Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

This exam and the exam objectives provided here are based on the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7 version of the exam.

The performance-based RHCSA® exam (EX200) tests your knowledge and skill in areas of system administration common across a wide range of environments and deployment scenarios. You must be an RHCSA to become a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE). The skills tested in this exam are the foundation for system administration across all Red Hat products.

An RHCSA certification is earned when an IT professional demonstrates the core system-administration skills required in Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.

Audience and prerequisites

Audience for this exam

Experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills

Students who have attended Red Hat System Administration I and II and are on the path to earn RHCSA certification

Experienced Linux system administrators who require a certification either by their organization or based on a mandate (DOD 8570 directive)

IT professionals who are on the path to earn RHCE certification

An RHCE who is noncurrent or who is about to become noncurrent and wants to recertify as an RHCE

Prerequisites for this exam

Candidates for this exam should:

Have either taken the Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) and II (RH134) courses or else the RHCSA Rapid Track Course (RH199) or have comparable work experience as a system administrator on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Review the Red Hat Certified System Administrator exam (EX200) objectives