RHCE Certification:
RHCE: Am I Current?

Get Current: RHCE Special

In an effort to keep the RHCE community armed with the latest Linux technology, Red Hat is pleased to offer the following Get Current opportunities on open enrollment courses in Europe:

  • 50% discount on RHCE exams
  • 20% discount on RH300 Rapid Track course:
    RHCEs may wish to brush up with the the five-day RH300 RHCE Rapid Track Course, which includes the exam on the fifth day.

To enroll for the RHCE exam or the RH300 Rapid track course, please use the Course Finder to locate a session that works for your schedule and click on the desired course. Complete the form and make sure to note one of the following promo codes in the promo box when booking.

You will also need to provide your RHCE certification number in the "Additional Comments" area as well.

Why is it important to stay current?

While evidence suggests that RHCEs who stay professionally active can evolve their skills in pace with new releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS technology, it is important for Red Hat to maintain a policy for determining whether an RHCE or RHCT certificate can be considered current. Thus, verification services provided for all RHCEs at Certification Central have always indicated which OS release a certificate was earned on, and whether the certificate is current or no longer current.

The validity period for all RHCEs and RHCTs is pegged to the release of the Enterprise product commercially available at the time certification was earned. RHCE and RHCT certifications are considered current until Red Hat retires exams of the release following the version on which your certification was earned. For example, certificates earned on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 were current until August 31, 2007, the last date on which Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 exams were offered. Note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released in March, months before the final retirement of the version 4 exams.

To provide further clarification for earlier versions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will remain current until Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 exams are retired, several months after the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Certifications earned on Red Hat Linux 8.0 and Red Hat Linux 9 are pegged to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, and hence are no longer be current as of August 31, 2007.