RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5, 6, AND 7 SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT NETWORKING

Common administrative commands TASK RHEL TASK RHEL

yum install iptables and ip6tables

5 6 5
yum groupinstall /etc/sysconfig/ip*tables
1 Be aware of potential issues when using subscription-manager
SYSTEM BASICS on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: https://access.redhat.com/ Install software iptables and ip6tables
solutions/129003. yum install Configure
7 /etc/sysconfig/ip*tables 6
TASK RHEL 2 Subscription-manager is used for Satellite 6, Satellite 5.6 with yum group install firewall system-config-firewall
SAM and newer, and Red Hat’s CDN.
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid 5 yum info firewall-cmd
3 RHN tools are deprecated on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. 5 6 7
rhn_register should be used for Satellite server 5.6 and newer yum groupinfo firewall-config
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid View software
View subscription information 6 only. For details, see: Satellite 5.6 unable to register RHEL 7
subscription-manager identity
client system due to rhn-setup package not included in
info yum info /etc/hosts
7 5 6
Minimal installation (https://access.redhat.com/ Configure /etc/resolv.conf
subscription-manager identity 7 yum group info
solutions/737373) name /etc/hosts
rhn_register
5 Update software yum update 5 6 7 resolution /etc/resolv.conf 7
subscription-manager 1 nmcli con mod
Upgrade software yum upgrade 5 6 7
rhn_register /etc/sysconfig/network 5 6
Configure subscription rhnreg_ks 6 Configure
subscription-manager
Configure subscription-manager repos
hostnamectl
software 5 6 7 hostname /etc/hostname 7
/etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo
subscription-manager 2 repository nmtui
7
rhn_register 3 ip addr
Find file in rpm -qf filename
5 6 7 ifconfig 5 6
sosreport package yum provides filename-glob brctl
dmidecode 5
View network ip addr
hwbrowser View software rpm -q packagename 5 6 7 interface info nmcli dev show
View system profile sosreport version teamdctl 7
dmidecode RESOURCE MANAGEMENT brctl
6 7 View installed rpm -qa
lstopo 5 6 7 bridge
TASK RHEL
lscpu software yum list installed
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* 5 6
top
View RHEL version information /etc/redhat-release 5 6 7 ps Configure /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
sar network nmcli con [add|mod|edit]
7
iostat
netstat 5 USER MANAGEMENT interface nmtui
vmstat nm-connection-editor
TASK RHEL
BASIC CONFIGURATION mpstat
ss
numastat
TASK RHEL Graphical user system-config-users 5 6 7
lsof 5 6
View ports/ netstat
top management
system-config-* 5 6 ps sockets
ss
Graphical configuration tools sar
Create user 7
iostat useradd 5 6 7 lsof
gnome-control-center 7
netstat account
6 ip route add
system-config-network 5 6 View system usage ss
vmstat Delete user system-config-network 5 6
userdel 5 6 7 /etc/sysconfig/route-iface
Configure network nmcli mpstat account
nmtui 7 numastat Configure ip route add
nm-connection-editor tuna usermod routes nmcli
top View/change user /etc/passwd
5 6 7 nmtui 7
system-config-language 5 6
Configure system language ps account details vipw nm-connection-editor
localectl 7 sar id /etc/sysconfig/route-iface
iostat
system-config-date ss 7 Create user group groupadd 5 6 7 View routes ip route 5 6 7
5 6 vmstat
date
Configure time and date mpstat
Delete user group groupdel 5 6 7
timedatectl numastat
7
date
tuna SECURITY AND IDENTITY
Change group groupmod
5 6 7
df 5 details /etc/group TASK RHEL
ntpdate
5 6
/etc/ntp.conf View disk usage df
iostat 6 7 Change user /etc/selinux/config
Synchronize time and date passwd 5 6 7
timedatectl password chcon
/etc/chrony.conf 7 Trace system calls strace 5 6 7 Configure system restorecon
5 6 7
ntpdate Change user usermod security semanage
5 6 7 setsebool
Trace library calls ltrace 5 6 7 permissions visudo
system-config-keyboard 5 6 system-config-selinux
Configure keyboard
localectl 7 Change process nice Change group groupmod
renice 5 6 7 5 6 7 Report on system
priority permissions visudo sealert 5 6 7
Text-based configuration tools system-config-*-tui 5 6 7 security
Change process taskset Change password
Configure printer system-config-printer 5 6 7 5 6 7 chage 5 6 7 authconfig
run location policy LDAP, SSSD, authconfig-tui 5 6 7
/etc/ssh/ssh_config Kerberos authconfig-gtk
kill
Configure SSH /etc/ssh/sshd_config 5 6 7 Kill a process pkill 5 6 7 View user w 5 6 7
~/.ssh/config ssh-keygen killall sessions Network users getent 5 6 7
JOBS AND SERVICES FILE SYSTEMS, VOLUMES, AND DISKS FILE SYSTEMS, VOLUMES, AND DISKS (CONT.)
TASK RHEL TASK RHEL TASK RHEL

/etc/syslog.conf 5 ext3 5 lvdisplay

lvs
/etc/rsyslog.conf 6 Default file system ext4 6 vgdisplay
View logical volume info 5 6 7
Configure logging /etc/rsyslog.conf xfs 7 vgs
/etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf pvdisplay
7 copy data to new file system pvs
/var/log/journal 5
fsck (look for ‘non-contiguous inodes’)
systemd-journald.service
Defragment disk space Configure on-demand /etc/auto.master.d/*.autofs
5 6 7
copy data to new file system
chkconfig --list auto-mounts /etc/auto.*
5 6 fsck (look for ‘non-contiguous inodes’) 6 7
ls /etc/init.d/
xfs_fsr chmod
List all services systemctl -at service chown
fdisk Change file permissions 5 6 7
ls /etc/systemd/system/*.service 7 5 6 chgrp
parted
ls /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.service umask (future file creation)
Create/modify disk fdisk
service --status-all 5 6 partitions Change file attributes chattr 5 6 7
List running services gdisk
7
systemctl -t service --state=active 7 parted
Change access control list setfacl 5 6 7
ssm create
service name start
5 6
service name stop mkfs.filesystem_type (ext4, xfs)
Start/stop service 5 6
mkswap
systemctl start name.service
systemctl stop name.service
7 Format disk partition mkfs.filesystem_type (ext4, xfs) KERNEL, BOOT, AND HARDWARE
mkswap 7
chkconfig name on TASK RHEL
5 6 ssm create
chkconfig name off
append 1 or s or init=/bin/bash to kernel cmdline 5 6
Enable/disable service mount
systemctl enable name.service 5 6 Single user/rescue mode
7 /etc/fstab append rd.break or init=/bin/bash to kernel cmdline 7
systemctl disable name.service
Mount storage mount 5 6
service name status 5 6 Shut down system shutdown
/etc/fstab 7
View service status
systemctl status name.service 7 ssm mount poweroff 5 6

pvcreate 5 6
Power off system poweroff
chkconfig name --list 5 6 7
Check if service is enabled Create physical volume
systemctl poweroff
systemctl is-enabled name 7 pvcreate
7 halt 5 6
ssm create (if backend is lvm)
chkconfig --add 5 6
Create new service file or Halt system halt
vgcreate 5 6 7
modify configuration systemctl daemon-reload systemctl halt
7
/etc/systemd/system/*.service Create volume group vgcreate
7 reboot 5 6
ssm create (if backend is lvm)
runlevel
5 6 Reboot system reboot
who -r lvcreate 5 6 7
View run level/target systemctl reboot
systemctl get-default
7 Create logical volume lvcreate
who -r 7 /etc/inittab 5 6
ssm create (if backend is lvm) Configure default run level/target
/etc/inittab systemctl set-default 7
5 6 vgextend
init run_level 5 6
lvextend /boot/grub/grub.conf 5 6
Change run level/target resize2fs
systemctl isolate name.target /etc/default/grub
7 Enlarge volumes formatted Configure GRUB bootloader
systemctl set-default vgextend grub2-mkconfig 7
with default file system
lvextend grub-set-default
/var/log 5 6 7
xfs_growfs
View logs /var/log ssm resize hwbrowser 5
7 View hardware configured
journalctl
resize2fs lshw (in EPEL) 6 7
add audit=1 to kernel cmdline lvreduce 5 6
Shrink volumes formatted vgreduce Configure kernel module modprobe 5 6 7
auditctl
/etc/audit/auditd.conf with default file system
XFS cannot currently be shrunk; copy Configure hardware device udev 5 6 7
Configure system audit /etc/audit/audit.rules 5 6 7 7
desired data to a smaller file system.
authconfig sysctl -a
View kernel parameters cat /proc/cmdline
5 6 7
/etc/pam.d/system-auth fsck 5 6
pam_tty_audit kernel module
Check/repair file system fsck Load kernel module modprobe 5 6 7
7
View audit output aureport /var/log/faillog 5 6 7 ssm check
Remove kernel module modprobe -r 5 6 7
cron /etc/exports
5 6
Schedule/batch tasks at 5 6 7 service nfs reload rpm -q kernel
Configure NFS share View kernel version uname -r
5 6 7
batch /etc/exports
7
5 6 7 systemctl reload nfs.service
Find file by name locate
/etc/fstab
Find file by characteristic find 5 6 7 Mount and activate swap swapon -a
5 6 7

tar Configure static mounts /etc/fstab 5 6 7

Create archive cpio 5 6 7
zip View free disk space df 5 6 7 04/17

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