating a Partition 75
Making a Swap Partition 81
Deleting a Partition 83
Logical Volume Manager 85
Creating an LVM Partition 89
Adjusting the Size of LVM Partitions 93
Migrating Data 96
Deleting an LVM Partition 99
Setting Up RAID 101
Creating a RAID Array 102
What to Do When a Disk Fails 105
Deleting a RAID Array 108
Summary 109
Review Questions 109
Answers to Review Questions 109
Chapter 4 File Systems and Such 113
File System Setup 113
Creating a File System 114
Creating a Swap 116
Mounting a File System 119
Extra File System Commands 125
Encryption with LUKS 128
Creating Encrypted Partitions 129
Mounting LUKS at Boot 132