Linux Professional Institute BSD Specialist

The BSD Specialist certification is part of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Open Technology certification program. 

The exam focuses on the practical skills required to work successfully in a FreeBSD, NetBSD or OpenBSD environment and tests the knowledge and skills needed to administer BSD operating systems.

The typical BSD Specialist certification holder is a system administrator of BSD operating systems. The certification holder has an understanding of the architecture of the BSD operating systems. This includes the ability to manage various aspects of a BSD installation, including the management of user accounts and groups, processes, file systems, installed software, and client networking configuration. The candidate is experienced in using standard BSD and Unix tools on the command line. 

Current version: 1.0 (Exam code 702-100)

Objectives: 702-100

Prerequisites: There is no prerequisite certification for taking the BSD Specialist Engineer exam. However, it is strongly recommended that a candidate has more than a year of experience in administering BSD systems of various kinds.

Requirements: Passing the BSD Specialist exam. The 90 minute exam is 60 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions.

Validity period: 5 years

Languages for exam available in VUE test centers: English

To receive the BSD Specialist certification the candidate must:

◉ Have a working knowledge of BSD operating systems: FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD 

◉ Be able to install, manage, and configure BSD operating system

◉ Be able to configure hardware, set kernel parameters, and manage system security 

◉ Have basic knowledge in BSD system administration, job scheduling, and system automation

◉ Have basic network administration knowledge

Read More: 702-100: BSD Specialist

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Linux Essentials Learning Materials now in Italian

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) releases Italian translation of Learning Materials for Linux Essentials certificates.

The Learning Materials for the LPI’s introductory certificate level, Linux Essentials, are now available in Italian on the Learning Portal. Altogether, the Linux Essentials Learning Materials are thus provided in eight languages.

The Learning Portal is committed to develop and translate Learning Materials for its certifications, which in turn allows a much broader range of people around the world to supplement their open source education. 

Authors, translators, and reviewers of Learning Materials come from the LPI community. The other languages covered so far by the Learning Materials include English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, German, French and Hungarian. With the release of Learning Materials for Linux Essentials in Italian, LPI starts providing access to Italian speakers to valuable educational resources: a great way to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death.

“I am very proud to have contributed to the propagation of the free learning materials of the Linux Professional Institute. The translation from English into Italian of the courseware for the Linux Essentials certification will allow many Italians to deepen their knowledge of Linux and to move easily in the Open Source and Free Software world”, says Marco Colombo, translator.

Find the Italian version of the Linux Essentials Learning Materials here: https://learning.lpi.org/it/learning-materials/010-160/

Read More: 010-160: LPI Linux Essentials (Linux Essentials 010)

Linux Professional Institute Linux Essentials exam tests the candidate’s ability to use a basic command-line editor and demonstrate an understanding of processes, programs and components of the Linux operating system.

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this certification.

Requirements: Passing the Linux Essentials 010 exam. The Linux Essentials exam contains 40 questions and must be completed within 60-minutes.

Validity period: Lifetime

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5 Best Linux Certifications in 2021

Linux has currently been gaining global recognition. Used in almost all the devices that we use in our day-to-day lives. Modeled on UNIX, Linux enables your system hardware and software to communicate with each other. Linux OS powers android, it is one of the most reliable Operating Systems. Furthermore, it is free and easy to install and distributed under an open-source license. Linux versions are called distributions, and listed as:

1. Mint

2. Debian

3. Ubuntu

4. openSUSE

5. Manjaro

6. Fedora

7. Elementary

8. Zorin

9. CentOS

10. Arch

Best Linux Certifications

If you have a Linux certification, you always have excellent career opportunities. Organizations are more interested in hiring resources who are capable of managing servers, schedule batches, cron jobs, apply load balances, and work entirely on shell script. Certifications keep you ahead of the crowd and increase your competitive advantage.

Once certified in Linux, you have the following career opportunities:

1. Systems Administrator/ System Engineer

2. Software Programmer

3. Linux Administrator/ Linux Engineer

4. DevOps Engineer

5. Python Developer

6. Network Engineer

Here we have listed the best Linux certifications for you to boost your career.

1. GCUX – GIAC Certified Unix Security Administrator

This certification hardens the candidate’s knowledge of Linux/Unix systems, Linux/Unix Digital Forensics, and Linux Application Security. This certification renders a candidate with the necessary abilities to secure Linux and Unix systems, handle security issues with multiple tools such as SSH, AIDE, and more. Cybersecurity enthusiasts can also pursue this certification. This certification intendsSecurity professionals & Administrators, Auditors, Incident Responders, Technical Experts of the UNIX/Linux Systems, and Information Security Analysts. This certification needs to be renewed every 4 years to ensure ongoing competency in the field of Information Security.

You can signup here.

2. Linux+ CompTIA

This certification covers the latest foundational skills and is a job-focused Linux Certification. It covers tasks performed in Linux distributions, Linux Command line, maintenance, installation, configuration, and networking. It provides hands-on experience in configuring, supporting, and monitoring servers that run the Linux Operating System. It focuses on security, storage, and visualization, kernel modules, enterprise-level device management, git & automation, server-side and command line, networking, and firewalls, troubleshooting, and SELinux.

You can signup here.

3. LPI (Linux Professional Institute)

It is a multi-level Linux Professional Certification Program. It has the following levels.

1. LPIC 1 – Linux Administrator

This certification enables a candidate to perform command-line maintenance tasks, install and configure a Linux system, and its basic networking. It validates a candidate’s ability to manage a real-world system administration. This certification does not require any prerequisites. The validity of this certification is 5 years. A candidate is required to pass both 101 and 102 exams to qualify for the certification. The main topics covered by this certification are:

1. System Architecture

2. Linux Installation

3. Package Management

4. GNU and Unix Commands

5. Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard and Devices

6. Shell & Shell Scripting

7. Desktops and Interfaces.

8. Administration

9. System Services

10. Fundamentals of Networking

11. Security

You can signup here.

2. LPIC 2 – Linux Engineer

It is the second of LPI’s multilevel professional certification. It enables the candidate to administer small to medium-sized networks. To qualify for this certification, the candidate needs to have an active LPIC -1 Certification. However, the LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams can be taken in any order. The validity of this certification is 5 years. This certification covers the following topics:

1. System StartUp

2. Linux Kernel

3. FileSystem and Devices

4. Capacity Planning

5. Advanced Storage Device Administration

6. Network Configuration & System Maintenance

7. File Sharing and Network Client Management

8. Domain Name Server

9. Web and Email

10. System Security

You can signup here.

3. LPIC 3 – 300 – Linux Enterprise Professional Certification

Mixed Environment: also named as LPIC – 3 300. It provides for an enterprise-level professional certification program that represents the highest level of proficiency in distribution-neural Linux. It requires a candidate to have an active LPIC – 2 certification. The validity of this certification is 5 years. It covers the following areas of interest:

1. OpenLDAP Configuration and Authentication Backend

2. Samba – Basics, Share Basics, User & Group Management

3. Samba – Name Services and Domain Integration

4. Working with Windows and Linux Clients.

You can signup here.

Apart from LPIC – 3 300, there are two more specialization certifications at this level. Passing any one of the three grants the certification for that specialty. Its prerequisites and validity periods are the same as that for LPIC 3. The other two certifications are:

2.1. LPIC-3 303 – Linux Enterprise Professional – Security

As the name suggests, the certification emphasis the security of the enterprise-wide Linux administration. Its areas of coverage span across Cryptography, Access Control, Operations Security, Applications Security, and Network Security.

You can signup here.

2.2. LPIC-3 304 – Linux Enterprise Professional – Virtualization & High Availability

This certification focuses on virtualization and high availability of the enterprise-wide Linux administration. It covers Virtualization and High Availability of Cluster Management and Cluster Storage.

You can signup here.

4. LFCS (Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator)

This certification is ideal for beginners in Linux System Administration. It evaluates candidates based on on-the-job task simulations and real-world scenarios. It equates to hands-on experience for prospective employers. This certification is conducted online and has a validity of 3 years. This certification needs no prior knowledge of the subject matter. Its prime areas of focus are:

1. Essential Commands, File Systems, and Features.

2. User and Group Management and System-wide environments

3. Operation of Running Systems, Boot, Reboot, Install, Configure, and Troubleshoot.

4. Service Configuration, DNS, SSH, HTTP and Virtual Machine Maintenance.

5. Networking, IP Routing, and synchronization

6. Storage Management, LVM Storage, RAID Devices, and configure File Systems.

You can signup here.

5. LFCE (Linux Foundation Certified Engineer)

This certification is for candidates with 3-5 years of Linux experience. It enables candidates to develop higher levels of expertise for more advanced job roles. It is a performance-based examination and focuses more on on-the-job scenarios. However, there are no prerequisites for this certification. This certification is valid for 3 years. The core domains of this certification are:

1. Essential Commands, File Systems, and Features.

2. User and Group Management and System-wide environments

3. Operation of Running Systems, Boot, Reboot, Install, Configure, and Troubleshoot.

4. Service Configuration, DNS, SSH, HTTP and Virtual Machine Maintenance.

5. Networking, IP Routing, and synchronization

6. Storage Management, LVM Storage, RAID Devices, and configure File Systems.

You can signup here.

6. Oracle Linux Administration Certification Paths

This certification path provides you with the necessary to the advanced foundation for the Oracle Linux Operating System. It is the only Linux distribution, optimized for Linux Operating System, which also includes Oracle Database Appliance, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Oracle Exadata Database Machine, and Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine. They differ in their subject matters. We have listed them as per the certification below.

6.1. Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) | Oracle Linux 5 and 6 System Administrator

This certification covers the following areas of expertise:

1. Linux Essentials

2. Installing Oracle Linux

3. Understanding System Configuration Options

4. Managing Ksplice

5. Managing System Logging

6. Managing Users and Groups

7. Managing Storage Devices

8. Managing File Sharing

9. Managing Pluggable Authentication Modules

10. Monitoring and Troubleshooting Oracle Linux

11. Describing Oracle Linux Concepts

12. Understanding and Configuring the Linux Boot Process and Service Administration

13. Installing and Maintaining Packages

14. Automating Tasks

15. Managing Kernel Modules

16. Managing Filesystems and Swap on Oracle Linux

17. Managing the Network Configuration

18. Using Open SSH

19. Managing Linux Security

20. Managing Oracle on Oracle.

You can signup here.

6.2. Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) | Oracle Linux 6 System Administrator

The main areas of focus in this certification are:

1. Btrfs Filesystem

2. Linux Containers (LXC)

3. Oracle Cluster File System 2

4. Core Dump Analysis

5. Managing Storage

6. Configuring and maintaining BIND

7. Virtualization with Linux

8. Control Groups

9. Advanced Storage Administration

10. Advanced Software Package Management

11. Dynamic Tracing with Dtrace

12. Configuring Networks and Network Services

13. Managing SELinux

14. XFS Filesystem

15. Managing Web and Email Services

You can signup here.

6.3. Oracle Certified Specialist (OCS) | Oracle Linux 6 Certified Implementation Specialist

This certification is for those with a strong foundation in the implementation of Oracle Linux solutions. An up-to-date and proven work experience is required to pursue this training. This certification is more focused on members of the Oracle Partner Network who, on its completion, would be recognized as OPN Certified Specialists. This certification covers the following topics:

1. Introduction to Oracle Linux

2. Linux Boot Process

3. Oracle Linux Package Management

4. Automate Tasks and System Logging

5. Oracle Linux File Systems and Storage Administration

6. Basic Security Administration

7. Installing Oracle Linux 6

8. Oracle Linux System Configuration and Process Management

9. Ksplice Zero Downtime Updates

10. User and Group Administration

11. Network Administration

12. Oracle Linux System Monitoring and Troubleshooting

You can signup here.

Red Hat provides a whole lot of certifications, segregated as per expertise and specialization level. The certifications need to be qualified in a particular order.

7. Red Hat Level

Out of the many, we have listed 3 main certifications to begin your journey. The rest of the certifications depend on your area of expertise and work experience.

7.1. RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator)

This certification enables you to perform the core system administration tasks in Red Hat Linux Environments. An RHCSA certification enables you to:

1. Handle files and directories, command-line environments, and documentation.

2. Operate running systems, identify processes, run Virtual Machines and Control Services

3. Storage Configuration

4. File System Configuration

5. Manage Core Services

6. Manage Users and Groups.

7. Manage Security and SELinux Configuration

You can signup here.

7.2. RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer)

A candidate needs to be a qualified RHCSA to earn this certification. An RHCE can automate Red Hat Enterprise Linux tasks, integrate and automate emerging Red Hat technologies. The new RHCE certification, based on Linux 8, focuses on Linux System Administration Task Automation using Ansible and Shell Scripting. This certification needs renewal every 3 years.

You can signup here.

7.3. RHCA (Red Hat Certified Architect)

This program can adapt to a variety of requirements. It refers to RHCE, RHCEMD (Red Hat Certified Enterprise Microservices Developer), or RHCJD (Red Hat Certified JBoss Developer). Two RHCA certifications can be acquired. They are RHCA – Infrastructure and RHCA – Enterprise Applications. Candidates can choose to follow any or both of the learning paths.

You can signup here.

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LPI Members to vote for the Board of Directors

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is encouraging its Members to vote for its Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee and members have compiled a list of promising candidates. Voting will open on April 12, 2021 and remain open until the day of the AGM in June. The results will be announced at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members in June.

Board elections are held annually, coinciding with the AGM. Well-known candidates from the IT industry, all of whom are or have been involved with open source in their lives, are candidates for election, coming from all parts of the world; from Asia, Europe, and Africa as well as from South and North America. 

LPI has now published the list of candidates for the Board of Directors on its website. An overview page around this year's election provides all information, data and background information. 

"We're all about involving the community, that's why our members decide the Board of Directors and thus the future course of the Linux Professional Institute," says Executive Director, G. Matthew Rice. 

Those who want to vote have the opportunity to become a member by joining before May 15, 2021 at 12:00/12h UTC.

LPI made the decision to transform into a member-based organization in 2015 and has been working on the appropriate structures ever since. The new form of openness is an important element for the non-profit organization to encourage open source communities globally. "Our mission is to promote the use of open source by supporting the people who work with it. The best way to do that is to involve people around the world and listen to them," said Kenneth Armstrong, Community Manager and Returning Officer for the election.

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LPI releases French translation of Learning Materials for Linux Essentials certificates

The Learning Materials for the introductory certificate level, Linux Essentials, at the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) are now available in French. This project continues LPI’s commitment to develop and translate Learning Materials for its certifications, which in turn allow a much broader range of people around the world to supplement their open source education.

Authors, translators, and reviewers of Learning Materials come from the LPI community and receive an honorarium for their contributions. Other languages covered by the Learning Materials include Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, German, and Hungarian. With the release of Learning Materials for Linux Essentials in French, LPI starts the process of providing access to French speakers to these valuable resources. More languages are to follow. Anyone interested in joining the Learning Materials Team, as a translator or in other ways, is invited to get in touch. 

“It is with great joy that I translated the complete Linux Essential certification preparation course from English to French, under the precious supervision of Mickael Rigonnaux, who proofread the translations with the greatest attention and made corrections. After having enjoyed free resources for a long time, I am happy to have made this modest contribution, which I hope will allow many French speakers to easily evolve in the world of open source and free software,” says translator Pascal Uriel Elingui.

Find the French version of the Linux Essentials Learning Materials here: https://learning.lpi.org/fr/learning-materials/010-160/

Read More: 010-160: LPI Linux Essentials (Linux Essentials 010)

Linux Professional Institute Linux Essentials exam tests the candidate’s ability to use a basic command-line editor and demonstrate an understanding of processes, programs and components of the Linux operating system.

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this certification.

Requirements: Passing the Linux Essentials 010 exam. The Linux Essentials exam contains 40 questions and must be completed within 60-minutes.

Validity period: Lifetime

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Simone "Simo" Bertulli: Benefits of being certified

Passion raises one’s interest in a specific topic, making you want to dive into its deepest tissues. Yet, in some cases, it is necessary to combine that passion with a fair amount of will and a coherent methodology, to place a specific skill set on solid foundations.

If IT/ICT is your cup of tea, certification will help you fully grasp the solidity you are seeking. An IT certification is what provides you with a well-defined path and a clear, specific target to translate the knowledge you already learned into a practical, usable career path.

LPI offers both a range of certifications and membership to people who want to capitalize further on their certifications. I am certified at the LPIC-3 level and have become an LPI member. I’ll describe both aspects of LPI in this article.

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