LPIC-2 Linux Engineer (201-450) Cert Prep (2024)

10h 15mIntermediate2024-05-30

Authors

ACI Learning

Addressing the Global IT Skills Gap

Course details

The LPIC-2 Linux Engineer certification demonstrates an advanced proficiency with the Linux operating system and the ability to perform real-world maintenance and administrative tasks. The 201-450 exam focuses on measuring and scaling system performance, configuring the Linux bootloader, advanced storage and network configurations, and other system maintenance tasks. The course covers skills required of any intermediate to advanced systems administrator who is tasked with supporting Linux in a production environment. Topics covered include: capacity planning, kernel maintenance, startup and recovery methods, advanced storage configurations, network connectivity, and systems maintenance.

This course, accompanied with the 202-450 course, covers the topics needed to earn the LPIC-2 certification.

Skills covered

ElectronicsHardwareLinuxServer AdministrationCert PrepNetwork and System AdministrationOpen Source

Concepts

Introduction

About the course

Capacity Planning

Capacity planning
Measuring CPU activity
Measuring memory usage
Measuring disk activity
Measuring network activity

Linux Kernel

Kernel components
Kernel modules
Compiling a kernel
Monitoring the kernel

System Startup

Managing systems
Managing SysVinit
System recovery with GRUB
Customizing the initial RAM disk

Filesystem and Devices

Fstab configuration
Swap partitions
Systemd mount units
Supporting btrfs
Working with encrypted storage

Advanced Storage Device Administration

Configuring RAID
Supporting IDE and SATA disks
Supporting solid-state disks
SAN and iSCSI storage
Logical Volume Manager

Networking Configuration

Configuring physical adapters
Configuring wireless adapters
Troubleshooting network connectivity
Troubleshooting name resolution

System Maintenance

Installing programs from source
Backing up with tar
Backing up with dd
Backing up with rsync
Communicating with users