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RHCSA Tutorial: Red Hat Certified System Administrator Course

Free RHCSA tutorial aligned to the Red Hat EX200 objectives on RHEL 10 — lab setup, ten competency areas, and hands-on lessons for storage, users, services, networking, and SELinux.

  • 50 parts
  • ~697 min total
  • Beginner to Intermediate
  • Updated Aug 2026
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RHCSA Tutorial: Red Hat Certified System Administrator Course
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This syllabus follows the official EX200 objectives for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Start with Before You Begin if you still need RHEL 10 installed and registered, then work through the chapters below in order. Each published lesson links to a hands-on tutorial you can run on your own systems.

Plan for two RHEL 10 virtual machines — one primary lab host and one remote peer for SSH, SCP, NFS, autofs, hostname resolution, SSH keys, and firewalld checks once you reach the SSH lesson. Keep the Linux commands cheat sheet open for quick syntax while you learn. Lessons marked Coming soon in the syllabus are on the roadmap.

The course covers shell and file basics, software management, shell scripting, systemd and processes, storage and filesystems, scheduling and time sync, networking, users and sudo, and SELinux — aligned with the live Red Hat objective list (confirm that page before you sit the exam). Registration and CDN access sit in Before You Begin; package workflows continue in Manage Software. Boot targets, firewalld, and overlapping skills are taught once and cross-linked from the lesson that needs them.

When you finish the core chapters, use the RHCSA cheat sheet for command recap and persistence checks. It is for self-study only — not official Red Hat exam content.

Use Start the course to open Before You Begin, or jump to any published lesson in the syllabus.

What you'll learn

  • Install and register RHEL 10 on lab VMs, and work confidently at the command line
  • Manage packages with DNF and RPM, write RHCSA-sized shell scripts, and operate running systems with systemd
  • Configure GPT partitions, LVM, swap, ext4/XFS/VFAT filesystems, NFS client mounts, and autofs
  • Schedule tasks with cron, at, and systemd timers; synchronize time with chrony; manage GRUB2 on RHEL
  • Configure networking with nmcli, hostname resolution, and firewalld with remote verification
  • Manage local users, groups, password aging, sudo access, SSH keys, umask, and SELinux contexts
  • Review exam-aligned commands with the RHCSA cheat sheet after the core chapters

Prerequisites

  • Basic computer literacy and willingness to work in a text terminal
  • A hypervisor (KVM, VMware, or VirtualBox) with resources for two RHEL 10 virtual machines
  • Red Hat Developer subscription for ISO download and CDN repository access on RHEL labs
  • Two or more extra blank virtual disks on the primary lab VM for storage practice

Syllabus

13 chapters · 50 lessons · ~697 min of reading

  1. 1 Before You Begin — Foundation and Lab Setup 2 lessons
    1. Part 1 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 in a Virtual Machine Coming soon
    2. Part 1 Register RHEL with Subscription Manager 11 min read
  2. 2 Understand and Use Essential Tools 10 lessons
    1. Part 2 Linux Command Line Basics 12 min read
    2. Part 3 Linux Filesystem Hierarchy and Path Navigation 13 min read
    3. Part 4 Create, Copy, Move and Delete Files in Linux 37 min read
    4. Part 5 Create and Edit Text Files from the Linux Command Line 11 min read
    5. Part 6 Linux Input, Output Redirection and Pipes 12 min read
    6. Part 7 Grep and Regular Expressions in Linux 8 min read
    7. Part 8 Create and Extract Tar Archives in Linux 20 min read
    8. Part 9 Hard Links vs Symbolic Links in Linux 9 min read
    9. Part 10 Linux File Permissions and Ownership 13 min read
    10. Part 11 Access Remote Linux Systems with SSH 12 min read
  3. 3 Manage Software 3 lessons
    1. Part 12 Manage Packages and Repositories with DNF 9 min read
    2. Part 13 Query, Install and Verify RPM Packages 9 min read
    3. Part 14 Install and Manage Flatpak Applications 10 min read
  4. 4 Create Simple Shell Scripts 1 lesson
    1. Part 15 Bash Shell Scripting for Linux Administrators 13 min read
  5. 5 Operate Running Systems 9 lessons
    1. Part 16 Boot, Reboot and Shut Down Linux with systemd 14 min read
    2. Part 17 Manage systemd Targets in Linux 12 min read
    3. Part 18 Linux Process Management 11 min read
    4. Part 19 Change Linux Process Priority with nice and renice 8 min read
    5. Part 20 Manage Tuned Performance Profiles 26 min read
    6. Part 21 View and Preserve Linux Logs with journalctl 11 min read
    7. Part 22 Manage Linux Services with systemctl 10 min read
    8. Part 23 Securely Copy Files Between Linux Systems with scp 10 min read
    9. Part 24 Recover Root Access on RHEL 10 14 min read
  6. 6 Configure Local Storage 4 lessons
    1. Part 25 Create GPT Disk Partitions in Linux 8 min read
    2. Part 26 Configure LVM in Linux 13 min read
    3. Part 27 Mount Linux Filesystems with UUID and Labels 12 min read
    4. Part 28 Create and Manage Swap Space in Linux 6 min read
  7. 7 Create and Configure File Systems 4 lessons
    1. Part 29 Create and Mount ext4, XFS and VFAT Filesystems 50 min read
    2. Part 30 Mount and Persist NFS Client Shares in Linux 16 min read
    3. Part 31 Configure autofs in Linux 12 min read
    4. Part 32 Extend an LVM Logical Volume and Filesystem 19 min read
  8. 8 Deploy, Configure, and Maintain Systems 5 lessons
    1. Part 33 Schedule Recurring Tasks with Cron 9 min read
    2. Part 34 Schedule One-Time Linux Tasks with at 33 min read
    3. Part 35 Schedule Tasks with systemd Timers 12 min read
    4. Part 36 Configure Time Synchronization with Chrony 14 min read
    5. Part 37 Configure the GRUB2 Bootloader on RHEL 10 min read
  9. 9 Manage Basic Networking 3 lessons
    1. Part 38 Configure Linux Networking with nmcli 15 min read
    2. Part 39 Configure Hostname Resolution in Linux 10 min read
    3. Part 40 Configure firewalld in Linux 10 min read
  10. 10 Manage Users and Groups 3 lessons
    1. Part 41 Manage Linux Users and Groups 14 min read
    2. Part 42 Configure Password Aging in Linux 8 min read
    3. Part 43 Configure Sudo and Privileged Access in Linux 14 min read
  11. 11 Manage Security 4 lessons
    1. Part 44 Configure Default File Permissions with umask 11 min read
    2. Part 45 Configure SSH Key Authentication 13 min read
    3. Part 46 Manage SELinux Modes and File Contexts 12 min read
    4. Part 47 Configure SELinux Port Labels and Booleans 29 min read
  12. 12 RHCSA Cheat Sheet 1 lesson
    1. Part 48 RHCSA Cheat Sheet 11 min read
  13. 13 Optional RHEL Administration Expansion 4 lessons
    1. Part 49 Install RHEL Automatically with Kickstart 12 min read
    2. Part 50 Manage Containers with Podman 9 min read
    3. Part 51 Understand RHEL Image Mode Coming soon
    4. Part 51 Use RHEL Lightspeed for System Administration Coming soon
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