Gain foundational knowledge of Red Hat and Linux system administration including:

• What is Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its business value
• Types of Linux distributions and real-world use cases
• Overview of popular Red Hat tools (RHEL, Ansible, OpenShift)
• How Red Hat fits into digital transformation and enterprise IT

Learn the basics of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and set up your first environment:

• Installing and setting up RHEL
• Command-line and graphical interface walkthrough
• Creating your first user and project workspace
• Using basic Linux commands and package management with YUM/DNF

Dive into process automation and system configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux:

• Understanding and editing configuration files
• Using wildcards, anchors, and regex in commands
• Exploring system logs and troubleshooting service issues
• Best practices in Linux automation with shell scripting & Ansible

Learn how to handle and process data efficiently in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment:

• Working with variables, environment settings, and data types in shell scripting
• Manipulating text, strings, and file content using tools like sed, awk, and grep
• Managing structured data with CSV, JSON, and log files
• Automating bulk data operations with Bash scripts and filtering data using command-line utilities and Red Hat tools

This comprehensive lesson covers all aspects of web automation and data extraction in a Red Hat environment, including:

• Using cURL, wget, and REST APIs for retrieving data from websites and services
• Handling authentication, cookies, and session management for secured endpoints
• Implementing strategies to deal with rate limiting, redirects, and security measures
• Optimizing scripts for large-scale scraping and automation with Bash, Python, and Ansible
• Extracting data from HTML tables, JSON, and XML structures with command-line tools

Master professional error handling and debugging techniques in Red Hat systems, including:

• Implementing robust error handling in Bash/Python scripts using set -e, trap, and structured error codes
• Creating custom exit statuses and handling signals (e.g., SIGTERM, SIGINT)
• Using logging frameworks and system logs (rsyslog, journalctl, logger) for audit trails and monitoring
• Debugging shell scripts and automation workflows with set -x, verbose flags, and tracing tools
• Performing performance profiling and optimization using strace, perf, and system resource analyzers

Enterprise-grade orchestration topics covered:

• Setting up and configuring automation inventories & execution queues
• Managing credentials and secrets securely
• Implementing job scheduling and priorities
• Monitoring and alerting configurations
• Best practices for multi-environment deployment

End-to-end automation solution development covering:

• Requirements gathering and process assessment
• Solution architecture design
• Implementation of all learned techniques
• Documentation and knowledge transfer
• Deployment and maintenance strategies