Enterprise Linux System Administration Exam Study Guide

The Enterprise Linux System Administration Exam Study Guide highlight the training options mapped
to each exam topic to guide students in their preparation to pass the Enterprise Linux System
Administration (1Z0-403!The exam is primarily intended "or implementation consultants that ha#e a high
le#el o" pro"iciency $ith Enterprise Linux including system administration% net$or&ing and security!
The exam o'(ecti#es are de"ined 'y learner or practitioner le#el o" &no$ledge!
Learner-level) *uestions re*uire the candidate to recall in"ormation to deri#e the correct ans$er
Practitioner-level) *uestions re*uire the candidate to deri#e the correct ans$er "rom an
application o" their &no$ledge
+or each exam topic there ha#e 'een identi"ied alternati#e training options that are a#aila'le at ,racle!
-lease note that some o" the training recommended can co#er multiple exam topics!
The exam covers 13 topics.
Topic 1: Installin Enterprise Linux
!"#ectives
.nstall Enterprise Linux on any supported architecture
/reate partitions% so"t$are 0A.1 and L23 storage con"igurations
Select -ac&ages "or .nstallation
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Topic $: %& 'ard(are ) Linux
!"#ectives
5et detailed in"ormation a'out all -/. 6 4S7 de#ices that are
connected to a Linux system
.denti"y% load% unload and con"igure &ernel modules
Tune the running &ernel using the 8proc8 "ilesystem
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Topic 3: %ost*Install System &on+iuration
!"#ectives
Set and maintain the system cloc& $ith date% h$cloc& and 9T-
.nstall% update and remo#e 0-3 pac&ages $ith the rpm 6 yum
commands
/on"igure printers $ith /4-S
/reate and use :ic&start "iles "or automated% hands-o"" installations
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Topic ,: -oot %rocess ) Sys. Init
!"#ectives
/on"igure the 5047 'oot loader
3anage Sys2 .nit scripts% including customi;ing "iles under the
8etc8syscon"ig8 directory to tune Sys2 .nit scripts
/on"igure and use Sys2 runle#els
Shutdo$n 6 re'oot Linux systems
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Topic /: 0ser1Group Administration and 23S
!"#ectives
1escri'e and apply the 4ser -ri#ate 5roup scheme
/reate% delete and con"igure user and system accounts
/reate% delete and con"igure groups
/ustomi;e the -A3 con"iguration
/on"igure and control access to su and sudo
/on"igure Linux systems to use centrali;ed authentication and user
in"ormation stores "or system logins
.mplement a "ile ser#er to share "iles $ith 9+S #3 6 #4
/on"igure the automounter (auto"s allo$ing un-pri#ileged users to mount
"ilesystems on-demand
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Topic 4: 3ilesystem Administration
!"#ectives
<or& $ith de#ice nodes and ude#
-artition hard dri#es a"ter installation
/reate and tune "ilesystems
3ount "ilesystem% including persistent con"iguration in the 8etc8"sta'
"ile
/reate% manage and tune s$ap de#ices
/on"igure% manage% assign and maintain *uotas on "ilesystems
/reate% use and remo#e +ile Access /ontrol Lists (+A/Ls
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Topic 5: L.6 ) 7aid
!"#ectives
/on"igure Logical 2olume 3anager #olume groups and logical
#olumes
/reate and use so"t$are 0A.1 de#ices
5ro$ and shrin& logical #olumes and the "ilesystems on them
4se L23 snapshots to create consistent% relia'le 'ac&ups
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Topic 8: Tas9 Automation ) %rocess Accountin
!"#ectives
4se the at 6 'atch "acilities to run one-time tas&s
3anage cron (o's "or recurring tas&s% 'oth system-$ide and per-
user
/on"igure syslog "or central system logging
2ie$% manage and &ill running processes
3onitor system and application logs on a daily 'asis $ith log$atch
/on"igure process accounting and examine the resulting logs
Limiting and measuring resource usage (ulimit% pam% sar% #mstat%
iostat
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Topic :: &lient 2et(or9in
!"#ectives
/on"igure T/-8.- net$or&ing on Linux systems
/on"igure static routing on a Linux system
Aggregate multiple net$or& lin&s into a single inter"ace #ia the
'onding dri#er=s Etherchannel and >0?!3ad support
/on"igure a Linux system to participate in multiple 2LA9s on a
managed s$itch #ia >0?!1* "rame tagging
/on"igure and maintain a 1@/- ser#er
4sing net$or&ing diagnostics tool (ping%arp%ethtool
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Topic 1;: The < (indo( System
!"#ectives
/reate a $or&ing A ser#er con"iguration
/on"igure the 513 6 :13 display managers
/on"igure A to allo$ remote logins #ia A13/-
Securely deploy 29/
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Topic 11: Security &oncepts
!"#ectives
-er"orm 'asic system hardening 'y minimi;ing the num'er o"
ser#ices that are installed
2ie$ and set SELinux security context la'els
4se T/- <rappers to control net$or& access to local ser#ices
/reate simple% secure 9et"ilter "ire$alls #ia the ipta'les command
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Topic 1$: Linux =ernel &ompilation
!"#ectives
/ompile and install &ernel modules externally "rom the &ernel source
tree
Apply a &ernel patch to add additional support
/on"igure and compile a Linux &ernel "rom source
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Topic 13: Trou"leshootin
!"#ectives
4se standard system commands to gather in"ormation a'out a
running system
0eco#er a damaged 3aster 7oot 0ecord
Enter the 0escue en#ironment
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