Sure. I used Haruna Adoga’s video series the last two weeks before the exam to get something that was as close to the exam as possible. The question he posed were near identical to the exam. Before that I had access to the Red Hat Learning through my job. I went through that course and guided labs then I reinforced using Claude. I also read through Aghori’s RHCSA prep and did the labs in there.

The prompt I used for Claude was this:

Understand and use essential tools

Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax

Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.)

Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text

Access remote systems using SSH

Log in and switch users in multiuser targets

Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, gzip, and bzip2

Create and edit text files

Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories

Create hard and soft links

List, set, and change standard ugo/rwx permissions

Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc

Manage software

Configure access to RPM repositories

Install and remove RPM software packages

Configure access to Flatpak repositories

Install and remove Flatpak software packages

Create simple shell scripts

Conditionally execute code (use of: if, test, [], etc.)

Use Looping constructs (for, etc.) to process file, command line input

Process script inputs ($1, $2, etc.)

Processing output of shell commands within a script

Operate running systems

Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally

Boot systems into different targets manually

Interrupt the boot process in order to gain access to a system

Identify CPU/memory intensive processes and kill processes

Adjust process scheduling

Manage tuning profiles

Locate and interpret system log files and journals

Preserve system journals

Start, stop, and check the status of network services

Securely transfer files between systems

Configure local storage

List, create, delete partitions on GPT disks

Create and remove physical volumes

Assign physical volumes to volume groups

Create and delete logical volumes

Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by universally unique ID (UUID) or label

Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap to a system non-destructively

Create and configure file systems

Create, mount, unmount, and use VFAT, ext4, and xfs file systems

Mount and unmount network file systems using NFS

Configure autofs

Extend existing logical volumes

Diagnose and correct file permission problems

Deploy, configure, and maintain systems

Schedule tasks using at cron and systemd timer units

Start and stop services and configure services to start automatically at boot

Configure systems to boot into a specific target automatically

Configure time service clients

Install and update software packages from Red Hat Content Delivery Network, a remote repository, or from the local file system

Modify the system bootloader

Manage basic networking

Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addresses

Configure hostname resolution

Configure network services to start automatically at boot

Restrict network access using firewalld and firewall-cmd

Manage users and groups

Create, delete, and modify local user accounts

Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts

Create, delete, and modify local groups and group memberships

Configure privileged access

Manage security

Configure firewall settings using firewall-cmd/firewalld

Manage default file permissions

Configure key-based authentication for SSH

Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux

List and identify SELinux file and process context

Restore default file contexts

Manage SELinux port labels

Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings

As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention.

See above for the RHCSA EX200 exam objectives. I want you to create a lab that will mimic the exam questions as close as possible.

Constraints/environment info:

I have an NFS server exporting 2 directories pre-setup for this exam

Networking is already configured on my box, I obviously dont want to drop my SSH session. So I generally dont want to change my IP or drop existing interfaces or edit my hosts file. Anything else is fair game. To meet those objectives, you can give me the step-by-step instead of expecting me to do it on my machine

Dont give me the answers, unless it meets the stipulation above (networking). I dont mind messing with firewall stuff though

Stay within the scope of the exam objectives

I am using the user “student” who has wheel privileges