Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Earn your Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA®) certification and prove your ability to perform the core system administration skills required in Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.

Who Should Take This Exam?

The RHCSA certification is designed for:

  • Experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills
  • Experienced Linux system administrators who require a certification either by their organization or based on a mandate (DOD 8570 directive)
  • IT professionals who are on the path to becoming a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®)
  • DevOps professionals who wish to demonstrate their expertise with the fundamentals of container technology

Recommended Skills and Knowledge

  • Understand and use essential tools for handling files, directories, command-line environments, and documentation
  • Create simple shell scripts
  • Operate running systems, including booting into different run levels, identifying processes, starting and stopping virtual machines, and controlling services
  • Configure local storage using partitions and logical volumes
  • Create and configure file systems and file system attributes, such as permissions, encryption, access control lists, and network file systems
  • Deploy, configure, and maintain systems, including software installation, update, and core services
  • Manage users and groups
  • Manage security, including basic firewall and SELinux configuration
  • Perform basic container management

Steps to Achieve Your Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

  1. Attend Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) and Red Hat System Administration II (RH134)
  2. OR
  3. Attend Red Hat RHCSA Rapid Track Course (RH199)
  4. Pass the following exams:
  • EX200 - Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam

Red Hat RHCSA Certification Courses

Red Hat System Administration I (RH124)

This course equips you with Linux® administration "survival skills" by focusing on foundational Linux concepts and core tasks. You will learn how to apply command-line concepts and enterprise-level tools.

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5 Day | $4000

Red Hat System Administration II (RH134)

The course goes deeper into core Linux® system administration skills, including storage configuration, security feature management, task control, and installation and deployment of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux.

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5 Days | $5000

Red Hat RHCSA Rapid Track Course (RH199)

This course combines the foundations and applications established and covered in Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) and Red Hat System Administration II (RH134).

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5 Days | $5250

Red Hat RHCSA Exams

EX200 - RHCSA - this performance-based exam tests your knowledge and skill in areas of system administration common across a wide range of environments and deployment scenarios.

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Red Hat RHCSA - Next Steps

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294)

This course will help prepare you for exam EX294 to become a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).

5 Days | $4280