Red hat certified specialist in services management and automation EX358 exam guide : get your certification and prepare for real-world challenges as a red hat certified specialist / Eric McLeroy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLeroy, Eric, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Electronic data processing personnel--Certification--Examinations--Study guides.

Electronic data processing personnel.

Operating systems (Computers)--Examinations--Study guides.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England ; Mumbai : Packt Publishing, [2023]

Biography/History:

McLeroy Eric: Eric McLeroy brings over 15 years of technical expertise and experience in Virtualization, System Administration, Networking, and Automation to his educational works. In addition to his field experience, and certifications, Eric has 3 Masters degrees. Eric knows what it is like to be a certification student, as he has held 18 certifications from Red Hat, Cisco, VMWare, and Microsoft. This experience allows him to understand the experience as a student and focus his educational materials on the needs of those aiming to be certified. Eric also brings his first-hand experience in the tech trenches to ensure his works are practical and will help in your daily job activities of working on mission critical production systems.

Summary:

Gain the skills and knowledge to manage your core network services on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with help of self-tests and practical use cases Key Features Get the EX358 certification with this easy-to-follow guide while preparing for real-life challenges Learn everything you need to know about Linux system administration and automation using Ansible 2.9 Use practical use cases and exam-focused questions to prepare for the certification exam Book Description If you're ready to take the next step in your system engineering career with the EX358, then this book is for you. Packed with all the knowledge and skills that you need to configure and maintain services and applications on the Red Hat Linux 8 (RHEL OS 8) platform, this book will help you ace the exam and thrive at work. Red Hat Certified Specialist in Service Management and Automation will help you build a solid foundation of the most recent and up-to-date exam requirements and practice questions. Throughout the course of the book, you'll get hands-on experience with different technical processes needed to fully administer a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 system. This will include file storage, database management, direct configuration of applications, such as SMB shares, networking. You'll be well equipped with the configuration of essential components like firewall, SELinux, and iSCSI while learning how to automate these tasks using Ansible Automation 2.9 in order to alleviate the burden of completing them by hand. By the end of this book, you'll have covered all essential topics to ace the Red Hat EX358 certification exam and add another feather to your career as a Red Hat Certified Specialist. What you will learn Attain the skills to take and pass the Red Hat EX358 certification exam Become familiar with the ways of leveraging Ansible Core 2.9 Gain deeper knowledge of the Red Hat Linux Networking with DNS, DHCP, and IP addressing Create your own link and master the networking domain through link aggregation creation Set up printers and email services through Linux servers Get up and running with MariaDB SQL databases Explore how to create and control web traffic Who this book is for This book is for you if you want to advance your career by adding the essential Red Hat certificate to your resume. It will be particularly useful for system administrators responsible for managing large enterprise environments, network services and Red Hat Certified Engineers interested in becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA). Before reading this book, you must have a working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ansible Automation and command line usage of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems administration.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Foreword

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Red Hat Linux 8 -Configuring and Maintaining Storage with Automation

Chapter 1: Block Storage - Learning How to Provision Block Storage on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Technical requirements

Setting up GitHub access

Setting up your lab environment

iSCSI block storage - overview of what it is and why we need it

Testing your knowledge

iSCSI block storage - manual provisioning and deployment

iSCSI block storage - Ansible automation playbook creation and usage

Summary

Chapter 2: Network File Storage - Expanding Your Knowledge of How to Share Data

Setting up your lab environment for NFS and SMB

NFS and SMB network storage - the way they work and when to choose one over the other

NFS Ansible Automation playbook creation and usage

SMB storage manual provisioning and deployment

SMB storage Ansible Automation playbook creation and usage

Part 2: Red Hat Linux 8 - Configuring and Maintaining Networking with Automation

Chapter 3: Network Services with Automation - Introduction to Red Hat Linux Networking

Setting up your lab environment for networking

The beginning of your journey into Linux networking!

Getting to know what the different terms mean and how they apply to what you are trying to achieve!

Creating your basic network profile

Automation of network services using Ansible

Chapter 4: Link Aggregation Creation - Creating Your Own Link and Mastering the Networking Domain

Setting up your lab environment for Network Interface Card (NIC) teaming

Getting to know link aggregation.

Creating different types of link aggregation profiles

Taking the headache out of setting up your link aggregation by using Ansible Automation

Chapter 5: DNS, DHCP, and IP Addressing - Gaining Deeper Knowledge of Red Hat Linux Networking

Diving deeper into Linux networking where we look at DNS, DHCP, and static IP addressing

Setting up static IP addresses for times when DHCP is not available but you still need to make that service reachable

Using the basic out-of-the-box DHCP configuration to get online fast when available on your network

Using DHCP at initial interface connectivity provided by an external source

Setting up DHCP server configuration manually to provide DHCP services

Automating DHCP server configuration to provide DHCP services

Learning about the DNS and why you need to know about it

Setting up DNS server configuration manually to provide DNS services

Automating DNS server configuration to provide DNS services

Part 3: Red Hat Linux 8 - Configuring and Maintaining Applications with Automation and a Comprehensive Review with Exam Tips

Chapter 6: Printer and Email - Setting Up Printers and Email Services on Linux Servers

Learning about printer services and setting them up manually

Setting up printer services via Ansible Automation

Learning about email services and setting them up manually

Setting up email services via Ansible Automation

Chapter 7: Databases - Setting Up and Working with MariaDB SQL Databases

Getting started with MariaDB for data collection storage

Installing and configuring MariaDB on RHEL 8 manually

Installing and configuring MariaDB on RHEL 8 using Ansible Automation

Summary.

Chapter 8: Web Servers and Web Traffic - Learning How to Create and Control Traffic

Getting started with web servers and traffic control

Learning to set up web servers manually and control traffic

Learning how to use Ansible Automation to automate web servers and control traffic

Chapter 9: Comprehensive Review and Test Exam Questions

A comprehensive review of all exam objectives and mock exams for you to test your newfound skills

Managing network services

Managing firewall services

Managing SELinux

Managing system processes

Managing link aggregation

Managing DNS

Managing DHCP

Managing printers

Managing email services

Managing a MariaDB database server

Managing web access

Managing NFS

Chapter 10: Tips and Tricks to Help with the Exam

Scheduling your exam

Tips and tricks that can help while taking the test

Index

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Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781803243696

1803243694

OCLC:

1371014961