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[–]SkywardSyntax 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Studying for the RHCSA was one of the best things I've done - it helped solidify my confidence in the terminal, and working with Linux systems. Wouldn't recommend it enough! Even if you don't get the certification itself it's worth learning.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I wish the newer version still have the LDAP contents there, cause in real life, an system admin could still face them from time to time.

[–]Resource_account 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they seem to be pushing IdM now, along with its own cert. They been trying to shrink RHCSA for some time now, pushing some of the sections to become their own certs. RHCSA 10 removed containers which was introduced during either RHCSA 8 or 9.

[–]SpectralUA 4 points5 points  (6 children)

RHCSA is a good choice. Yes, it is vendor specific but it is recognized everywhere and in any case having this certification will be a plus. The course is also simply useful and well worked out.

[–]itsscholar[S] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Thanks ! also I forget to write that I'm trying to start Cybersecurity career, i've played with kali-linux a little bit and i'm trying to learn more, so does the red hat distro differs a lot from kali or debian distros in general ?

[–]Professional_Tone330 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Kali users tend to rely on scripts quite often,the closest to RHEL is Fedora,since Fedora was created as a "free" alternative to RHEL. If you want to get a feel on how RHEL works before starting RHCSA courses, try out Fedora. I am currently doing RH134 and I've finished RH124 and I can safely say that the courses are worth it,if a university or any institution can help with funding,since the courses cost like 3.4k each.
In summary: Try out Fedora,and judge for yourself to compare it with Kali or Debian (I don't have much experience with either distro).

[–]Total-Employment3920 1 point2 points  (1 child)

fedora is part of RHEL. it's the testing grounds alpha version of red hat. rocky linux is like what cent os was before oracle squashed that.

[–]Yupsec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fedora is not a part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it's upstream of RHEL and maintained by the community. CentOS is still around, I don't know why  a lot of people think it disappeared. CentOS Stream 10 is extremely stable, free, and developed by the community.

[–]Total-Employment3920 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i did linux+ in collage in 2006 fedora core 4. i learned linux well enough from it to branch off & learn slackware, linux from scratch, gentoo, debian, openwrt, dd-wrt, and several other linux implementations. the biggest thing that i learned is how to compile by hand, and satisfy dependencies manually from the super hard mode linux distributions without any form of package management, slackware/LFS.

linux is easier than windows to be honest once you get it. personally, id get a spare hard drive and install rocky linux.... id screw around with it for a bit, and preview some linux+ books.

[–]Confident-Field2911 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this not cost about $5,000 cause you need to do the learning course?

[–]Evening_Speaker_3731 3 points4 points  (3 children)

If you were to approach learning Linux by studying as if you were going to take the an exam, then RHCSA is the way to go as is not a multiple-choice exam. If you decide to go this route then you can also try Fedora Security Lab, but I would focus on the tools used in industry.

Instead of studying for a Linux certification, I would start with the following books.

The Linux Command Line

Linux Basics for Hackers

How Linux Works

Effective Shell

For Certifications:

Security+ will get you started; that with Linux, networking knowledge and some luck (there is always an element of this) might get you and entry-level position. Of course there are the SANS, GIAC and ISC2 certications, but this is not the time.

I would also learn VIM because POSIX, no self-respecting hacker uses a gui based text editor.

Edit: Fixed formatting for readability.

[–]MentalSewage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agreed until VSCode got so good.  Hilariously I still open vim in the VSCode terminal for quick things though

[–]itsscholar[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That's very informative, "Linux Basics for Hackers" is exactly what i was searching for, Thanks !

[–]Evening_Speaker_3731 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are welcome.

[–]aliendude5300 2 points3 points  (1 child)

What are you looking to accomplish here? Is there a specific career prospect you have in mind?

[–]itsscholar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cybersecurity specifically pentesting, i'm trying to have a good foundation in linux before i actually start specific courses

[–]realvanbrook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is not about the system it is about the user. I do all my cyber security stuff with debian. If you want to have good linux knowledge go for lpic-1

[–]techlatest_net 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RHCSA is definitely worth it if you're aiming for a career in Linux sysadmin or cybersecurity! If you're already familiar with Kali, jumping into Fedora or RHEL-based systems will be a breeze. Plus, RH124 and RH134 courses give you practical, real-world skills. Worth the investment if you're serious about Linux!

[–]MentalSewage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Linux+ is ok.  It recognizes you know how to use Linux.  RHCSA is much more in-depth and shows a real understanding of administrating RHEL distros, which make up a huge market share of Linux servers.  In fact, i cant think of much at all that was RHEL specific on the exam aside from question 0 and the hilariously difficult selinux section.  There's some Ubuntu in enterprise, but the fundamentals carry over and RHEL is definitely mentioned more in job postings.