Certification track · Red Hat
The road to becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) in Linux Enterprise.
5 levels · 16 courses · 38 skills · 71 h 20 min
Optional: use “Set as my stage” in any level to mark where you are.
Level 1 of 5Foundation · no exam
Optional entry level. Covers the EX200 essential-tools objectives.
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1 course, 4 skills
Course 1.10 of 4 mastered
Shell, files, text, archives and remote login: EX200 objective 1.
8 lessons, 44 exercises
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4 lessons, 20 exercises
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3 lessons, 15 exercises
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4 skills · 4 available
Level 2 of 5
Administer a RHEL 10 system across the EX200 objectives.
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5 courses, 14 skills
Course 2.10 of 3 mastered
Control who can do what, and make routine work run itself.
4 lessons, 20 exercises
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Course 2.20 of 3 mastered
Install software, manage services and boot, and keep the system tuned.
4 lessons, 21 exercises
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4 lessons, 19 exercises
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3 lessons, 15 exercises
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Course 2.30 of 2 mastered
Partitions, logical volumes, file systems and network mounts.
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4 lessons, 20 exercises
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Course 2.40 of 4 mastered
Bring the host onto the network, then protect it.
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2 lessons, 10 exercises
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4 skills · 4 available
Course 2.50 of 2 mastered
Exam technique, then a full timed practice exam.
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4 lessons, 25 exercises
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Level 3 of 5
Diagnose and fix a failing RHEL system, or gather evidence for support (EX342).
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5 courses, 10 skills
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Work methodically, monitor, log centrally and capture data for others.
3 lessons, 9 exercises
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2 lessons, 6 exercises
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Course 3.20 of 2 mastered
Bring back a system that will not start or cannot mount.
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3 lessons, 9 exercises
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Course 3.30 of 2 mastered
Repair packages and debug programs that misbehave.
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4 lessons, 12 exercises
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Course 3.40 of 2 mastered
Find network faults and fix login and account policy problems.
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Course 3.50 of 1 mastered
A timed, three-part practice exam on two machines, with a marking sheet.
4 lessons, 25 exercises
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Level 4 of 5
Pass any three of EX210, EX260, EX358, EX362, EX403, EX415, EX436 or EX442.
8 exams, lessons planned
4 specializations, 8 exams
Pass any three of the 8 exams. Take them from one specialization or mix them. Each exam counts toward RHCA.
Specialization 12 exams
You enjoy repeatable builds and managing many servers at once.
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Specialization 22 exams
You care about who can reach what, and about proving a system is locked down.
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Specialization 32 exams
You like finding bottlenecks and designing for the day something fails.
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Specialization 42 exams
You want to run the cloud, and the storage under it, that other teams build on.
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| Exam | Name | Specialization | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX358 | Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management and Automation | Automation and Deployment | 4 hours |
| EX403 | Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management | Automation and Deployment | 4 hours |
| EX362 | Red Hat Certified Specialist in Identity Management | Security and Identity | 3 hours |
| EX415 | Red Hat Certified Specialist in Security: Linux | Security and Identity | 4 hours |
| EX436 | Red Hat Certified Specialist in High Availability Clustering | Performance and Availability | 3 hours |
| EX442 | Red Hat Certified Specialist in Performance Tuning | Performance and Availability | 4 hours |
| EX210 | Red Hat Certified Specialist in Cloud Infrastructure | Cloud Infrastructure and Storage | 4 hours |
| EX260 | Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ceph Cloud Storage | Cloud Infrastructure and Storage | 3 hours |
Level 5 of 5
Earned from EX200, EX342 and three specialists. Capstone projects test what you can do.
2 projects, planned
No exam of its own
Course 5.1Planned
Projects, not exams. Each one tests what you can do across a whole platform.
Capstone Project: Platform Design
Capstone Project: Production Incident
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