Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam (EX294) Training in South Africa

The Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) – EX294 is a performance-based certification exam that validates your ability to automate system administration tasks using Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform.

This exam focuses on advanced automation, playbook development, and enterprise configuration management across multiple systems.

By passing this exam, candidates:

• Earn the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) credential

• Gain credit toward RHCA® (Red Hat Certified Architect)

The exam objectives are based on the latest Red Hat product version.

Exam Objectives

The EX294 exam measures the ability to:

• Write and execute Ansible playbooks

• Automate Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems

• Manage configuration across multiple servers

• Apply DevOps automation practices

All configurations must persist after reboot.

Business Impact

RHCE-certified professionals enable organizations to:

• Automate multi-server environments

• Reduce human error

• Accelerate DevOps workflows

• Ensure configuration consistency

• Build secure and scalable infrastructure

Individual Impact

Professionals who earn the RHCE certification:

• Gain advanced Ansible automation expertise

• Scale enterprise Linux environments

• Hold a globally recognized engineering certification

• Take a significant step toward RHCA

Candidates are recommended to:

• Complete RH124 and RH134 or RH199 (RHCSA Rapid Track)

• Complete AU294 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible)

• Be familiar with RHCSA (EX200) objectives

• Understand core Ansible concepts

• Experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators

• IT professionals who completed AU294

• Candidates pursuing RHCA

• DevOps professionals implementing automation

• RHCEs seeking recertification

RHCSA-Level Skills

• System administration

• Storage configuration

• User and group management

• Security management

Ansible Core Components

• Inventories

• Modules

• Variables and facts

• Loops and conditionals

• Plays and playbooks

• Roles

• Configuration files

Installing and Configuring Ansible

• Modify ansible.cfg

• Configure ansible-navigator

• Create static inventories

• Distribute SSH keys

• Configure privilege escalation

Playbook Development

• Configure systems to a defined state

• Implement error handling

• Use conditional execution

• Capture command results with variables

Roles and Content Collections

• Create and manage roles

• Install and use Content Collections

Automating RHCSA Tasks

Automate tasks involving:

• Software packages and repositories

• Services

• Firewall rules

• File systems

• Storage devices

• Task scheduling

• Users and groups

• Security configurations

Secure Automation

• Use Ansible Vault

• Create dynamic configuration files using templates

Exam Format

• Performance-based, hands-on exam

• Duration: 3 hours

• Configure multiple systems using Ansible

• No internet access

• No external documentation allowed

• Official product documentation available

Candidates must create playbooks that achieve the required end state.