Linux System Administrator (LPIC-101 & LPIC-102)

The LPIC-1 certification certifies that a graduate has the skills necessary to administer and maintain Linux servers and desktops. The certification is vendor-neutral and empowers graduates to administer any Linux-based distribution, an increasingly important skill as cloud adoption grows.

Get Professional - Get LPIC-1 Certified

The LPIC-1 certification is trusted by employers as validating that certificate holders have the necessary skills to provide essential Linux administration services to their critical infrastructure.

The certification consists of two exams:  LPIC-101 and LPIC102.

 

LPIC-101 Course Outline

• System Architecture
  • Determine and configure hardware settings
  • Boot the system
  • Change runlevels / boot targets and shutdown or reboot system
• Linux Installation and Package Management
  • Design hard disk layout
  • Install a boot manager
  • Manage shared libraries
  • Use Debian package management
  • Use RPM and YUM package management
  • Linux as a virtualization guest

• GNU and Unix Commands
  • Work on the command line
  • Process text streams using filters
  • Perform basic file management
  • Use streams, pipes and redirects
  • Create, monitor and kill processes
  • Modify process execution priorities
  • Search text files using regular expressions
  • Basic file editing
• Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
  • Maintain the integrity of filesystems
  • Control mounting and unmounting of filesystems
  • Removed
  • Manage file permissions and ownership
  • Create and change hard and symbolic links
  • Find system files and place files in the correct location

LPI102 - Course Outline

• 105: Shells and Shell Scripting
  • Customize and use the shell environment
  • Customize or write simple scripts

• 106: User Interfaces and Desktops
  • Install and configure X11
  • Graphical Desktop
  • Accessibility

• 107: Administrative Tasks
  • Manage user and group accounts and related system files
  • Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs
  • Localisation and internationalisation

• 108: Essential System Services
  • Maintain system time
  • System logging
  • Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) basics
  • Manage printers and printing

• 109: Networking Fundamentals
  • Fundamentals of internet protocols
  • Persistent network configuration
  • Basic network troubleshooting
  • Configure client side DNS

• 110: Security
  • Perform security administration tasks
  • Setup host security
  • Securing data with encryption