← EX294 overviewAnsible Advanced Administration — RHCE Path / STUDY TOOLS
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Red Hat’s current page names EX294 Advanced System Administrator in Ansible, although its URL retains the older RHCE wording. The Engineer credential has additional pathway requirements. Product versions can differ by booking: the public objectives target the newest offered version, so verify your selected RHEL/AAP environment before practicing. Notes are not permitted exam reference material.
Published objectives
| Objective |
Revision topic |
| 1 · RHCSA administration prerequisites |
09 Shell Tools and Scripts, 10 Users, Permissions and SELinux, 11 Software, Services and Logs, 12 Storage, Filesystems and Persistent Mounts, 13 Networking, SSH and Firewalls, 14 Boot, Scheduled Work and Recovery |
| 2 · Ansible components and documentation |
01 Inventory, Configuration and Execution Environments, 02 Connectivity, Privilege and Safe Execution, 03 Plays, Variables, Facts and Loops |
| 3 · Control configuration and inventory |
01 Inventory, Configuration and Execution Environments |
| 4 · Managed-node access and privilege |
02 Connectivity, Privilege and Safe Execution |
| 5 · Playbook execution and navigator |
02 Connectivity, Privilege and Safe Execution, 08 Git, VS Code and Practical Exam Verification |
| 6 · Git, VS Code and development containers |
08 Git, VS Code and Practical Exam Verification |
| 7 · Plays, variables, conditions and failures |
03 Plays, Variables, Facts and Loops, 04 Handlers, Failure Paths and Idempotence |
| 8 · Roles and content collections |
05 Roles, Collections and Documentation |
| 9 · Automated Linux administration |
06 Automating Packages, Services, Storage and Networking, 07 Templates, Accounts, SELinux and Vault |
| 10 · Templates and encrypted content |
07 Templates, Accounts, SELinux and Vault |