About This Course: RH134 (Red Hat System Administration II) builds on RH124's foundation, covering shell scripting, storage management, boot troubleshooting, security controls, network services, and container-based workflows for RHEL.
Each chapter page below follows the same WCAG 2.0 AA–compliant layout, with objectives, worked command examples, key terms, and review questions.
Scripting & Automation
Chapter 1
Shell Scripting and the Command Line
Script structure, variables, exit status, conditionals, loops, and functions.
Chapter 2
Using Regular Expressions for Practical Applications
Anchors, character classes, quantifiers, grep, and sed substitution.
Chapter 3
Scheduling User Tasks
cron & crontab, at & batch, and an introduction to systemd timers.
Chapter 4
Scheduling System Tasks
cron access control, system cron directories, custom timers, and logrotate.
Logs & Security
Chapter 5
Analyzing and Storing Logs
journald & journalctl, rsyslog, persistent storage, and priorities.
Chapter 6
Managing Security with SELinux
Modes, contexts, booleans, port labeling, and troubleshooting denials.
Chapter 14
Managing Network Security
firewalld zones, services & ports, and rich rules.
Boot & Recovery
Archiving & Transfer
Performance & Storage
Network Storage
Deployment & Containers
Chapter 16
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Boot media, Anaconda, storage & network config, and first boot.
Chapter 17
Managing Containers with Podman
Images, rootless containers, volumes, networking, and Quadlet.
Chapter 18
Working with Image-Based Red Hat Enterprise Linux
bootc, Containerfile-defined systems, upgrades, and rollback.
🔵 Note
Chapter numbering reflects this course's structure and may not match every Red Hat Training edition exactly.