Join us in celebrating over 25 years of Red Hat Certification

[TudorRaduta]

Red Hat Certifications provide comprehensive, hands-on validation of the skills needed to use various Red Hat technologies.

You’ve put in the work, passed the exam and now tell us how you did it. Share your story in the comments and show others what’s possible.

[Chetan_Tiwary_]

How I did it ?

It started in 2017 with a desire to earn the RHCSA EX200 - it is the toughest exam that I faced in all of my RH certifications may be because everything was new to me and I was not that well prepared and took it lightly. 

Each certification followed a cycle -

master exam objectives, practice labs under timed conditions, especially the end of chapter labs and comp reviews and  then sit for the hands on performance based exam. I treated failure as feedback from syntax errors in shell scripts to messed up pod network policies learning from every attempt in those labs and guided exercises.

I focused primarily on those RH courses and its labs but also expanded the learning with official documentation and other sources on internet. 

Red Hat certifications require consistent effort and deep focus. Finishing this journey taught me that with structured planning, daily practice, and real lab work, it's possible to master a broad technology stack.

Some of the cert exams which I thouroughy enjoyed while preapring and enriched me with deep knowledge were :

• OpenShift Administration (EX280)
• Containers (EX188)
• Virtualization (EX318)
• Performance Tuning (EX442)
• Diagnostics & Troubleshooting (EX342)
• OpenShift Virtualization (EX316)
• Satellite ( EX403 )
• Ansible ( EX294 )
• Security ( EX415 )

Each certification journey reinforced not just technical knowledge, but also discipline, problem-solving, and clarity in real-world environments. From my first RHCSA to becoming a RHCA  with multiple levels, this path has validated the skills that drive enterprise solutions today. 

[NirZilka]

I'm RHCP from 2013 (ex200 rhel6), currently RHCE XIX (XXI at the top level), and hope to get level XXV this year.

For me it's like sport, trying to keep a pace of one exam a month.

In addition i'm AWS certified Golden Jacket (14x aws certified), but redhat exams are the most enjoyable for me, where I can bring my talent and skills hand on like it really is in job, keeps me sharp and fresh.

In general, I would have like the training team to offer more exams (because lot of exams are retired and the rhce level dropped, few each year), and in more technologies (most of the exams are related to openshift / ansible and lot of content overlapping. for example: ansible controller in ex467/ex362/ex415 and more. ex318 was great and ovirt platform is great and redhat can put it back in the new version that should be released soon on el10 based).

Regards,

Nir.

[TudorRaduta]

Thanks for sharing your journey, folks! You’re living proof of what discipline and determination really mean. Whether you’ve earned one certification or fifteen, you’re part of a select group that pushes limits, sharpens skills, and keeps the bar high. This isn’t just about credentials but it’s about showing up, staying sharp, and inspiring the person next to you to do the same.

[Alex_Bron]

When I learned in 2000 about the RHCE certification (finally, also a certification for Linux next to the HPUX, AIX and Solaris tracks), I immediately decided that that would be it. So on June 30, 2000 I passed my first RHCE exam (together with 2 colleagues from the same company). The training was based on Red Hat Linux 6.2; exams were quite different from what we have nowadays; there was even a section with multiple-choice questions.

Since then I managed to keep the RHCE status via exams on RHEL-3, RHEL-5, RHEL-7 and RHEL-9, and I added a series of extra exams as I needed that knowledge (Satellite, Openstack, Ceph) or I just wanted to have all Ansible certifications possible.

What stands out in the Red Hat training portfolio is the practical use and the performance-based exams. On the downside, from time to time training material is quite outdated (Ansible training based on Automation Platform 2.2, where 2.5 is almost a year out).

 

[TJTryon]

Very excited for RedHat's 25th year anniversary. I received my RHCE 23 years ago myself, though I plan to renew it soon...

[Chetan_Tiwary_]

@TJTryon wow ! Nostalgia !

[51527721]

This is beatiful.

[OmSinghParihar]

As An Redhat certified educator, I feel happy to guide my students for Redhat Technolgies for thier career. 

[Blue_bird]

Awesome..! 

Congratulations to all Certified Professionals..!

[ArtemCC]

JOINED impressed

Wow! Stories like these are very motivating!

[Dipak_Rathod]

JOINED curious