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LPI Virtualisation & Containerisation (LPIC305)

Get certified in container and virtualisation infrastructure management with LPIC305 Virtualisation and Containerisation certification. LPIC-305 certified that one can plan, implement and maintain core container and virtualisation infrastructure whether on-premise or in the cloud.

It provides the holder with the skills and knowledge to architect container and virtualisation solutions and troubleshoot issues at the bare metal layer of the virtualisation stack. Manage your own infrastructure as a service solution with LPIC305.

LPIC-305 Course Objectives
 

  • Topic 351: Full Virtualization
     
    • 351.1 Virtualization Concepts and Theory

      Candidates will learn and understand the general concepts, theory and terminology of virtualization. This includes Xen, QEMU and libvirt terminology.
       
    • 351.2 Xen

      Candidates will learn how to install, configure, maintain, migrate and troubleshoot Xen installations.
       
    • 351.3 QEMU

      Candidates will learn to install, configure, maintain, migrate and troubleshoot QEMU installations.
       
    • 351.4 Libvirt Virtual Machine Management

      Candidates will learn to manage virtualization hosts and virtual machines (‘libvirt domains’) using libvirt and related tools.
       
    • 351.5 Virtual Machine Disk Image Management

      Candidates will learn to manage virtual machines disk images. This includes converting disk images between various formats and hypervisors and accessing data stored within an image.
       
  • Topic 352: Container Virtualization
     
    •  352.1 Container Virtualization Concepts

      Candidates will understand the concept of container virtualization. This includes understanding the Linux components used to implement container virtualization as well as using standard Linux tools to troubleshoot these components.
       
    • 352.2 LXC

      Candidates will learn to use system containers using LXC and LXD. The version of LXC covered is 3.0 or higher.
       
    • 352.3 Docker

      Candidate will learn to manage Docker nodes and Docker containers. This include understand the architecture of Docker as well as understanding how Docker interacts with the node’s Linux system.
       
    • 352.4 Container Orchestration Platforms

      Candidates will learn the importance of container orchestration and the key concepts Docker Swarm and Kubernetes provide to implement container orchestration.
       
  • Topic 353:  VM Deployment and Provisioning
     
    • 353.1 Cloud Management Tools

      Candidates will understand common offerings in public clouds and have basic feature knowledge of commonly available cloud management tools such as OpenStack,
      Terraform.
       
    • 353.2 Packer

      Candidates learn to use Packer to create system images. This includes running Packer in various public and private cloud environments as well as building container images for LXC/LXD.
       
    • ​​​​353.3 cloud-init

      Candidates will learn to use cloud-init to configure virtual machines created from standardized images. This includes adjusting virtual machines to match their available hardware resources, specifically, disk space and volumes. Additionally, candidates should be able to configure instances to allow secure SSH logins and install a specific set of software packages. Furthermore, candidates should be able to create new system images with cloud-init support.
       
    • 353.4 Vagrant

      Candidate should be able to use Vagrant to manage virtual machines, including provisioning of the virtual machine.
 

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