Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management and Automation Exam

What you'll learn

• In addition to the objectives listed below, candidates for the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management and Automation exam should consult the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam objectives and be capable of RHCE-level tasks, as some of these skills may be required in order to meet the objectives for this exam.
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management and Automation candidates should be able to accomplish the following without assistance. Candidates should be prepared to perform these tasks both manually and using Ansible automation.
• Manage Network Services: Configure network clients to use either a dynamically or statically assigned address; Work with both IPv4 and IPv6
• Manage Firewall Services: Configure system firewalls to allow access to specific services or ports
• Manage SELinux: Configure SELinux booleans for a given service, Configure a file or directory's SELinux context
• Manage system processes: Configure system processes to start on boot, Prevent a system process from starting
• Manage Link Aggregation: Create a network bond interface consisting of two network interfaces, Make a network bond interface persistent across boots, Assign a network address to a network bond interface, Configure a bonding runner
• Manage DNS: Configure a caching nameserver; Configure an authoritative nameserver using a partially completed zone file; Configure forward and reverse lookups for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
• Manage DHCP: Configure address assignment within a specified address range, Configure a specific address assignment to a designated host, Configure address assignments for both IPv4 and IPv6
• Manage printers: Create and manage a printer queue for a network printer, Manage existing printer queues
• Manage Email services: Configure an email server to forward email to an outbound mail relay, Use mail clients to read or send email
• Manage a MariaDB database server: Install and configure a basic MariaDB service, Restrict access to a MariaDB server to specific network addresses, Create a MariaDB database, Manage MariaDB database users and access rights, Add records to an existing MariaDB database, Issue simple SQL queries against a MariaDB database, Create a MariaDB backup, Import a MariaDB database from a backup
• Manage HTTPD web access: Install and configure Apache, Install and configure NGINX, Configure an alternate document root, Configure an alternate web access port, Configure name-based virtual hosts, Configure a secure web server (HTTPS), Provide a static cache to speed up HTTP response time, Configure an HTTP HAProxy load balancer, Terminate HTTPS Connections
• Manage iSCSI: Provide and configure iSCSI targets, Configure iSCSI initiators to connect persistently to iSCSI targets, Restrict access to iSCSI services to specific clients and networks
• Manage NFS: Configure persistent NFS exports, Configure an NFS client to mount an NFS export persistently, Restrict access to NFS exports to specific clients and networks
• Manage SMB: Configure SMB shares, Create and manage SMB users, Create SMB only users, Restrict access to SMB shares, Mount a SMB share, Perform a multiuser SMB mount
• Use Ansible to Configure Standard Services: Create and modify playbooks, Understand and utilize inventory files, Use variables in playbooks, Work with RHEL System Roles
• As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove objectives.

Who should attend

• ›System administrators responsible for managing large enterprise environments
• ›System administrators responsible for managing network services
• ›Red Hat Certified Engineers interested in becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect in Enterprise Linux

Preparation

Exam format

Scores and reporting

Recommended next course or exam

• Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO374)