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EX294: RHCE – Red Hat Certified Engineer

Automate Red Hat Enterprise Linux at scale with Ansible and prepare thoroughly for the hands-on RHCE exam.

  • 40 hours of live, trainer-led sessions
  • Multi-node RHEL lab for every learner
  • Playbooks, Vault, templates, roles and collections
  • RHCSA tasks automated end to end
  • Full-length timed practice exam with debrief
Aligned to Red Hat exam EX294
Duration
5 Days | 40 Hrs
Next batch
Batches on request
Delivery
Live Online · Onsite · Corporate
Level
Advanced
Exam
EX294
Language
English

Why learn EX294 with Ace Skills

  • More practice time

    Five days gives room for repetition, rework and a full timed practice exam.

  • Reusable automation

    Build roles and use collections the way production teams organise Ansible content.

  • Exam-style tasks

    Every lab mirrors the hands-on, outcome-checked format of EX294.

  • Real RHEL estates

    Automate storage, users, services and security across several managed nodes.

Course overview

RHCE proves that you can automate Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration with Ansible — not just write a playbook, but build reliable, reusable automation under time pressure. This five-day course gives you the extra practice time that a performance-based exam demands.

Day one revisits the RHCSA skills that the exam expects you to automate, then sets up the Ansible control node, inventories and configuration. Day two covers playbooks, variables, facts and Ansible Vault. Day three adds task control — loops, conditionals, handlers and error handling — along with Jinja2 templates and file management.

Day four is about structure and reuse: roles, RHEL system roles, Ansible Content Collections, automation content navigator and managing content from multiple sources. You will automate storage, users, services, firewall rules, SELinux settings and scheduled jobs across several managed nodes.

Day five is dedicated to exam readiness: a full-length timed practice exam on a fresh environment, a detailed debrief, and focused rework on the areas that caused the most trouble.

This course is aligned to the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam, EX294. Ace Skills is not a Red Hat training partner and does not use official courseware. RHCE requires RHCSA; please confirm current objectives on the Red Hat website before booking.

Key features

  • Multi-node RHEL lab environment
  • RHCSA revision built into day one
  • Vault, templates, roles and collections
  • RHEL system roles in practice
  • Full-length timed practice exam
  • Course completion certificate from Ace Skills Consulting
  • Post-training doubt support

Who should attend

  • RHCSA holders progressing to RHCE
  • Linux administrators automating their estate
  • DevOps and platform engineers
  • Infrastructure teams standardising server builds

Prerequisites

  • RHCSA certification or equivalent skills
  • Confident with the Linux command line and vim
  • Basic YAML is helpful but not required

Curriculum

5 Days · 40 Hours · 13 Modules · 8 Labs

  1. RHCSA skills refresher

    • Users, groups and permissions
    • Storage and LVM
    • Services and targets
    • Firewall and SELinux
    • Scheduled jobs

    Ansible architecture

    • Control and managed nodes
    • Modules and idempotence
    • Ansible Automation Platform overview

    Control node setup

    • Installing Ansible
    • Inventories and groups
    • ansible.cfg and privilege escalation
    • SSH keys and become
    • Lab: Prepare a control node and four managed nodes · 50 min

  2. Playbooks

    • Ad hoc commands
    • Plays, tasks and modules
    • Check mode and diff
    • Module documentation
    • Lab: Deploy and configure web servers with a playbook · 45 min

    Variables and facts

    • Variable precedence
    • host_vars and group_vars
    • Facts and magic variables
    • Registering results

    Ansible Vault

    • Encrypted files and strings
    • Vault password files
    • Separating secrets from code
    • Lab: Create users and secrets with Vault · 45 min

  3. Task control

    • Loops
    • Conditionals
    • Handlers
    • Blocks and error handling
    • Tags
    • Lab: Handle failures with blocks and handlers · 45 min

    Templates and files

    • Jinja2 templates
    • Filters
    • Managing file content
    • Generating reports from facts
    • Lab: Generate per-host configuration with templates · 45 min

    Inventory patterns

    • Host patterns
    • Dynamic inventory overview
    • Parallelism and serial execution

  4. Roles and collections

    • Writing roles
    • RHEL system roles
    • Ansible Content Collections
    • requirements files
    • Automation content navigator
    • Lab: Refactor playbooks into roles and use a system role · 50 min

    Automating RHCSA tasks

    • Packages and repositories
    • Storage: partitions, LVM and file systems
    • Users, sudo and SSH keys
    • Services, firewall and SELinux
    • cron jobs
    • Lab: Automate a full server baseline · 75 min

  5. Practice exam

    • Exam rules and environment
    • Reading tasks carefully
    • Verification habits
    • Lab: Full-length timed practice exam · 210 min

    Debrief and rework

    • Common mistakes
    • Speed techniques
    • Focused rework of weak areas
Download full syllabus (PDF)

Skills you will gain

  • Ansible
  • Playbooks
  • Ansible Vault
  • Jinja2
  • Roles
  • Content collections
  • RHEL system roles
  • Automation content navigator
  • Linux administration
  • Infrastructure automation

Tools & technologies

  • Ansible Core
  • ansible-navigator
  • Ansible Vault
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • vim
  • Git

Certification exam

Exam details
Exam nameRed Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam
Exam codeEX294
Voucher includedNo — book directly with the vendor
Question formatPerformance-based lab

Skill areas measured

  1. Understand core components of Ansible
  2. Use roles and Ansible Content Collections
  3. Install and configure an Ansible control node
  4. Configure Ansible managed nodes
  5. Run playbooks with automation content navigator
  6. Create Ansible plays and playbooks
  7. Automate standard RHCSA tasks using Ansible modules
  8. Manage content

Exam details are pending verification. Vendors change exams; confirm on the official vendor page before booking. Official exam page (opens in a new tab)

Schedule & Pricing

Live Online

Individual

Price on request

  • 40 hours of live, trainer-led sessions
  • 8 hands-on labs
  • Ace Skills course completion certificate

Onsite

At your office or our centre

Pricing depends on location, group size and dates.

  • Delivered at your premises or an Ace centre
  • Same curriculum and labs as live online
  • Dates planned around your team

Corporate / Team

Private batch for your organisation

A private batch with content adapted to your environment and goals.

  • Customised curriculum
  • Private batch, online or onsite
  • Progress and assessment reports
  • GST invoice and PO-based billing

No public batches scheduled — Talk to an Advisor for a private batch.

Projects & labs you will build

  • Day 2 · 45 min

    Create users and secrets with Vault

  • Day 4 · 50 min

    Refactor playbooks into roles and use a system role

  • Day 5 · 210 min

    Full-length timed practice exam

Your certificate

Certificate of Completion — Ace Skills Consulting

Awarded on completing the course. It records the course title and training hours, and you can share it on your LinkedIn profile.

The Red Hat certification itself is awarded by Red Hat when you pass exam EX294.

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from the Ansible (RH294) course?

Both are aligned to EX294. This five-day course adds RHCSA revision and a full timed practice exam with rework time.

Do I need RHCSA?

Yes. Red Hat requires an RHCSA certification to be awarded RHCE.

Is the exam hands-on?

Yes. EX294 is performance-based: you write automation that is checked against the required outcome.

Is this an official Red Hat course?

No. It is an independent Ace Skills course aligned to the EX294 objectives.

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