Administrator
Understand and use essential tools
Operate running systems
Configure local storage
Create and configure file systems
Deploy, configure, and maintain systems
Manage users and groups
Manage security
Understand core components of Ansible
Inventories
Modules
Variables
Facts
Plays
Playbooks
Configuration files
Use provided documentation to look up specific information about Ansible modules and
commands
Install and configure an Ansible control node
Install required packages
Create a static host inventory file
Create a configuration file
Create and use static inventories to define groups of hosts
Manage parallelism
Configure Ansible managed nodes
Create and distribute SSH keys to managed nodes
Configure privilege escalation on managed nodes
Validate a working configuration using ad hoc Ansible commands
Script administration tasks
Create simple shell scripts
Create simple shell scripts that run ad hoc Ansible commands
Create Ansible plays and playbooks
Know how to work with commonly used Ansible modules
Use variables to retrieve the results of running a command
Use conditionals to control play execution
Configure error handling
Create playbooks to configure systems to a specified state
Use Ansible modules for system administration tasks that work with:
Software packages and repositories
Services
Firewall rules
File systems
Storage devices
File content
Archiving
Scheduled tasks
Security
Users and groups
Work with roles
Create roles
Download roles from an Ansible Galaxy and use the
Use advanced Ansible features
Create and use templates to create customized configuration files
Use Ansible Vault in playbooks to protect sensitive data
Create and use templates to create customized configuration files Work with Ansible variables and facts
Create and work with roles Download roles from an Ansible Galaxy and use them Manage parallelism
Use Ansible Vault in playbooks to protect sensitive data Use provided documentation to look up specific
information about Ansible modules and commands. As with all Red Hat performance-based exams,
configurations must persist after reboot without intervention.
If you are a Red Hat Certified System Administrator and would like to become a Red Hat Certified Engineer, you must complete the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam (EX294), which emphasizes automation skills and is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. To help you prepare, we recommend taking our Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294) course before attempting the associated exam.
If you’re not yet an RHCSA, you can start your journey by getting certified. By learning Linux system administration skills, you will develop a foundation that builds on your automation knowledge if you choose to pursue the RHCE credential. The Red Hat Certified System Administrator track includes: