Document directory
- System Configuration and Management
- Network Services
Exam Objectives
RHCE exam candidates shold consult the RHCSA Exam Objectives document and be capable of RHCSA-level tasks, as some of these skills may be required in order to meet RHCE exam objectives. red Hat reserves the right to add, modify and remove objectives. such changes will be made public in advance through revisions to this document.
RHCE exam candidates shocould be able to accomplish the following without maintenance ance. These have been grouped into several categories.
System Configuration and Management
- Route IP traffic and create static routes
- Use iptables to implement packet filtering and configure network address translation (NAT)
- Use/proc/sys and sysctl to modify and set kernel run-time parameters
- Configure system to authenticate using Kerberos
- Configure a system as an iSCSI initiator that persistently mounts an iSCSI target
- Produce and deliver reports on system utilization (processor, memory, disk, and network)
- Use shell scripting to automate system maintenance tasks
- Configure a system to log to a remote system
- Configure a system to accept logging from a remote system
Network Services
Network services are an important subset of the exam objectives. RHCE candidates shocould be capable of meeting the following objectives for each of the network services listed below:
- Install the packages needed to provide the service
- Configure SELinux to support the service
- Configure the service to start when the system is booted
- Configure the service for basic operation
- Configure host-based and user-based security for the service
RHCE candidates shoshould also be capable of meeting the following objectives associated with specific services:
HTTP/HTTPS
- Configure a virtual host
- Configure private directories
- Deploy a basic CGI application
- Configure group-managed content
DNS
- Configure a caching-only name server
- Configure a caching-only name server to forward DNS queries
- Note: Candidates are not expected to configure master or slave name servers
FTP
- Configure anonymous-only download
NFS
- Provide network shares to specific clients
- Provide network shares suitable for group collaboration
SMB
- Provide network shares to specific clients
- Provide network shares suitable for group collaboration
SMTP
- Configure a mail transfer agent (MTA) to accept inbound email from other systems
- Configure an MTA to forward (relay) email through a smart host
SSH
- Configure key-based authentication
- Configure additional options described in documentation
