Junior Linux Administrator (Accelerated LPIC-1)

Understand GNU/Linux system architecture

• Identify and configure hardware settings.
• Guide the system through initialisation.
• Manage SysV init runlevels and systemd targets.

Install Linux and manage packages

• Design a hard disk partitioning scheme.
• Select, install and configure a boot loader.
• Identify the shared libraries used by programs and install them when needed.
• Manage packages with Debian package management tools.
• Manage packages with RPM, YUM and Zypper.
• Understand the benefits and drawbacks of virtualisation and cloud computing for Linux.

Run GNU and Unix commands

• Interact with shells and commands from the command line.
• Apply filters to text streams.
• Use basic Linux commands to manage files and directories.
• Redirect and combine streams to process text data efficiently.
• Perform basic process and priority management.
• Manipulate text files and data with regular expressions.
• Edit text files with vi.

Manage disks and understand file systems

• Configure disk partitions and create file systems on media such as hard disks.
• Maintain standard file system integrity and associated journaling information.
• Configure file system mounting.
• Control file access with appropriate permissions and ownership.
• Create and manage hard and symbolic links to files.
• Find files and place them in the appropriate locations.

Manage shells and write shell scripts

• Customise shell environments to meet user needs.
• Modify global and user profiles.
• Customise existing scripts or write new, simple Bash scripts.

Manage user interfaces and desktops

• Install and configure X11.
• Understand the main desktop environments.
• Use remote desktop session access protocols.
• Understand visual settings and themes.
• Understand assistive technologies.

Perform administrative tasks

• Add, delete, suspend and modify user accounts.
• Use cron and systemd timers to run tasks at regular intervals.
• Use at to run tasks at a specified time.
• Manage locale settings and environment variables.
• Configure time zones and related environment variables.

Configure essential system services

• Maintain system time and synchronise the clock using NTP.
• Configure Syslog and the logging daemon.
• Send logs to a central logging server or accept logs as a central logging server.
• Work with common email programs and configure basic forwarding and aliases on a client host.
• Manage print queues and user print jobs with CUPS and the LPD compatibility interface.

Configure basic networking

• Understand TCP/IP networking fundamentals.
• Manage persistent network configuration on a Linux host.
• Troubleshoot network problems on client hosts.
• Configure DNS on a client host.

Configure Linux security

• Check system configuration to ensure host security complies with local security policies.
• Establish a basic level of host security.
• Use public keys to secure data and communications.

Prepare for LPIC-1 101-500 and 102-500

• Take a mock examination and review the answers.
• Take the 2 official examinations.
• Duration: 3 hours.
• Format: multiple-choice questions.
• Number of questions: 120.
• Languages: English, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese and Spanish.