RHCSA exam prep: final mock exams
With two new two-server full mocks and a final you get used to RHCSA exam conditions and build the habit of persistence, reboots and verification.
Level 301 · 13 lessons · 12 practice labs
Lessons
Exam conditions
- Exam conditions: the habit of persistence, reboots and verification
- Working with local docs only: man and /usr/share/doc
- A reboot test after every task
- Short task: five quick tasks in 20 minutes
Mock 3
- Mock 3, first server: root access, networking and repositories
- Mock 3, second server: storage, users and SELinux
- Mock 3 review: the points you missed
- Short task: redo the tasks you missed on a clean server
Mock 4 and final
- Mock 4, first server: services, timers and a container
- Mock 4, second server: growing a volume, autofs and the firewall
- Mock 4 review
- Exam day: time budget and what to do when stuck
- Capstone: the final mock exam (two servers, full time)
Practice labs
- Five persistent tasks in fifteen minutes: In fifteen minutes you set a hostname, a user, a package, a service and a firewall rule persistently and verify them with the checker.
- Catch settings that won't survive a reboot: Among eight tasks already done you find which hold only at runtime, make them persistent and test with a reboot.
- Storage and SELinux sprint in twenty-five minutes: In twenty-five minutes you finish a logical volume, a swap area, an autofs map and an SELinux context task and prove them all after a reboot.
- Find the needed option in the man page: Without the internet you find the required option of three commands with man and --help and run them.
- Pull a configuration example from local docs: You find the configuration lines needed for autofs and chrony through man -k and the examples under /usr/share/doc and build a working setup.
- Finish a quota task with a tool you have never used: You learn the XFS quota tool you haven't used from local docs alone, set a persistent disk quota for a user and pull its report.
- Set up key-based access between two servers: You let a user on the first server reach the second over passwordless SSH and copy a file across.
- One server shares, the other mounts on demand: You mount the ready NFS share from the second server on the first with autofs and clear firewall and SELinux obstacles on both sides.
- A six-task mixed set across two servers: In twenty-five minutes you finish repository, user and container tasks on one server and network, volume growth and time sync on the other and get your score.
- Close the gaps in a checker report: You read three failed items from a ready mock result, fix them on the server and rerun the checker.
- Fix the details that cost partial credit: You find and complete four point-losing details such as wrong ownership, a missing fstab option and a service not enabled.
- Five random tasks from your weak area: You do five tasks drawn at random from your weak areas on a freshly built server against the clock and compare with your first attempt.
About this course
With two new two-server full mocks and a final you get used to RHCSA exam conditions and build the habit of persistence, reboots and verification.
What you will learn
- Exam conditions
- Mock 3
- Mock 4 and final
Prerequisites
You should be comfortable with the level 101 and 201 topics of the same path.
Lab environment
Lessons run in your own Kali Linux terminal in the browser, connected to a private lab network. Nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this course right for my level?
- The course is at level 301; it assumes you know the topics of the lower-level courses.
- Is there anything to install?
- No. Every lesson runs in your own lab environment that opens in the browser.
- How do lessons work?
- Each lesson has 8 to 10 steps and a short quiz. Early steps show the command to type, later steps give less help; if two attempts fail, the solution opens.
- Can I try it for free?
- Yes. The first three lessons of every course are free.