Red Hat Virtual Training Information

Important

Red Hat Virtual Classroom e-Learning classes cannot be delivered to students outside North America.

If you have not created and sent in an RHN/redhat.com login, please do so today and send your login ID to virtualtraining@redhat.com

New login IDs may be created at this site: https://www.redhat.com/wapps/ugc/register.html

Please contact virtualtraining@redhat.com if you have any questions.

Access Information

To access the Red Hat Virtual Training session, you will login to the following site:

http://live.redhat.com

After you login with your rhn/redhat.com account, you may access your instructor's live presentation by clicking on "Classroom" in the red bar at the top of the page. Note: it may take up to 30 seconds for audio to begin.

If you have forgotten your password, change it here: https://www.redhat.com/wapps/sso/lostPassword.html

Please note that if you access the Classroom outside of the Class Hours listed above, you will hear a recording stating that normal "class hours are 1-5 PM Eastern time."

To access the chat room, there is a box on the left side of the page titled "Virtual Training Tools." Simply click on "Chat room" in that box and the chat window will pop up. Note: it may take up to 30 seconds to load and connect.

To access your assigned virtual lab workstation, click on the "station" link just below the "Chat room" link in the Virtual Training Tools box mentioned above. If you need any assistance in utilizing your virtual workstation during class, your instructor will be happy to help, just
ask in the chat room.

Please note that accessing the Classroom prior to the start of the Class Hours listed above will return the message "No Enrollment Record Found." This is only a concern if you see this message on the day of your class.

System Requirements

Please note, in order to participate in class, your firewall/network must allow outbound connections to the following ports: 80, 443, 5900-6999 and 8000.

Please verify with your IT support that these ports are available on your network.

At any time you may login to http://live.redhat.com with your RHN/redhat.com account and click on the link "Firewall Tester" to verify that your firewall is not blocking connections to the Red Hat Virtual Training system.

For frequently asked questions, visit here.

Virtual training works in Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. You can download Firefox at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

You can download Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx .

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 the security setting must be set at medium or lower and pop-ups must be enabled. You will also need your web browser java enabled.