Administrative command and config-file changes

System Basics

Task RHEL6 RHEL7
View RH subscription information /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid 
subscription-manager identity		 subscription-manager identity
Configure RH subscription rhn_register 
rhnreg_ks 
subscription-manager		 subscription-manager14 
rhn_register15

Basic Configuration

Task RHEL6 RHEL7
Graphical configuration tools system-config-* gnome-control-center
Configure network system-config-network nmcli 
nmtui 
nm-connection-editor
Configure system language system-config-language localectl
Configure system time and date system-config-date 
date		 timedatectl 
date
Synchronize time and date ntpdate 
/etc/ntp.conf		 ntpdate 
/etc/chrony.conf
Configure keyboard system-config-keyboard localectl

Jobs and services

Task RHEL6 RHEL7
List all services chkconfig 
ls /etc/init.d/		 systemctl -at service 
ls /{usr/lib,etc}/systemd/system/*.service
List running services service –status-all systemctl -t service –state=active
Start/stop a service service name start 
service name stop		 systemctl start name.service 
systemctl stop name.service
Enable/disable a service chkconfig name on 
chkconfig name off		 systemctl enable name.service 
systemctl disable name.service
Check if service enabled chkconfig name systemctl is-enabled name
View service status service name status systemctl status name.service
Create service file or change config chkconfig –add systemctl daemon-reload
View runlevel/target runlevel systemctl get-default
Change runlevel/target init runlevel systemctl isolate name.target 
init runlevel
Configure logging /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.conf 
/etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf 
/var/log/journal/ 
/etc/systemd/journald.conf
View logs /var/log/ /var/log/ 
journalctl

Kernel, boot, and hardware

Task RHEL6 RHEL7
Bypass root password prompt at boot append 1 or s or init=/bin/bash to kernel cmdline append rd.break or init=/bin/bash to kernel cmdline
Shut down system shutdown systemctl shutdown
Power off system poweroff systemctl poweroff
Halt system halt systemctl halt
Reboot system reboot systemctl reboot
Configure default runlevel/target /etc/inittab systemctl set-default
Configure GRUB bootloader /boot/grub/grub.conf /etc/default/grub 
grub2-mkconfig 
grub-set-default

Software management

Task RHEL6 RHEL7
Install software yum install 
yum groupinstall		 yum install 
yum group install
View software info yum info 
yum groupinfo		 yum info 
yum group info

File systems, volumes, and disks

Task RHEL6 RHEL7
Create/modify disk partitions fdisk 
parted		 fdisk 
parted 
gdisk
Default file system ext4 xfs
Enlarge volumes formatted with default filesystem vgextend 
lvextend 
resize2fs		 vgextend 
lvextend 
xfs_growfs

Networking

Task RHEL6 RHEL7
Configure name resolution /etc/hosts 
/etc/resolv.conf		 /etc/hosts 
/etc/resolv.conf 
nmcli con mod
Configure hostname /etc/sysconfig/network /etc/hostname 
hostnamectl 
nmtui
View network interface info ip addr 
ifconfig 
brctl		 ip addr 
nmcli dev show 
teamdctl 
brctl 
bridge
Configure network interface /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* 
nmcli con [add|mod|edit] 
nmtui 
nm-connection-editor
Configure firewall iptables & ip6tables 
/etc/sysconfig/ip*tables 
system-config-firewall		 firewall-cmd 
firewall-config
View ports/sockets netstat 
ss 
lsof		 ss 
lsof