Course description

Prepare yourself for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 by learning about changes to the operating system

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 New Features for Experienced Linux Administrators (RH354) introduces you to updates in the upcoming Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® release. Intended for experienced Linux system administrators, this course offers a rapid orientation to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 based on the pre-release beta. The offering prepares operators, managers, principal system administrators, and other IT professionals with experience in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for deployments and migrations to the new release.

This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Course content summary

• Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 using the new packaging, modularity, and appstream features.

• Upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 using new tools.
• Perform integrated file system and volume management using Stratis.
• Use Cockpit for system management.
• Create system images with Composer.
• Configure Identity Management using authselect.
• Understand the Wayland graphical display server.
• Deploy containers using the new integrated OCI runtime and tools.
• Configure firewall rules that use the new NFT back end.

Audience for this course

This course is designed to provide a preview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to experienced IT professionals, including:

• Linux system administrators
• DevOps engineers
• Cloud administrators

Prerequisites for this course

• Become a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or demonstrate equivalent knowledge of and experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux