© Baligant Alexandre – LPI instructor (ID : 000200418) Année académique 2013 - 2014

Certifications level

• LPI-LET : Linux Essentials Technician

• LPIC-1 : Junior Level Linux Certification – 101 : It covers basic skills for the Linux professional that are common to major distributions of Linux.

– 102 : It covers basic skills for the Linux professional that are common to major distributions of Linux.

• LPIC-2 : Advanced Level Linux Certification – 201 : It covers advanced skills for the Linux professional common across all distributions of Linux.

– 202 : It covers advanced skills for the Linux professional common across all distributions of Linux.

• LPIC-3 : Senior Level Linux Certification – 301 : Core : It tests skills in authentication, troubleshooting, network integration and capacity planning.

– 302 : Mixed environments : It mix Microsoft and Linux server distributions environments.

– 303 : Security : It covers security general and OS oriented problem in an IT infrastucture

– 304 : Virtualization and High availability : Experts skills in HA and Virtualization technologies

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Certification objectives

• LPI-LET : Linux Essentials Technician

• Objectives: – A career in Open Source and joining the Linux Community

– Finding your way on a Linux System

– The power of the Command Line

– The Linux Operating System

– Security and file permissions

• References: – http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LinuxEssentials

• Prerequisites: None

Certification objectives

• LPIC-1 : Workstation networking and administration

• Overview of Tasks :

– To pass Level 1, someone should be able to:

• Work at the Linux command line

• Perform easy maintenance tasks: help users, add users to a

larger system, backup and restore, shutdown and reboot

• Install and configure a workstation (including X) and connect it to

a LAN, or a standalone PC to the Internet.

• Prerequisites: None

• Requirements: Passing Exams 101 and 102

Certification objectives

• LPIC-2 : Server administration and Internet services

• Overview of Tasks :

– To pass Level 2, someone should be able to:

• Administer a small to medium-sized site

• Plan, implement, maintain, keep consistent, secure, and

troubleshoot a small mixed (MS, Linux) network, including a:

– LAN server (samba)

– Internet Gateway (firewall, proxy, mail, news)

– Internet Server (webserver, FTP server)

• Supervise assistants

• Advise management on automation and purchases

Certification objectives

• LPIC-2 : Server administration and Internet services

• Overview of Tasks :

– To pass Level 2, someone should be able to:

• Administer a small to medium-sized site

• Plan, implement, maintain, keep consistent, secure, and

troubleshoot a small mixed (MS, Linux) network

• Supervise assistants

• Advise management on automation and purchases

• Prerequisites: You must have an active LPIC-1 certification to

receive LPIC-2 certification, but the LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams may be

taken in any order.

• Requirements: Passing Exams 201 and 202

Certification objectives

• LPIC-3 : Advanced administration, virtualization and HA

• The LPIC-3 certification is the culmination of LPI's

certification program.

• The LPIC-3 program consists of a single exam for LPIC-3

"core" designation.

• A number of "specialty" exams are proposed as additional

designations on top of the LPIC-3 core.

• Proposed specialties include:

– mixed environment

– security

– high availability and virtualization

– web and intranet

– mail and messaging

Certification objectives • LPIC-3 : Core

• Overview of Tasks :

– To pass Level 3 – Core (301), someone should be able to: • Have several years experience with installing and maintaining Linux on many computers

for various purposes

• Have integration experience with diverse technologies and operating systems

• Have professional experience as, or training for, an enterprise-level Linux professional.

(This includes experience as a part of another role.)

• Know advanced and enterprise levels of Linux administration, including installation,

management, security, troubleshooting and maintenance

• Be able to use open-source tools to measure capacity planning and to troubleshoot

resource problems

• Have professional experience using LDAP to integrate with Unix services and Windows

services, including Samba, PAM, email, Active Directory

• Be able to plan, architecture, design, build and implement a full environment using Samba

and LDAP as well as measure the capacity planning and security of the services

• Be able create scripts in Bash or Perl or has knowledge of at least one system

programming language (such as C)

Certification objectives • LPIC-3 : Core

• Overview of Tasks :

– To pass Level 3 – Core (301), someone should be able to: • […]

• Prerequisites: You must have an active LPIC-2 certification to

receive LPIC-3 certification, but the LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 exams may be

taken in any order.

• Requirements: Passing the 301 exam

Certification objectives • LPIC-3 : Mixed environments

• Overview of Tasks :

– To pass Level 3 – Mixed environments (302), someone

should be able to: • Have necessary skills and experience as outlined in LPIC-3 core exam

• Have professional experience using Samba to integrate file and print services with

Windows, including user management, domain control, security and performance tuning

• Be able to plan, design, build and implement a complete multi-user environment using

Samba

• Prerequisites: You must have an active LPIC-2 certification to

receive LPIC-3 certification, but the LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 exams may be

taken in any order.

• Requirements: Passing the 301 exam and any one of the LPI 302 -

306 exams to receive the respective specialty certification

Certification objectives • LPIC-3 : Security

• Overview of Tasks :

– To pass Level 3 – Security (303), you should be able to: • Have necessary skills and experience as outlined in LPIC-3 core exam

• Design and implement customized solutions to complex automation problems such as

multi-site enterprises and heavy-duty Internet sites

• Initiate projects and work against a budget.

• Supervise assistants and help troubleshoot problems.

• Serve as a consultant to higher management.

• Prerequisites: You must have an active LPIC-2 certification to

receive LPIC-3 certification, but the LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 exams may be

taken in any order.

• Requirements: Passing the 301 exam and any one of the LPI 302 -

306 exams to receive the respective specialty certification

Certification objectives • LPIC-3 : Virtualization and High Availability

• Overview of Tasks :

– To pass Level 3 – Virtualization and high availability

(304), you should be able to work with : • Virtualization (Xen, KVM and other)

• Load balancing (Linux virtual server, HAProxy, LinuxPMI)

• Cluster management (Pacemaker, advanced Pacemaker, Red Hat cluster suite)

• Cluster storage (DRBD, Global File System and OCFS2, other clustered file system)

• Prerequisites: You must have an active LPIC-2 certification to

receive LPIC-3 certification, but the LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 exams may be

taken in any order.

• Requirements: Passing the 301 exam and any one of the LPI 302 -

306 exams to receive the respective specialty certification

LPI-LET exams objectives • LPI-LET

– Topic 1 : A career in Open Source and joining the Linux Community

• Linux Evolution and Popular Operating Systems

• Major Open Source Applications

• Understanding Open Source Software and Licensing

• ICT Skills and Working in Linux

– Topic 2 : Finding your way on a Linux System

• Command line basics

• Using the command line to get help

• Using directories and listing files

• Creating, moving and deleting files

– Topic 3 : The power of the command line

• Archiving files on the command line

• Searching and extracting data from files

• Turning command into a script

LPI-LET exams objectives • LPI-LET

– Topic 4 : The Linux Operating System

• Choosing an Operating System

• Understanding computer hardware

• Where data is stored

• Your computer on the network

– Topic 5 : Security and file permissions

• Basic security and identifying user types

• Creating users and groups

• Managing file permissions and ownership

• Special directories and files

• To pass the exams, you must obtain (at least) 60% average

• http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LinuxEssentials

LPIC-1 exams objectives • LPIC-1

– LPI-101 :

• System architecture

• Linux installation and package management

• GNU and Unix commands

• Devices, Linux filesystems and filesystems hierarchy standard

– LPI-102 :

• Shell, scripting and data management

• User interfaces and desktops

• Administrative tasks

• Essential system services

• Networking fundamentals

• Security

• To pass the exams, you must obtain (at least) 60% average

• http://www.lpice.eu/lpi-certification-contents.html

Taking exams

• Exam costs Depending on where you take LPI exams, the cost will usually

be the equivalent of 150€. Note that the LPIC-3 exam is priced

differently then all other exams, it is 220€ for a single exam.

In our case, we have the academic price : details next slide

Except for the LPI-LET certification : it cost 50€

• Receiving your certification Once you have passed all the required exams to achieve a

certification, you will be automatically notified by email, at the

email address you provided when you obtained your LPI

identification number.

Within four to eight weeks of receiving this email, you will

receive, by post, your paper certificate and plastic LPI wallet

card. Congratulations!

Taking exams

• Training procedure For administrative reasons, you need to subscribe to the training

at EICVN school office.

The « LPI module » is called « Actualisation informatique » and

the prices are the following :

EICVN

Students

LPI

Students

Exam only

Students

Registration fee 11,60€ 47,35€ -

LPI Exam 90,00€ 90,00€ 100,00€

Taking exams

• Step 1 : Register – You must register online to receive an LPI identification number first. Registration

is free of charge and is completed at the LPI web site. [here]

• Step 2 : Choose your program – LPIC (Linux Professional Institute Certification) is offered at multiple levels.

Indicate which exams and level of LPIC you are pursuing.

• Step 3 : Understand LPI policies – it is important that anyone planning to take LPI exams is aware of our policies on

issues such as exam re-takes and expiry. Please read and understand our

policies before taking LPI exams.

• Step 4 : Schedule to take and exam – You must provide your LPI ID to the test centers when registering for an exam.

– You can register for LPI exams through one of the thousands of Pearson VUE or

Prometric testing centers worldwide.

• Step 5 : Take the exam

Taking exams

• Summary – You must register online to get an LPI-ID

– You must give me your name, LPI-ID an e-mail

– The exams is about to take 90 minutes each

– They are paper based (not on computer, except for

LPI-LET certification and VUE / Prometric center)

– You must bring your ID-Card with you

– You should receive results in about two weeks

– The certification is valid during 5 years

– Each certified poeple can be checked online

Planning

Séance Jour Date Heure de début Heure de fin Remarques1 Mercredi 25-sept-13 18h00 21h00 Intro & consignes2 Jeudi 26-sept-13 18h00 21h003 Samedi 5-oct-13 09h30 12h304 Jeudi 10-oct-13 18h00 21h005 Mercredi 16-oct-13 18h00 21h006 Samedi 19-oct-13 09h30 12h307 Jeudi 24-oct-13 18h00 21h008 Samedi 26-oct-13 9h30 12h309 Jeudi 7-nov-13 18h00 21h00

10 Mercredi 13-nov-13 18h00 21h0011 Samedi 16-nov-13 9h30 12h3012 Jeudi 21-nov-13 18h00 21h0013 Mercredi 27-nov-13 18h00 21h0014 Samedi 30-nov-13 09h30 12h30 Révisions15 Samedi 14-déc-13 10h00 13h00 Examen 101 et 102

Agenda des séances LPI

Some essentials links

• https://cs.lpi.org/caf/Xamman/register

• http://www.lpi.org/

• http://www.lpice.eu/

• http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LinuxEssentials

• https://cs.lpi.org/caf/Xamman/certification

• http://www.linupfront.de/