The Red Hat RHCT (Red Hat
Certified Technician) is a mid
level certification for IT
professionals who are able to:
install and configure Red Hat
Linux; understand limitations of
hardware, configure basic
networking and file systems for a
single system attached to a
network, configure the X Window
System, perform essential Red Hat
Linux system administration,
configure basic host security, set
up client-side networking services
required to attach to a production
network, and carry outbasic
diagnostics and troubleshooting.
The RHCT certification emerged
in January 2003, four years after
the release of the more advanced
RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer)
certification. There is no
specific prerequisite for the RHCT,
although a candidate should be
ready from a technical point of
view for professional
responsibilities in installing,
configuring, attaching, and
supporting Red Hat Linux systems
on an existing production network.
Job roles of those pursuing
this certification typically
include: technician, system
administrator, network
administrator, system engineer,
web engineer, and developer.
Here is what Red Hat says about
how long a certification stays
valid: “The validity period for
all RHCEs and RHCTs is now
officially pegged to the release
of the Enterprise product
commercially available at the time
certification was earned, and
certification shall be current
until after one (1) major release
of the Enterprise product.
Certificates earned on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 will be current
until the release of Red Hat
Enterprise 5. All RHCEs earned on
Red Hat Linux 7.3 or prior will be
considered current until the
release of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4. All RHCEs and RHCTs
earned on Red Hat Linux 8.0 and 9
will remain current until the
release of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5. Validity and current
status of an RHCE certificate will
continue to be verified at
Certification Central.”
