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RedHat EX294 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Red Hat |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam for Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
| Exam Number: | EX294 |
| Exam Format: | Hands-on Practical Lab, Performance-based |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years (typical Red Hat validity) |
| Exam Price: | USD 400 |
| Related Certifications: | Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) |
| Exam Duration: | 240 minutes |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | Hands-on, practical onsite or remote proctored performance-based exam. |
| Pre Condition: | Must have current RHCSA certification (EX200) and experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ansible Automation Platform; recommended training RH124, RH134, and AU294. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.redhat.com/en/services/training/ex294-red-hat-certified-engineer-rhce-exam-red-hat-enterprise-linux-8 |
RedHat EX294 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Automation of RHCSA Tasks | - Automate Standard System Tasks
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| Playbook Development and Execution | - Ansible Playbooks
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| System Administration Tasks Using Ansible | - Core Ansible and Automation
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RedHat Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Sample Questions:
Create an Ansible vault to store user passwords as follows:
* The name of the vault is valut.yml
* The vault contains two variables as follows:
- dev_pass with value wakennym
- mgr_pass with value rocky
* The password to encrypt and decrypt the vault is atenorth
* The password is stored in the file /home/admin/ansible/password.txt
Correct Answer:
Solution as:
# pwd
/home/admin/ansible
# echo "atenorth" >password.txt
# chmod 0600 password.txt
# ansible-vault create vault.yml --vault-password-file=password.txt
---
- dev_pass: wakennym
- mgr_pass: rocky
:wq
# cat vault.yml
$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
36383862376164316436353665343765643331393433373564613762666531313034336438353662
3464346331346461306337633632393563643531376139610a343531326130663266613533633562
38623439316631306463623761343939373263333134353264333834353264343934373765643737
3535303630626666370a643663366634383863393338616661666632353139306436316430616334
65386134393363643133363738656130636532346431376265613066326162643437643064313863
6633333537303334333437646163343666666132316639376531
# ansible-vault view vault.yml
password:******
---
- dev_pass: wakennym
- mgr_pass: rocky
Create Logical volumes with lvm.yml in all nodes according to following
requirements.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Create a new Logical volume named as 'data'
* LV should be the member of 'research' Volume Group
* LV size should be 1500M
* It should be formatted with ext4 file-system.
--> If Volume Group does not exist then it should print the message "VG Not found"
--> If the VG can not accommodate 1500M size then it should print "LV Can not be
created with
following size", then the LV should be created with 800M of size.
--> Do not perform any mounting for this LV.
Correct Answer:
Solution as:
# pwd
/home/admin/ansible
# vim lvm.yml
---
- name:
hosts: all
ignore_errors: yes
tasks:
- name:
lvol:
lv: data
vg: research
size: "1500"
- debug:
msg: "VG Not found"
when: ansible_lvm.vgs.research is not defined
- debug:
msg: "LV Can not be created with following size"
when: ansible_lvm.vgs.research.size_g < "1.5"
- name:
lvol:
lv: data
vg: research
size: "800"
when: ansible_lvm.vgs.research.size_g < "1.5"
- name:
filesystem:
fstype: ext4
dev: /dev/research/data
:wq!
# ansible-playbook lvm.yml --syntax-check
# ansible-playbook lvm.yml
Create a file called specs.empty in home/bob/ansible on the local machine as follows:
HOST=
MEMORY=
BIOS=
VDA_DISK_SIZE=
VDB_DISK_SIZE=
Create the playbook /home/bob/ansible/specs.yml which copies specs.empty to all remote nodes' path /root/specs.txt. Using the specs.yml playbook then edit specs.txt on the remote machines to reflect the appropriate ansible facts.
Correct Answer:
Solution as:

Create a playbook called web.yml as follows:
* The playbook runs on managed nodes in the "dev" host group
* Create the directory /webdev with the following requirements:
--> membership in the apache group
--> regular permissions: owner=r+w+execute, group=r+w+execute, other=r+execute
s.p=set group-id
* Symbolically link /var/www/html/webdev to /webdev
* Create the file /webdev/index.html with a single line of text that reads:
"Development"
--> it should be available on http://servera.lab.example.com/webdev/index.html
Correct Answer:
Solution as:
# pwd
/home/admin/ansible/
# vim web.yml
---
- name:
hosts: dev
tasks:
- name: create group
yum:
name: httpd
state: latest
- name: create group
group:
name: apache
state: present
- name: creating directiory
file:
path: /webdev
state: directory
mode: '2775'
group: apache
- sefcontext:
target: '/webdev/index.html'
setype: httpd_sys_content_t
state: present
- name: Apply new SELinux file context to filesystem
command: restorecon -irv
- name: creating symbolic link
file:
src: /webdev
dest: /var/www/html/webdev
state: link
force: yes
- name: creating file
file:
path: /webdev/index.html
sate: touch
- name: Adding content to index.html file
copy:
dest: /webdev/index.html
content: "Development"
- name: add service to the firewall
firewalld:
service: http
permanent: yes
state: enabled
immediate: yes
- name: active http service
service:
name: httpd
state: restarted
enabled: yes
:wq
# ansible-playbook web.yml --syntax-check
# ansible-playbook web.yml
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