The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has established itself as the standard for distribution independent Linux certification. LPI offers three levels of certification: LPI 1, LPI 2 and LPI 3. LPI 1 is the base level certification that is looked for by professionals that want to validate their skills on Linux but not to one specific Linux distribution. This course will help candidates preparing for the LPIC 101 exam, which is the first out of 2 LPI exams candidates have to take to obtain the certificate.
Topics
Topic 101: System Architecture
101.1 Determine and configure hardware settings
Description: Candidates should be able to determine and configure fundamental system hardware
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101.2 Boot the system
Description: Candidates should be able to guide the system through the booting process.
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101.3 Change runlevels / boot targets and shutdown or reboot system
Description: Candidates should be able to manage the SysVinit runlevel or systemd boot target of the system. This objective includes changing to single user mode, shutdown or rebooting the system. Candidates should be able to alert users before switching runlevels / boot targets and properly terminate processes. This objective also includes setting the default SysVinit runlevel or systemd boot target. It also includes awareness of Upstart as an alternative to SysVinit or systemd.
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Topic 102: Linux Installation and Package Management 102.1 Design hard disk layout
Description: Candidates should be able to design a disk partitioning scheme for a Linux system.
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102.2 Install a boot manager
Description: Candidates should be able to select, install and configure a boot manager.
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102.3 Manage shared libraries
Description: Candidates should be able to determine the shared libraries that executable programs depend on and install them when necessary.
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102.4 Use Debian package management
Description: Candidates should be able to perform package management using the Debian package tools.
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102.5 Use RPM and YUM package management
Description: Candidates should be able to perform package management using RPM, YUM and Zypper.
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102.6 Linux as a virtualization guest
Description: Candidates should understand the implications of virtualization and cloud computing on a Linux guest system.
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Topic 103: GNU and Unix Commands 103.1 Work on the command line
Description: Candidates should be able to interact with shells and commands using the command line. The objective assumes the Bash shell.
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103.2 Process text streams using filters
Description: Candidates should be able to apply filters to text streams.
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103.3 Perform basic file management
Description: Candidates should be able to use the basic Linux commands to manage files and directories.
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103.4 Use streams, pipes and redirects
Description: Candidates should be able to redirect streams and connect them in order to efficiently process textual data. Tasks include redirecting standard input, standard output and standard error, piping the output of one command to the input of another command, using the output of one command as arguments to another command and sending output to both stdout and a file.
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103.5 Create, monitor and kill processes
Description: Candidates should be able to perform basic process management.
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Description: Candidates should should be able to manage process execution priorities.
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Description: Candidates should be able to manipulate files and text data using regular expressions. This objective includes creating simple regular expressions containing several notational elements as well as understanding the differences between basic and extended regular expressions. It also includes using regular expression tools to perform searches through a filesystem or file content.
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103.8 Basic file editing
Description: Candidates should be able to edit text files using vi. This objective includes vi navigation, vi modes, inserting, editing, deleting, copying and finding text. It also includes awareness of other common editors and setting the default editor.
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Description: Candidates should be able to configure disk partitions and then create filesystems on media such as hard disks. This includes the handling of swap partitions.
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104.2 Maintain the integrity of filesystems
Description: Candidates should be able to maintain a standard filesystem, as well as the extra data associated with a journaling filesystem.
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104.3 Control mounting and unmounting of filesystems
Description: Candidates should be able to configure the mounting of a filesystem.
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104.4 Removed
104.5 Manage file permissions and ownership
Description: Candidates should be able to control file access through the proper use of permissions and ownerships.
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104.6 Create and change hard and symbolic links
Description: Candidates should be able to create and manage hard and symbolic links to a file.
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104.7 Find system files and place files in the correct location
Description: Candidates should be thoroughly familiar with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), including typical file locations and directory classifications.
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To become LPIC-1 certified the candidate must be able to:
To attend this course generic IT skills are required.
This course is for IT staff that want to acquire Linux skills. Any experience with the Linux operating system is not required. Typical functions for attendees of this course include support staff and junior system administration.
