Red Hat Security: Identity Management and Authentication

Red Hat Certified System Engineers (RHCE) who wish to learn how to provision and configure centralized identity management solutions for Linux clients and how to integrate them with other network services and identity management systems.

- Identity Management specialists or engineers

- Access Management specialists or engineers

Impact on the organization

Businesses will be able to integrate and centralize lifecycle management and security policy implementation and enforcement, and extend that consolidated management to additional enterprise configuration management products from the Red Hat portfolio, including Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Satellite Server.

Impact on the individual

As a result of attending this course, you will gain an understanding of the architecture of an identity management realm and trusted relationships using both Identity Management in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Active Directory. You will be able to create, manage, and troubleshoot user management structures, security policies, local and remote secure access methods, and implementation technologies such as SSSD, Kerberos, PKI, and certificates.

1. Identity Management in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Introduce Identity Management in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (IdM) and its high-level architecture.
2. Identity Management Core Technologies Review the core technologies of Identity Management (IdM) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
3. Installing Identity Management in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Install Identity Management servers, replicas, and clients on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
4. Implementing an Identity Management Topology Implement continuous functionality and high availability of IdM services in single-site and geographically distributed topologies.
5. Managing the CA and DNS Integrated Services Manage the Certificate Authority (CA) and the Domain Name System (DNS) services that are integrated with Identity Management.
6. Managing Users and Controlling User Access Configure users for authorized access to services and resources.
7. Configuring Alternative Authentication Services Configure and manage smart card authentication, secrets, and two-factor authentication.
8. Integrating Identity Management with Active Directory Implement a cross-forest trust between Identity Management and Active Directory, and configure ID views to map POSIX attributes to Active Directory users.
9. Integrating Identity Management with Red Hat Utilities Integrate an Identity Management deployment with Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
10. Troubleshooting and Disaster Recovery Planning for IdM Troubleshooting and preparing for disaster recovery with Identity Management.
11. Comprehensive Review Build a small, resilient Identity Management topology to include multiple replicas and clients, populated with multiple users, credentials, policies, and access rights.

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An RHCE certification or equivalent skill is a prerequisite to this course.

Recommended next exam or course

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Identity Management exam (EX362)

Technology considerations

There are no special requirements other than those needed for standard courses delivered in ILT/VT/ROLE/RHLS delivery modes.