This has been my first week working at Red Hat, and I honestly couldn’t be happier or more satisfied with how the onboarding process has gone. Everything has been going smoothly, and I don’t want to jinx myself, but I’m genuinely happy with where I’m at right now. And honestly, that’s the first time I’ve been able to type that out in a long time.

Does anyone know how one can transfer from IBM to Red Hat?

Hi buddies,

One quick question.Can I use the the same ID that I created Redhat cases to login to Redhat sofrware repo CDN to retrive RHEL9.8 updates? as I may be required to apply some RHSA updates after RHEL 9.6 to 9.8 migration. and RHEL 9.8 media provided by Redhat is in GA version only. If yes, will this login to Rehat CDN with my own PC/rhel 9.6 vm be counted as a subscription consumption?

Thank you.

Finally done with the exam. It was quite the struggle and i missed containers completely because i forgot the folder where you need to place the podman generate systemd output.

The results of your recent EX200 Red Hat Certified System Administrator Exam are reported below.

Exam domain number: 3

Passing score: 210

Your score: 225

Result: PASS

Congratulations -- you have earned the Red Hat Certified System Administrator certification.

Performance on exam objectives:

OBJECTIVE: SCORE

Manage basic networking: 100%

Understand and use essential tools: 80%

Operate running systems: 67%

Configure local storage: 75%

Create and configure file systems: 75%

Deploy, configure and maintain systems: 100%

Manage users and groups: 100%

Manage security: 100%

Manage containers: 0%

Sander Van Vugt RHCSA 9 book, and that's about it, it's a really interesting book if you like linux but it's probably too much information for what's needed to pass the exam.

Can anyone recommend a good way to determine patching status after a monthly or quarterly patching cycle?

We want to run a report probably the day after patching to determine what servers got patched and if any got missed.

Also compare it to any new updates that were released post patching window.

We have Red Hat Satellite but we don’t have a TAM so I’m finding this to be a bit difficult.

I will cross-post this in ansible as well. The only issue with ansible is that we have servers across 3 AAP environments.

Hi everyone, I’m planning to buy the Red Hat EX200 (RHCSA) exam voucher, and I live in Germany. I specifically want to take the exam remotely from home not at an on-site testing center.

I found only one EX200 voucher sold by Red Hat (EX200K), but I’m not sure how the voucher works after purchase. Can this voucher be used in the Red Hat scheduler to book a remote exam or is this restricted to on-site exams only?

Anyone here did this before? Thanks

I’m practicing EX294 in a RHEL-based lab environment and I’m having trouble opening the Dev Container in VS Code.

Setup:

• RHEL-based workstation
• VS Code
• Podman (using the regular desktop user, not root)
• VS Code Dev Containers extension
• Ansible extension
• The required Ansible development-tools image and supported execution-environment image can both be pulled successfully using Podman.

I followed the practice lab setup to clone the repository, configure the Ansible extension, enable linting and execution-environment support, configure VS Code Dev Containers to use Podman instead of Docker, and create the development container.

The interesting part is that Podman itself appears to be working. podman images shows the required images, and podman ps -a shows the container.

However, VS Code is not reopening the folder inside the Dev Container.

I also see an error in the Problems tab associated with the very first { in .devcontainer/podman/devcontainer.json:

"Unable to load schema from raw.githubusercontent.com ... TypeError: getaddrinfo ..."

The devcontainer.json itself doesn't appear to have a JSON syntax problem. The schema-related error seems to be related to VS Code trying to access raw.githubusercontent.com.

I have not switched to root or used sudo podman, since Podman works with my normal user.

Has anyone encountered this combination of:

• VS Code Dev Containers
• Podman instead of Docker
• RHEL
• raw.githubusercontent.com schema / getaddrinfo error
• Dev Container not opening?

What would be the best way to determine whether this is a DNS/network issue, a VS Code Dev Containers configuration issue, or a Podman socket/configuration issue?

I’m intentionally not posting the lab repository URL, registry/image names, credentials, hostnames, exact configuration, or exercise instructions to avoid disclosing exam-related material.

Hello,
I want to buy RHCSA exam. However, I cannot find it on training portal while I logged in. While I am not login, I can add the exam to chart but the system requests me to login to proceed checkout. After I logged in, the exam disappears from my chart.

Is there any one, faced with same issue before ?

Per chi ha già sostenuto l'esaem RHCE, quante domande pratiche ci sono? Nel corso AU294 vengono proposti gli esercizi da effettuare con VSCode, all'esame è possibile utilizzarlo o è possibile utilizzare solo vim e nano?

In November 2026, Red Hat will release a limited availability (LA) version of Red Hat Satellite 6.20 – the next generation of Red Hat’s premiere platform for managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) at scale. This release focuses on 2 foundational changes that matter for teams modernizing their management platform and preparing for stronger cryptographic requirements: container-based deployment and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) enablement.

Anyone attending the Redhat event? Set for 9th Sep.

And out of curiosity, do such events have giveaways for exam vouchers and Learning subscriptions or it's pure Business?

Hi All, I have some questions about my results

I did all but 1 playbook and tested them all with ansible-playbook <play.yml> from the system provided and they all were successful.
I did not use vscode with ansible-navigator at all.

I am trying to figure out what went wrong, so that I can prepare to pass. Any help would be appreciated.

WITH SIGNING THE NDA I DONT KNOW HOW MUCH I CAN ASK?

Performance on exam objectives:

OBJECTIVE: SCORE
Understand core components of Ansible: 54%
Use Roles and Ansible Content Collections: 52%
Install and configure an Ansible dev node: 100%
Create Ansible plays and playbooks: 60%
Use Ansible modules for system administration tasks: 38%
Manage content: 44%

Hello

Let me share with you today some nice tips when using CSPLIT command!

You can easily play with regex, and parse the input file, creating multiple secondary files, based on your needs.

Enjoy it!

Wally

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a discount voucher for the RHCSA exam. If anyone has one they would be willing to share by DM,I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you very much!

I am familiar with Linux for what I have been working with (think F5/AWS) and I want to get certified Ansible; with my main focus is getting Kubernetes certified. Im currently watching Sander Van Vugt Linux Fundamentals 3rd edition and on some subjects, I feel like Im just not getting it. Im trying to figure out if this is the norm or maybe Im just studying wrong? I planned on studying the following resources:

1. (oreilly) Linux Fundamentals 3rd ed Sander van Vugt
2. (oreilly) Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) RHEL 9 - Sander van Vugt
3. (udemy) Complete Linux Training Course to Get Your Dream IT Job - Imran Afzal
4. (udemy) Linux Redhat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA - EX200) - Imran Afzal
5. (oreilly) Red Hat RHCSA 10 Cert Guide: EX200 - Sander
6. RHCSA examp prep (dont know which one yet)
7. Then I start with Ansible ex294.

Im almost done with Linux Fundamentals and I feel like I am not understanding some of the later chapters. IDK if his videos have larger expectations of knowing the nuances of Linux or if he just talks too high level for my own personal skill level. So I want to ask advice on what path others have taken with novice/entry level linux skills?

I was planning to pay for Oreilly subscription for the year (joining the professional group and getting the add on) or hope to get a discount code from Oreilly and Udemy I will be paying out of pocket. I do have a free resource/access to Coursera.

Are there other people like Imran explain a little more detail or should I just take it that Sander is the "gold standard" and struggle with his fast pace?

I just discovered the red hat official documentation. it seems really nice as it explains stuff also helps to take stuff and not memorize any YAML snippets. (eg. probes and such). but my question is. is the product documentation available on the exam environment? or im only allowed to use the oc explain? some stuff doesnt show on the explain nor anywhere like the options of runStrategy for example.

can someone confirm if the documentation is available during the exam?

edit: during RHLS, when solving labs. on the question they tell me that i can use incomplete YAML to edit and apply. do they provide the same thing in the exam? they give sample incomplete YAML and you just edit it and apply?

I’m currently on an H-4 EAD, which is set to expire in about five months. I’ve discussed the possibility of an international transfer with my manager so that I can continue working without interruption. My manager is interested in supporting the move, but the transfer still requires approval from his leadership.

Since I’ve only been with the company for about six months, I’d appreciate suggestions on how I should approach this and strengthen my case to improve the chances of getting approval for an international transfer.

Hi all,

My RHCSA exam is schedules this weekend and today i got the lab access and first i tried breaking the root password which is not working, firstly i did it with the init=/bin/bash method which after pressing ctrl+x comes at a screen saying - Received SIGTERM from PID 1 as the screenshot says.

Then i tried the rd.break method where i am not able to chroot /sysroot as it is saying chroot not found.

I have been doing password break daily in my vmware vm which was successfull every time, i dont know what i am doing wrong

Kindly help me if someone knows this. Thanks

I have a Dell WB726 camera that I currently have plugged in to my Lenovo Thinkpad T440s that is running RHEL 8.10. I see Dell listed in lsusb but in applications like Cheese it isn't an option. I was able to use it in Discord. But I want to make sure it will be good to use for my RHCSA exam on September 15. Any help would be great. I have scowered the internet looking for commands that would help.

Anyone have an RHCSA EX200 discount code I could use?

Has anybody encountered this? It looks like SELinux is preventing headless registration of a RHEL system to Lightspeed aka Insights.

When booting up, invoking the insights client (in cloud-init) returns:

(PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/bin/python3')

Using rhc, I get this message:

[𐄂] Analytics ... Cannot connect to Red Hat Lightspeed (formerly Insights)

However, I am able to register when I logged in manually.

After fussing with the boot setup, I was able to isolate the issue to SELinux by running the register in cron and monitoring the log, I see the error again:

Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDOUT (    run_phase(p))
Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDOUT (  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/insights_client/__init__.py", line 129, in run_phase)
Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDOUT (    process = subprocess.Popen(insights_command, env=env))
Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDOUT (              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^)
Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDOUT (  File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__)
Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDOUT (    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,)
Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDOUT (  File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1955, in _execute_child)
Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDOUT (    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename))
Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDOUT (PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/bin/python3')
Aug 31 02:45:01 rhel03 CROND[5071]: (root) CMDEND (/usr/bin/insights-client --register && rm -f /etc/cron.d/insights-register)

When I set the setenforce to 0, then I see it successfully register:

Aug 31 02:50:01 rhel03 CROND[5201]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/insights-client --register && rm -f /etc/cron.d/insights-register)
Aug 31 02:50:01 rhel03 CROND[5200]: (root) CMDOUT (Successfully registered host rhel03.example.com)
Aug 31 02:50:02 rhel03 CROND[5200]: (root) CMDOUT (Automatic scheduling for Insights has been enabled.)
Aug 31 02:50:02 rhel03 CROND[5200]: (root) CMDOUT (Starting to collect Insights data for rhel03.example.com)
Aug 31 02:50:13 rhel03 CROND[5200]: (root) CMDOUT (Writing RHSM facts to /etc/rhsm/facts/insights-client.facts ...)
Aug 31 02:50:13 rhel03 CROND[5200]: (root) CMDOUT (Uploading Insights data.)
Aug 31 02:50:14 rhel03 CROND[5200]: (root) CMDOUT (Successfully uploaded report from rhel03.example.com to account 555555.)
Aug 31 02:50:14 rhel03 CROND[5200]: (root) CMDEND (/usr/bin/insights-client --register && rm -f /etc/cron.d/insights-register)

Right now, I worked around the issue by temporarily setting SElinux to permissive before registration:

runcmd:
  - [ setenforce, 0 ]
  - [ rhc, connect, --activation-key, abc, --organization, 123456 ]
  - [ setenforce, 1 ]

Not ideal, but it is temporary lab I spin up on my Mac, so it works for me. Obviously, if somebody is running this in production, this can be an issue, so I want to surface this up for other people to be aware.

Incidentally, I spinning up my instances from an ARM RHEL QCOW2 image, generated from the Red Hat console.

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Going to be joining Red Hat as an OpenShift Consultant and I am beyond excited. Would love any advice/tips from folks about the consultant roles, or navigating Red Hat in general.
Thanks in advance!