Red Hat RH358 Training & Certification | Red Hat Services Management and Automation with Ansible

Red Hat RH358 Course Overview

The Red Hat RH358 Training & Certification program is an advanced Linux automation course designed for experienced Linux system administrators who want to automate enterprise system administration tasks using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. This course focuses on deploying, configuring, managing, and automating common network services and enterprise infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code principles.

Modern IT environments require scalable, consistent, and automated infrastructure management. RH358 provides practical experience in automating service deployment, configuration management, application provisioning, security policies, and system maintenance through extensive hands-on labs based on real-world enterprise scenarios.

What We Offer in This Course

• Comprehensive Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform training.
• Hands-on enterprise service deployment labs.
• Infrastructure automation using Ansible playbooks.
• Linux network service management.
• Configuration management best practices.
• Security automation techniques.
• Enterprise troubleshooting and optimization.
• Real-world automation projects.
• Expert guidance from certified Red Hat instructors.
• Preparation for the RH358 certification objectives.

Course Objectives

• Deploy and manage enterprise network services.
• Automate Linux administration using Ansible.
• Create reusable Ansible playbooks and roles.
• Configure secure enterprise services.
• Implement configuration management across multiple systems.
• Automate software deployment and updates.
• Troubleshoot automated infrastructure efficiently.
• Manage enterprise environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Topics Covered During the Training

Introduction to Ansible Automation

• Automation fundamentals.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Installing Ansible.
• Ansible architecture.
• Automation best practices.

Managing Inventory and Playbooks

• Inventory management.
• Creating playbooks.
• Variables and facts.
• Conditional execution.
• Loops and handlers.

Role-Based Automation

• Creating Ansible roles.
• Role dependencies.
• Reusable automation code.
• Role organization.
• Galaxy collections.

Enterprise Service Deployment

• Deploying web servers.
• Managing database services.
• DNS configuration.
• NFS and SMB services.
• Email service deployment.

Storage and File Management

• Storage automation.
• LVM management.
• File system configuration.
• Mount point automation.
• Backup management.

Security Automation

• User and group automation.
• SELinux management.
• Firewall automation.
• SSH configuration.
• System hardening.

Software Management

• Package management.
• Repository configuration.
• Application deployment.
• Patch management.
• Software lifecycle automation.

Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Log management.
• Automation debugging.
• Error handling.
• Performance optimization.
• Infrastructure troubleshooting.

Automation Workflows

• Workflow automation.
• Task scheduling.
• Job templates.
• Automation controllers.
• Enterprise orchestration.

Enterprise Best Practices

• Infrastructure scalability.
• High availability.
• Disaster recovery automation.
• Compliance automation.
• Production deployment strategies.

Hands-On Practical Exposure

• Writing and executing Ansible playbooks.
• Automating enterprise Linux administration.
• Deploying and configuring network services.
• Managing storage and security policies.
• Creating reusable Ansible roles.
• Automating software deployment.
• Real-world enterprise automation projects.

Tools and Technologies Covered

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
• Ansible Core.
• Ansible Galaxy.
• YAML.
• Systemd.
• SELinux.
• Firewalld.
• Apache HTTP Server.
• MariaDB.

Who Should Enroll

• Linux System Administrators.
• DevOps Engineers.
• Cloud Engineers.
• Infrastructure Engineers.
• Automation Engineers.
• Platform Engineers.
• IT Operations Professionals.

Career Opportunities After Completion

• Linux Automation Engineer.
• DevOps Engineer.
• Infrastructure Automation Engineer.
• System Administrator.
• Cloud Operations Engineer.
• Platform Engineer.
• Site Reliability Engineer (SRE).

Certification Preparation

• Complete RH358 course objective coverage.
• Hands-on automation and administration labs.
• Enterprise service deployment scenarios.
• Practice assessments and revision sessions.
• Expert guidance for Red Hat RH358 certification preparation.

By the end of this program, participants will have the practical skills to automate enterprise Linux administration, deploy and manage network services, implement infrastructure as code using Ansible, and efficiently administer large-scale Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments. This training prepares learners for enterprise automation roles and Red Hat RH358 certification.