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Automating Tasks with Cron and Systemd Timers in RHEL 9
In this lab, you’ll practice automating tasks using cron, at, batch, and systemd timers in RHEL 9 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 9). When you’re finished, you’ll have configured automated system maintenance and job scheduling to optimize your workflow.
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Getting Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
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Schedule Recurring Jobs with Cron
To start things off, you will automate daily maintenance tasks using cron jobs.
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Manage One-Time Tasks with At and Batch
In this challenge, you will handle batch processing tasks that occur occasionally using at and batch.
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Use Systemd Timers for Automation
To finish things, you will implement advanced scheduling with systemd timers for services and scripts.
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The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
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