Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHEL 8 RHCE)

By Matthew Pearson

Everything you need to become a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHEL 8 RHCE).

20 hours
  • 75 Lessons
  • 23 Hands-On Labs

About the course

The Red Hat Certified Engineer course will prepare you for the certification exam from Red Hat. This certification is intended to be earned by a current Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA). This course will prepare you for the performance-based certification exam by Red Hat that is intended to demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and experience as a senior system administrator who is responsible for Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.

This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.

  • Chapter 1 4 Lessons Introduction 8:34

    An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses

    1:19

    About the Course

    3:22

    About the Author

    0:27

    About the Exam

    3:26
  • Chapter 2 12 Lessons Basic Red Hat Certified Administrator Skills 2:22:29

    Understand and Use Essential Tools (Part 1)

    10:36

    Understand and Use Essential Tools (Part 2)

    9:45

    Operate Running Systems

    13:55

    Configure Local Storage

    7:56

    Create and Configure File Systems

    12:39

    Deploy, Configure, and Maintain systems

    12:38

    Manage Users and Groups

    12:44

    Manage Security (Part 1)

    7:56

    Manage Security (Part 2)

    9:20

    Working with Essential Red Hat Linux System Administration Tools

    15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Working with Essential Red Hat Linux System Administration Tools - yum

    15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Working with Essential Red Hat Linux System Administration Tools - Storage (VDO)

    15:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 3 11 Lessons Understand Core Components of Ansible 2:31:24

    Inventories

    10:15

    Modules

    3:04

    Variables

    3:08

    Facts

    3:38

    Plays and Playbooks

    2:31

    Configuration Files

    8:48

    Understand Core Components of Ansible - Inventories and Facts

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Understand Core Components of Ansible - Software Management

    15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Understand Core Components of Ansible - Modules

    15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Understand Core Components of Ansible - Playbooks

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Understand Core Components of Ansible - Variables

    15:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 4 3 Lessons Install and Configure an Ansible Control Node 30:49

    Install Required Packages

    9:53

    Create a Static Host Inventory File

    12:46

    Create a Configuration File

    8:10
  • Chapter 5 3 Lessons Configure Ansible Managed Nodes 52:26

    Create and Distribute SSH Keys to Manage Nodes and Configure Privilege Escalation

    9:00

    Validate a Working Configuration Using Ad Hoc Ansible Commands

    13:26

    Configure Ansible Managed Nodes

    30:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 6 3 Lessons Script Administration Tasks 48:15

    Create Simple Shell Scripts

    10:57

    Create Shell Scripts That Run Ad Hoc Ansible Commands

    7:18

    Scripting Administration Tasks with Ansible

    30:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 7 8 Lessons Create Ansible Plays and Playbooks 3:27:59

    Know How to Work with Commonly Used Ansible Modules

    14:17

    Use Variables to Retrieve the Results of Running a Command

    8:25

    Use Conditionals to Control Play Execution

    15:19

    Configure Error Handling

    10:03

    Create Playbooks to Configure Systems to a Specified State

    9:55

    Ansible Commonly Used Modules

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Ansible Complex Conditional Usage (Variables, Conditionals, Error Handling)

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Ansible to Get Clients to a Specific State

    45:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 8 17 Lessons Use Ansible Modules for System Administration Tasks 4:35:32

    Software Packages and Repositories

    9:56

    Services

    6:28

    Firewall Rules

    9:13

    Storage Devices

    12:08

    File Content

    13:03

    File Systems

    7:48

    Archiving

    9:24

    Scheduled Tasks

    8:26

    Security

    10:29

    Users and Groups

    8:37

    Using Ansible Modules to Manage Security in Your Environment

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Ansible Modules to Manage File Content in Your Environment

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Ansible Modules to Manage Users and Groups in Your Environment

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Ansible Modules to Manage Services in Your Environment

    15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Ansible Modules to Manage Filesystems in Your Environment

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Ansible Modules to Manage Archiving in Your Environment

    15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Ansible Modules to Manage Scheduled Tasks in Your Environment

    15:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 9 3 Lessons Create and Use Templates to Create Customized Configuration Files 41:09

    Ansible Variables

    12:54

    Ansible Templates

    13:15

    Using Templates with Ansible

    15:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 10 3 Lessons Create and Work with Roles 31:54

    Understanding Roles

    10:12

    Creating and Using Roles

    12:23

    Ansible Galaxy

    9:19
  • Chapter 11 1 Lesson Managing Parallelism 6:11

    Parallelism with Ansible

    6:11
  • Chapter 12 3 Lessons Protect Sensitive Data in Playbooks with Ansible Vault 59:34

    Ansible Vault

    7:10

    Using Ansible Vault in a Playbook

    7:24

    Securing a Playbook with Ansible Vault

    45:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 13 2 Lessons Ansible Documentation 15:44

    Local Documentation

    7:29

    Documentation on the Web

    8:15
  • Chapter 14 1 Lesson Final Practice Exam 2:45:00

    Final Practice Review RHCE8

    2:45:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 15 1 Lesson Conclusion 4:38

    Conclusion

    4:38

What you will need

  • The Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification must be obtained before you will be awarded the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification.

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

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