rhce exam prep

Jenkinsfile

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-pipeline {
-    agent  any
-
-    stages {
-        stage('Build') {
-            steps {
-                echo 'run zola build'
-                sh 'zola build'
-            }
-        }
-        stage('Deploy') {
-            steps {
-                echo 'Hello World'
-                sshagent(credentials: ['d82f9436-4c96-44c2-9ed3-b21481e7b742']) {
-                      sh '''
-                       [ -d ~/.ssh ] || mkdir ~/.ssh && chmod 0700 ~/.ssh
-                        ssh-keyscan -t rsa,dsa lvacula.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-                      rsync -az -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" public/. greywolver@lvacula.com:lvacula.com-docker/volumes/blog
-                      '''
-                   }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

content/posts/preparing-for-ex294-rhce-exam.md

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+title = "Preparing for EX294 (RHCE exam)"
+# description = ""
+date = 2025-04-23
+# updated = 2025-04-23
+#draft = true
+[taxonomies]
+tags = ["ansible","certifications"]
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+
+I got my RHCSA certification last April. 
+It was my first certification since shifting from my security-centered education and first job to my current role as a systems engineer. 
+I learned plenty of stuff for my job while preparing for it, and it's the most fulfilling exam I've taken to date because it is entirely practical. 
+I also had a major head-start to learning it because I'd been using Linux as a daily OS since 2019. 
+
+The next exam in the series for Red Hat is the EX294 AKA the RHCE exam. 
+The prior versions of the RHCE exam focused on advanced Linux topics, but the modern version is all about Ansible. 
+Unfortunately, I had minimal exposure to Ansible prior to starting at this job. 
+It wasn't *none* but it was fairly close. 
+
+Luckily, I've had plenty of opportunities to get acquainted with it. 
+We are quickly moving to using Ansible for as much as possible at work - enrolling servers in LDAP, setting up services on servers, etc... 
+We're also using Ansible Automation Platform, so learning to use execution environments and Navigator has become essential as well. 
+