LPI Linux Certification

__NOTOC__ LPI Linux Certification/Print Version Print this book This book covers the Linux Professional Institute™ family of certifications. There are three levels of LPI™ certification: Level 1: Junior Level Linux Professional. Level 2: Advanced Level Linux Professional. Level 3: Senior Level Linux Professional. To obtain a certification, a candidate is required to pass exams and, for Level 2 and Level 3, to hold a lower-level certification from the LPI™. All LPIC candidates are encouraged to browse the documentation at the LPI™ website. The resources there will familiarize the candidate with many things that are outside the scope of this book (e.g. exam cost, testing centers, other training resources) you are also encouraged to register with the LPI™ so that you can access the candidate area. The Detailed Objectives listed within each of the modules in this book have been reproduced from the LPI™ website with kind Permission. We are however, to make it clear that the Linux Professional Institute™ does not endorse the work contained within this book in any way whatsoever. Audience thumb|115px|Logo of the Linux Professional Institute. This book is written specifically for the LPIC candidate. It is based, as indeed is the exam, around a community driven documentation project known as "The Linux Documentation Project". Each module in the book, however, is organized around a particular subject. It is hence feasible for the casual reader to pick one particular module and study its material with a view to gain a better understanding of just that material. However, many of the modules - and in particular the Advanced modules - will assume a certain skill level. It is also feasible for a new Linux user to come here with a view to learn Linux. However, although such readers are very welcome, they may be better served by studying the following material, Linux Guide. The modules on the LPI Linux certification are heavily slanted toward up-and-coming sysadmins. About this book This book is organized so that each and every module can be accessed via the front page. This will be useful for readers who just wish to study or quickly gain information about one aspect of the exam syllabus. For exam candidates we have created an exam page which also has a table of contents that covers only the modules required for you to study for the various levels of the LPI™ . It is the hope of the contributors that the exam candidates will use the exam pages and their accompanying discussion pages to leave advice, tips and gotchas etc. for other exam candidates. The Module pages will contain detailed objectives followed by an overview which in turn will be followed by section headings covering the module's syllabus. At the beginning of each section will be a list of prerequisite reading (hopefully all nicely formatted). It is advisable to read them, although the linked articles may not be required knowledge to pass the exam. However, they should relate to the individual sections they are contained within. Version To keep Your Linux knowledge up to date and the LPI Certification relevant, the LPI regularly updates its syllabus. As of 2021-02-19, the latest Version of LPIC-1 is Version 5.0 with Exams 101-500 and 102-500. The most recent version of LPIC-2 is Version 4.5 with the Exams 201-450 and 202-450. Lastly, we are obviously looking for Authors, We encourage all positive edits even if it is just to correct a simple spelling mistake or fix a link; in short, "Every addition is very welcome." Table of Contents Junior Level Linux Professional (LPIC-1) - Exam Page25% Sep 25, 2007 Exam 101-500 Topic 101: System Architecture Determine and configure hardware settings00% Feb 21, 2021 (101.1) Boot the system00% Feb 21, 2021 (101.2) Change runlevels / boot targets and shutdown or reboot00% Feb 21, 2021 (101.3) Topic 102: Linux Installation & Package Management Design Hard Disk Layout (102.1) 25% Sep 25, 2007 Install A Boot Manager (102.2) 25% Sep 25, 2007 Manage Shared Libraries (102.3) 25% Sep 25, 2007 Use Debian Package Management (102.4) 25% Sep 25, 2007 Use RPM and YUM package management (102.5) 25% Sep 25, 2007 Linux as a virtualization guest (102.6) 0% Feb 21, 2021 Topic 103: GNU and UNIX Commands Work On The Command Line (103.1) 25% Sep 25, 2007 Process Text Streams Using Filters (103.2) 25% Sep 25, 2007 Perform Basic File Management (103.3)25% Sep 25, 2007 Use Streams, Pipes and Redirects (103.4)25% Sep 25, 2007 Create, Monitor and Kill Processes (103.5)25% Sep 25, 2007 Modify Process Execution Priorities (103.6)25% Sep 25, 2007 Search Text Files Using Regular Expressions (103.7)25% Sep 25, 2007 Basic File Editing (103.8)25% Sep 25, 2007 Topic 104: Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Create Partitions and Filesystems25% Sep 25, 2007 (104.1) Maintaining The Integrity Of Filesystems25% Sep 25, 2007 (104.2) Control Mounting and Unmounting of Filesystems25% Sep 25, 2007 (104.3) Removed (104.4) Manage file permissions and ownership0% Feb 21, 2021 (104.5) Create and Change Hard and Symbolic Links25% Sep 25, 2007 (104.6) Find System Files and Place Files In The Correct Location00% Sep 25, 2007 (104.7) Exam 102-500 Topic 105: Shells and Shell Scripting Customise and Use The Shell Environment0% Sep 25, 2007 (105.1) Customise Or Write Simple Shell Scripts0% Sep 25, 2007 (105.2) Topic 106: User Interfaces and Desktops Install and configure X110% Feb 21, 2021 (106.1) Graphical Desktops0% Feb 21, 2021 (106.2) Accessibility0% Feb 21, 2021 (106.3) Topic 107: Administrative Tasks Manage Users and Group Accounts and Related System Files00% Sep 25, 2007 (107.1) Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs00% Feb 21, 2021 (107.2) Localisation and internationalisation00% Feb 21, 2021 (107.3) Topic 108: Essential System Services Maintain system time00% Feb 21, 2021 (108.1) System logging00% Feb 21, 2021 (108.2) Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) basics00% Feb 21, 2021 (108.3) Manage printers and printing00% Feb 21, 2021 (108.4) Topic 109: Networking Fundamentals Fundamentals of internet protocols00% Feb 21, 2021 (109.1) Persistent network configuration00% Feb 21, 2021 (109.2) Basic network troubleshooting00% Feb 21, 2021 (109.3) Configure client side DNS00% Feb 21, 2021 (109.4) Topic 110: Security Perform security administration tasks00% Feb 21, 2021 (110.1) Setup host security00% Feb 21, 2021 (110.2) Securing data with encryption00% Feb 21, 2021 (110.3) Obsolete Links Hardware & Architecture (Obsolete!) Configure Fundamental BIOS Settings25% Sep 25, 2007 Configure Modem & Sound Cards25% Sep 25, 2007 Setup Non IDE Devices25% Sep 25, 2007 Setup Different PC Expansion Cards25% Sep 25, 2007 Configure Communication Devices25% Sep 25, 2007 Configure USB Devices25% Sep 25, 2007 The X Window System Setup A Display Manager00% Sep 25, 2007 Kernel Kernel Runtime Management & Query50% Jan 16, 2011 Security Perform Security Administration Tasks00% Sep 25, 2007 Advanced Level Linux Professional (LPIC-2) Exam 201-450 Capacity Planning (200) Measure and Troubleshoot Resource Usage (200.1)00% Feb 22, 2021 Predict Future Resource Needs (200.2)00% Feb 22, 2021 Linux Kernel (201) Kernel Components (201.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 Compiling A Kernel (201.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 Kernel runtime management and troubleshooting (201.3)00% Feb 22, 2021 Patching A Kernel (201.3)00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete) Customise, build and install a custom kernel and kernel modules (201.4)00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete) Manage/Query kernel and kernel modules at runtime (201.5)00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete) System Startup (202) Customizing SysV-init startup (202.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 System Recovery (202.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 Alternate Bootloaders (202.3)00% Feb 22, 2021 Filesystems And Devices (203) Operating The Linux filesystem (203.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 Maintaining A Linux filesystem (203.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 Creating And Configuring filesystem Options (203.3)00% Sep 25, 2007 Advanced Storage Device Administration (204) Configuring RAID (204.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 Adjusting Storage Device Access (204.2)00% Feb 23, 2021 Logical Volume Manager (204.3)00% Feb 23, 2021 Adding New Hardware00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Software & Kernel Configuration00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Configuring PCMCIA Devices00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Networking Configuration (205) Basic Networking Configuration (205.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 Advanced Network Configuration & Troubleshooting (205.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 Troubleshooting Network Issues (205.3)00% Sep 25, 2007 System Maintenance (206) Make And Install Programs From Source (206.1) 00% Feb 22, 2021 Backup Operations (206.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 Notify users on system-related issues (206.3) 00% Feb 22, 2021 System Logging00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Packaging Software00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Exam 202-450 DNS (207) Basic DNS Server Configuration (207.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 Create And Maintain DNS Zones (207.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 Securing A DNS Server (207.3)00% Sep 25, 2007 Web Services (208) Implementing A Web Server (208.1)50% Feb 15, 2010 Apache configuration for HTTPS (208.2)25% Feb 15, 2010 Implementing A Proxy Server (208.3)00% Sep 25, 2007 Implementing Nginx as a web server and a reverse proxy (208.3)00% Feb 22, 2021 File Sharing (209) Samba Server Configuration (209.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 NFS Server Configuration (209.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 Network Client Management (210) DHCP Configuration (210.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 PAM Authentication (210.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 LDAP Client Usage (210.3)00% Sep 25, 2007 Configuring an OpenLDAP server (210.4)00% Feb 22, 2021 NIS Configuration00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) E-Mail Services (211) Using E-Mail Servers (211.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 Managing E-Mail Delivery (211.2)00% Feb 24, 2021 Managing Remote E-Mail Delivery (211.3)00% Feb 24, 2021 Configuring Mailing Lists00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Managing Mail Traffic00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Serving News00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) System Security (212) Configuring A Router (212.1)00% Sep 25, 2007 Securing FTP Servers (212.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 Secure Shell (SSH) (212.3)00% Sep 25, 2007 Security Tasks (212.4)00% Sep 25, 2007 OpenVPN (212.5)00% Feb 24, 2021 Obsolete! TCP Wrapper (212.4)00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Troubleshooting (213) (Obsolete!) Identifying Boot Stages And Troubleshooting Bootloaders (213.1) (Obsolete!) General Troubleshooting (213.2)00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Troubleshooting System Resources (213.3)00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Troubleshooting Environment Configurations (213.4)00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Creating Recovery Disks00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Identifying Boot Stages00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) Troubleshooting Bootloaders00% Sep 25, 2007 (Obsolete!) External links LPI Website The Linux Documentation Project LPI Linux certification information and study resources LPI Study Guides from IBM - Highly regarded by the Linux Community The Linux Tutorial linux IT certifications L 25% fr:v:Certification Linux LPI ja:LPIC(level1)