The Road Map To Pass the Red Hat RHCA Certification Exam

The RHCA certified professionals
possess a deep understanding and knowledge of  the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux along with other related Red Hat technological platforms. There is
a general road map that aspirants can follow to pass this certification
exam with ease. 

Someone
who is a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and has attained the highest
level of Red Hat certification will be termed as a Red Hat Certified
Architect (RHCA). A certified RHCA will have an in-depth knowledge of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and will bring with him a varied understanding
of other Red Hat technologies.

If
you wish to get RHCA certified, you must already have earned the RHCE
certification and acquired any five of these following credentials:

1. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Storage
2. Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack
3. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Security: Network Services
4. Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator
5. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Deployment and Systems Management
6. Red Hat Certified JBoss Administrator
7. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Clustering and Storage Management
8. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Directory Services and Authentication
9. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in SElinux Policy Administration
10. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Performance Tuning
11. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening
12. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Data Virtualization
13. Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Platform-as-a-Service

This
specific target audience who opt for the RHCA certification generally
include the Red Hat Certified Engineers. They are particularly
interested in showcasing their breadth and depth of understanding in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
other Red Hat products. Apart from them, even IT architects show a keen
interest in earning this certificate to exhibit their Red Hat skills
and competencies. 


That being said, here is a detailed road map towards successfully attaining an RHCA training license.

  1. It is very important to create a flexible study environment. Focus
    on practicing the objectives of the exam which can be completed with
    similar Linux distributions – CentOS or Scientific Linux. Focus on a
    distribution that is closes to your exam objective. 
  2. Make your study environment revolve around building and bringing
    down virtual machines or servers. Use Virtual Box or VMware
    Fusion/Workstation applications to practice as well. 
  3. Since RHCA certification exam are practical tests, there will be no
    multiple-choice or essay type questions. You will have to focus on
    practicing setting up services all on your own to be fully prepared for
    the test. Of course, this should be supplemented by reading materials to
    expand your knowledge base.
  4. In case you already have a Red Hat certification, visit Red Hat
    Certification Forums and engage in discussions with other examinees over
    test preparation. 
The most important things to
remember therefore are – to derive knowledge from others and to receive
hands-on experience with the exam objectives. There is a certain level
of difficulty associated with this Red Hat training exam but with the
right road map and preparation, you can get certified with success.

Keep an eye out for and get all the necessary information on RH442 in our upcoming guest post.

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