From cba5ee31842c0c8f2a303bb4dc1149733190c2c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lukas Vacula Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:00:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] rhcsa --- .../posts/2024/04/i-am-now-an-rhcsa/index.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2024/04/i-am-now-an-rhcsa/index.md diff --git a/content/posts/2024/04/i-am-now-an-rhcsa/index.md b/content/posts/2024/04/i-am-now-an-rhcsa/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0eb80e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2024/04/i-am-now-an-rhcsa/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ ++++ +title = "I am now an RHCSA" +# description = "" +date = 2024-04-15 +# updated = 2024-04-15 +#draft = true +[taxonomies] +tags = ["linux"] ++++ + +As of last Friday afternoon, I am a Red Hat Certified System Administrator. + +It was my first time taking a certification exam that was 100% practical and I was really nervous going into it. +You at least can get things right by *chance* if it's a multiple-choice question, but there was no such chance here. +Thankfully, I studied and knew how to find what extra info I needed during the exam via the man pages. +I passed with a score of 286 out of a possible 300 (with 210 being the cut-off). + +Exam rules mean that I can't discuss any of the details of the exam. +That's a shame because I wanted to share the anecdote of spending the last 40 minutes on a single task because of an issue related to the man pages for a particular tool. +I'll share what I think is most important for anyone who might be considering the exam themselves: my study methods. +- Before I began studying for the exam, I had several years of using Arch Linux as my primary OS for my desktop and laptop. I was already very comfortable with using the command line to do things. Additionally, I had several months of work-related experience with RHEL specifically. +- I used the EX200 Study Guide from Pearson by Sander van Vugt. I skipped most of the end-of-chapter questions in favor of the labs and practice tests. What questions I did have, I allowed myself to use man pages to answer them without counting it as cheating. +- I didn't study a lot per week but tried to practice things where I could with a mix of Anki and a set of VMs. + +Next on the list: RHCE.