Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the commercial market that includes commercial support and Certification Program for administrators.

Releases

• RHEL 9 05/2022
• RHEL 8 Features 05/2019
• RHEL 7 Features (Maipo) 04/2014: XFS
• RHEL 6 Features

Activities

Basic

1. Identify Linux package managers used by RHEL
2. Learn about commercial support alternatives from RedHat such us Ubuntu
3. Learn about new /RHEL 8 Features/, /RHEL 7 Features/ and /RHEL 6 Features/ like cgroups
4. Use Nmcli to configure your network.
5. Review /RHEL Timeline/: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux#Version_history_and_timeline

Advanced

1. Learn about RHV product for creating KVM virtual machines.
2. Identify different filesystems available: ext4 and XFS
3. Learn about: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
4. Read RHEL8 Security Hardening Guide: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/security_hardening/index

See also

• Red Hat: RHEL, RHV, Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure (RHHI), Red Hat Gluster Storage, OpenShift, Podman, Red Hat Single Sign-On, RedHat Satellite, Red Hat Insights, Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh, Spacewalk, JBoss, RHSA, UBI
• Linux distributions: Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Amazon Linux, Oracle Linux, ArchLinux, SUSE

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/8.0_release_notes/index