STEP 1 · EX200
RHCSA
The Red Hat Certified System Administrator exam is fully hands-on: real tasks on live systems. Eight domains. Scroll to work through them.
Domain 01
Essential Tools
Shell, grep, find, tar, man pages, vim
Domain 02
Shell Scripting
Bash scripts, conditionals, loops, arguments
Domain 03
Running Systems
Boot targets, systemd, processes, dnf, cron
Domain 04
Storage
Partitions, LVM, swap, XFS, fstab, NFS
Domain 05
Networking
nmcli, hostname, IPv4 and IPv6, DNS
Domain 06
Users & Groups
Accounts, sudo, permissions, ACLs
Domain 07
Security
SELinux, firewalld, SSH keys
Domain 08
Containers
Podman, images, volumes, systemd services
Current focus
Build the foundation first: shell, storage, users and networking, all done in a terminal.
Objectives can change. Red Hat’s page is the only source of truth for what is tested.
Questions
What is RHCSA?
The Red Hat Certified System Administrator exam (EX200) is a performance-based exam. It tests core Linux system administration skills on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Is the RHCSA exam multiple choice?
No. It is hands-on: you complete real tasks on live systems, so practice in a terminal matters more than memorising.
What domains does this plan cover?
Essential Tools, Shell Scripting, Running Systems, Storage, Networking, Users & Groups, Security, Containers.
Has Abdallah Mekky taken the exam yet?
Not yet. He is building the foundation first and practising in a home lab.