Marine Corps COOL Snapshot - Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Renewal Period: 3 years

The Red Hat, Inc., Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) credential measures actual competency via a performance-based evaluation of knowledge in system administration of a wide range of deployment scenarios and environments. Candidates must pass a realistic performance-based lab exam that evaluates ability to: understand and use essential tools, operate running systems, configure local storage, create and configure file systems, deploy/configure/maintain systems, manage users, and groups, and manage security.

More information can be found on the certifying agency's website.

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

The following Marine Corps Enlisted MOSs provide training and/or experience that contributes to attaining this credential:

Enlisted Occupation	Occupation Type	Related As
1711 Offensive Cyberspace Operator	MOS	Other
1721 Defensive Cyberspace Operator	MOS	Other
1799 Cyberspace Chief	MOS	Other
2629 Signals Intelligence/ Electronic Warfare/Cyberspace Operations Technician	MOS	Other
2651 Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems Engineer	MOS	Other

The following civilian occupations are related to this credential:

	Civilian Job	Job Family	Bright Outlook	Registered Apprenticeship	Local Salary Info
	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	Computer and Mathematical			find local salary

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Attainability:

Eligibility Requirements

Credential Prerequisite
Experience
Education
Training
Membership
Other
Fee

Note: This credential may have multiple options for a Service member to meet eligibility requirements. Requirements listed here are based on the minimum degree required.

Exam Requirements (View Details)

Exam
Written Exam
Oral Exam
Practical Exam
Performance Assessment

Exam Administration (View Details)

In-person exam
Remote proctored on-line exam
Third-party test vendor

RECERTIFICATION SUMMARY

Renewal Period: 3 years

Continuing Education
Exam
Continuing Education OR Exam
Fee
Other

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

Red Hat, Inc.

100 E. Davie Street
Raleigh, NC 27601

Phone: (888) 733-4281

Fax: (919) 546-9924
Email: rhcecert@redhat.com

Practical Exam

Understand and Use Essential Tools

Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax
Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.)
Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text
Access remote systems using SSH
Log in and switch users in multiuser targets
Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2
Create and edit text files
Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories
Create hard and soft links
List, set, and change standard ugo/rwx permissions
Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc

Operate Running Systems

Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally
Boot systems into different targets manually
Interrupt the boot process in order to gain access to a system
Identify CPU/memory intensive processes and kill processes
Adjust process scheduling
Manage tuning profiles
Locate and interpret system log files and journals
Preserve system journals
Start, stop, and check the status of network services
Securely transfer files between systems

Configure Local Storage

List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks
Create and remove physical volumes
Assign physical volumes to volume groups
Create and delete logical volumes
Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by universally unique ID (UUID) or label
Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap to a system non-destructively

Create and Configure File Systems

Create, mount, unmount, and use vfat, ext4, and xfs file systems
Mount and unmount network file systems using NFS
Extend existing logical volumes
Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration
Configure disk compression
Manage layered storage
Diagnose and correct file permission problems

Deploy, Configure and Maintain Systems

Schedule tasks using at and cron
Start and stop services and configure services to start automatically at boot
Configure systems to boot into a specific target automatically
Configure time service clients
Install and update software packages from Red Hat Network, a remote repository, or from the local file system
Work with package module streams
Modify the system bootloader

Manage Basic Networking

Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
Configure hostname resolution
Configure network services to start automatically at boot
Restrict network access using firewall-cmd/firewall

Manage Users and Groups

Create, delete, and modify local user accounts
Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts
Create, delete, and modify local groups and group memberships
Configure superuser access

Manage Security

Configure firewall settings using firewall-cmd/firewalld
Create and use file access control lists
Configure key-based authentication for SSH
Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux
List and identify SELinux file and process context
Restore default file contexts
Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings
Diagnose and address routine SELinux policy violations

Exam Preparation Resources

There are a number of resources available to help you prepare for the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) examination:

Best Sources

Related Training
- Red Hat Training

An additional resource is O'Reilly Learning Safari Books Online, a searchable digital library that provides online access to thousands of books, training videos and conference sessions. See the Educational Resources section on the Related Sites page here on COOL to learn how to get free access.

Testing Information

Exam Administration
Credential exams may be administered in-person at a testing site, proctored on-line remotely, or have options for both. If an exam is administered through a test vendor, the third-party test vendor box will be checked. The following test administration options apply to the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) credential where checked:
- In-person exam
- Remote proctored on-line exam
- Third-party test vendor

For more information on the Red Hat, Inc. testing process, visit the agency website.

RECERTIFICATION

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Renewal Period: 3 years

The Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) credential has the following recertification information:

If a certification holder earns an RHCSA and then also earns RHCE, both the RHCSA and the RHCE are current for three years from the date RHCE was earned.

A certification holder who has not taken and passed the RHCE can remain current by taking and passing the EX200 RHCSA Certification Exam again before the three-year current window ends.

Additional information regarding recertification can be found on the Red Hat webpage.

Note: Marine Corps COOL will only pay recertification fees for the current year, no arrears will be paid. Voucher requests for recertification fees must be submitted with proof of the current status of the certification (for example, a screen shot of your credentialing agency dashboard or a copy of a current fee receipt).