RHCSA objectives

I am at first making list of Rhcsa objectives so that you can refer them easily. These are taken directly from Red hat website.

Understand and Use Essential Tools


Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax

Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.)

Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text


Access remote systems using ssh and VNC

Log in and switch users in multi-user runlevels

Archive, compress, unpack and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2


Create and edit text files

Create, delete, copy and move files and directories

Create hard and soft links

List, set and change standard ugo/rwx permissions


Locate, read and use system documentation including man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc .

[Note: Red Hat may use applications during the exam that are not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the purpose of evaluating candidate's abilities to meet this objective.]

Operate Running Systems


Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally

Boot systems into different runlevels manually

Use single-user mode to gain access to a system


Identify CPU/memory intensive processes, adjust process priority with renice, and kill processes


Locate and interpret system log files

Access a virtual machine's console

Start, stop and check the status of network services

Configure Local Storage


List, create, delete and set partition type for primary, extended, and logical partitions

Create and remove physical volumes, assign physical volumes to volume groups, create and delete logical volumes


Create and configure LUKS-encrypted partitions and logical volumes to prompt for password and mount a decrypted file system at boot

Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by Universally Unique ID (UUID) or label

Add new partitions, logical volumes and swap to a system non-destructively


Create and Configure File Systems

Create, mount, unmount and use ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems


Mount, unmount and use LUKS-encrypted file systems

Mount and unmount CIFS and NFS network file systems

Configure systems to mount ext4, LUKS-encrypted and network file systems automatically

Extend existing unencrypted ext4-formatted logical volumes

Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration


Create and manage Access Control Lists (ACLs)

Deploy, Configure and Maintain Systems


Configure networking and hostname resolution statically or dynamically


Schedule tasks using cron

Configure systems to boot into a specific runlevel automatically

Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux automatically using Kickstart

Configure a physical machine to host virtual guests

Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems as virtual guests


Configure network services to start automatically at boot


Configure a system to run a default configuration HTTP server

Configure a system to run a default configuration FTP server


Install and update software packages from Red Hat Network, a remote repository, or from the local filesystem


Update the kernel package appropriately to ensure a bootable system. Modify the system bootloader

Configure a system to run a default configuration NTP server and synchronize time using other NTP peers


Manage Users and Groups

Create, delete, and modify local user accounts


Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts

Create, delete and modify local groups and group memberships

Configure a system to use an existing LDAP directory service for user and group information


Manage Security

Configure firewall settings using system-config-firewall or iptables

Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux

List and identify SELinux file and process context

Restore default file contexts

Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings

Diagnose and address routine SELinux policy violations