Over 80% of Fortune 500 companies run Red Hat Enterprise Linux — yet a growing skills gap means organizations struggle to find administrators who can build, secure, and maintain hosts with confidence. This Short Course was created to help IT Support and Operations professionals accomplish end-to-end RHEL 10 host administration, from first boot to production compliance. By completing this course, you'll be able to provision enterprise-grade servers, enforce organizational security baselines, and manage system updates safely — skills you can apply at work the very next day. By the end of this course, you will be able to: • Apply RHEL 10 installation and baseline configuration steps to provision storage, networking, and user accounts on a new enterprise host • Evaluate host security posture by configuring SELinux, firewall rules, and SSH settings, then verifying compliance with organizational baselines • Analyze systemd, dnf, and log outputs to plan and execute safe configuration changes while maintaining service uptime This course is unique because it combines hands-on LVM storage, bonded NIC provisioning, SELinux enforcing-mode hardening, and kernel update scheduling into one cohesive workflow tied to real enterprise compliance standards. To be successful in this course, you should have foundational Linux command-line experience and basic familiarity with system administration concepts at a CB2 intermediate level.
Learners apply RHEL 10 installation and baseline configuration steps to provision storage, networking, and user accounts on a new enterprise host.
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3 vidéos1 lecture2 devoirs
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3 vidéos•Total 16 minutes
When the Server Has No Foundation: Why Provisioning Precision Matters•3 minutes
The RHEL 10 Provisioning Blueprint: Storage, Networking, and Users Explained•7 minutes
Configuring LVM Partitions and a Bonded NIC with nmcli on RHEL 10•7 minutes
1 lecture•Total 10 minutes
Key Concepts Reference: Anaconda, LVM, nmcli, and User Administration•10 minutes
2 devoirs•Total 40 minutes
Host Build Record: Document Your LVM, NIC, and User Group Configuration•10 minutes
Module 2: Hardening Host Security — SELinux, Firewall, and SSH
Module 2•1 heure à terminer
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Learners evaluate host security posture by configuring SELinux, firewall rules, and SSH settings, then verifying compliance with organizational baselines using OpenSCAP.
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2 vidéos•Total 14 minutes
Compliance Is Not a Checkbox: Understanding the Enterprise Security Baseline•7 minutes
Configuring SELinux Enforcing Mode, firewall-cmd Zone Rules, and sshd_config Hardening•8 minutes
1 lecture•Total 10 minutes
SELinux Enforcing Mode, firewalld Zones, SSH Cipher Hardening, and OpenSCAP: Concepts and Frameworks•10 minutes
2 devoirs•Total 43 minutes
Compliance Scan Report: Verify SELinux, Firewall, and SSH Settings Against Organizational Baselines•13 minutes
Knowledge Check: Host Security Hardening and Compliance•30 minutes
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