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A step-by-step series on Red Hat Enterprise Linux from zero: installation, the terminal, the file system, users, packages, systemd, networking, storage, SELinux and Podman. A friendly path toward RHCSA.

Topics

Fundamentals & installation

What Linux is, the Red Hat story, installing RHEL.

Terminal & file system

The shell, commands, the directory tree, pipes and vim.

Users & permissions

root, sudo, groups, rwx and the special bits.

Packages & services

RPM, dnf, systemd and processes.

Networking, storage & security

SSH, LVM, SELinux and firewalld.

Containers & certification

Podman and the RHCSA / RHCE path.

Series roadmap

2 of 15 parts published

The series follows the RHCSA syllabus loosely, but it is written for someone sitting at a Linux machine for the first time. Titles may change a little as the parts get written.

  1. 1 Red Hat: What Is Red Hat and How Does It Relate to Linux?
  2. 2 Red Hat: Installing RHEL Step by Step
  3. 3 The Terminal and the Shell
    coming soon
  4. 4 The Linux File System
    coming soon
  5. 5 Redirection, Pipes and vim
    coming soon
  6. 6 Users and Permissions
    coming soon
  7. 7 Packages: RPM and dnf
    coming soon
  8. 8 Services with systemd
    coming soon
  9. 9 Processes and Scheduling
    coming soon
  10. 10 Networking and SSH
    coming soon
  11. 11 Disks and LVM
    coming soon
  12. 12 SELinux
    coming soon
  13. 13 firewalld
    coming soon
  14. 14 Containers with Podman
    coming soon
  15. 15 Final Steps and the RHCSA Path
    coming soon

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