LPIC-2 Part 1 Linux Engineer Certification

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Course Description

This intensive Linux Administration and Networking certification training course covers more advanced Linux skills such as system management and networking. Students will feel confident taking the LPI LPIC-2 201 exam with extensive coaching and in-classroom assessments. Additional self-study and practice time is highly recommended after this course before taking the 201-450 exam.

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the go-to certification body for vendor independent Linux certifications. This course covers more advanced Linux skills such as system management and networking.

Certification is optional.

Supported Distributions:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

Course Outline

1.    Capacity Planning

• LPI Objectives Covered
• Troubleshooting Resource Usage
• Gathering System Info
• Viewing Processes
• Process Management Tools
• Troubleshooting Processes: top
• Network I/O: iptraf-ng
• uptime & w
• lsof and fuser
• System Status – Memory
• System Status – I/O
• System Status – CPU
• Performance Trending with sar
• Network Monitoring Solutions
• Graphing SNMP Data with MRTG
• Nagios Overview
• Nagios Configuration

Lab Tasks

• Process Management Basics
• Nagios (Web Interface)

2.    Boot Process and SysV Init

• LPI Objectives Covered
• Booting Linux on PCs
• GRUB 2 Configuration
• Boot Parameters
• init
• Linux Runlevels Aliases
• /etc/inittab (Legacy)
• Systemd local-fs.target and sysinit.target
• Typical SysV Init Script (legacy)
• Legacy local bootup script support
• Managing SysV Init Daemons (legacy)
• Controlling SysV Init Service Startup (legacy)
• systemd System and Service Manager
• Modifying systemd services
• Using systemd
• Systemd local-fs.target and sysinit.target
• Systemd basic.target and multi-user.target
• Shutdown and Reboot

Lab Tasks

• Boot Process
• GRUB Command Line
• Basic GRUB Security
• Managing Services With Systemd's systemctl
• Creating a systemd unit file
• Introduction to Troubleshooting Labs
• Troubleshooting Practice: Boot Process

3.    System Recovery and Bootloaders

• LPI Objectives Covered
• Diagnostic/Recovery
• Rescue Procedures
• Recovery: mount & chroot
• Recovery Examples
• Recovery: Network Utilities
• GRUB 2
• systemd-boot & U-Boot
• SYSLINUX
• Network Booting with PXE

Lab Tasks

• Recovery Runlevels
• Recovering Damaged MBR
• Recover from Deleted Critical Files
• Using SUSE Auto Repair Mode

4.    Linux Kernel: Components and Compile

• LPI Objectives Covered
• Why Compile?
• Getting Kernel Source
• Preparing to Compile
• Configuring Kernel Compilation Options
• Available Kernel Compile Options
• Compiling the Kernel
• Install Compiled Kernel Modules
• Initial RAM Filesystem
• Tips and Tricks
• Installing the Kernel
• Troubleshooting With GRUB 2
• Boot Process Troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting: Linux and Init
• Hardware Discovery Tools
• Configuring New Hardware with hwinfo
• Configuring Kernel Components and Modules
• Kernel Modules
• Handling Module Dependencies
• Dynamic Kernel Module System (DKMS)
• Kernel Modules Troubleshooting
• Configuring the Kernel via /proc/
• udev

Lab Tasks

• Adjusting Kernel Options
• Linux Kernel Driver Compilation
• Linux Kernel Compilation

5.    Filesystem Administration

• LPI Objectives Covered
• Filesystem Support
• Mounting Filesystems
• Filesystem Table (/etc/fstab)
• AutoFS
• AutoFS Configuration
• Managing Optical Media
• Partitioning Disks with fdisk & gdisk
• Resizing a GPT Partition with gdisk
• Partitioning Disks with parted
• Non-Interactive Disk Partitioning with sfdisk
• Btrfs Introduction
• Filesystem Creation
• Filesystem Maintenance
• smartmontools
• Resizing Filesystems
• Managing an XFS Filesystem
• Swap
• File Encryption With encfs
• Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS)
• Persistent Block Devices
• List Block Devices

Lab Tasks

• Accessing NFS Shares
• On-demand filesystem mounting with AutoFS
• Hot Adding Swap
• Creating ISO Images for Backups
• smartd and smartctl
• LUKS-on-disk format Encrypted Filesystem

6.    LVM & RAID

• LPI Objectives Covered
• Logical Volume Management
• Implementing LVM
• Creating Logical Volumes
• Activating LVM VGs
• Exporting and Importing a VG
• Examining LVM Components
• Changing LVM Components
• Advanced LVM Overview
• Advanced LVM: Components & Object Tags
• Advanced LVM: Automated Storage Tiering
• Advanced LVM: Thin Provisioning
• Advanced LVM: Striping & Mirroring
• Advanced LVM: RAID Volumes
• SLES Graphical Disk Tool
• RAID Concepts
• Array Creation with mdadm
• Software RAID Monitoring
• Software RAID Control and Display

Lab Tasks

• Creating and Managing a RAID-5 Array
• Creating and Managing LVM Volumes

7.    Adjusting Storage Device Access and iSCSI

• LPI Objectives Covered
• Tuning with hdparm
• SCSI Devices
• SSD and NVMe Storage
• Remote Storage Overview
• Remote Filesystem Protocols
• Remote Block Device Protocols
• iSCSI Architecture
• Open-iSCSI Initiator Implementation
• iSCSI Initiator Discovery
• iSCSI Initiator Node Administration
• Mounting iSCSI Targets at Boot
• iSCSI Multipathing Considerations

Lab Tasks

• iSCSI Initiator Configuration

8.    Client Networking

• LPI Objectives Covered
• Linux Network Interfaces
• Ethernet Hardware Tools
• Network Configuration with ip Command
• Configuring Routing Tables
• IP to MAC Address Mapping with ARP
• Network Configuration with ip Command
• Starting and Stopping Interfaces
• IPv6
• Linux Wireless Extensions and Tools
• Wireless Tools Discovery
• NetworkManager
• SUSE YaST Network Configuration Tool
• Network Diagnostics
• Information from ss and netstat
• Discovering Reachable Services
• nmap
• Netcat
• tcpdump and wireshark
• Networking Troubleshooting
• Networking Troubleshooting

Lab Tasks

• Basic Client Networking
• Wireless Fundamentals
• NMA

9.    System Maintenance

• LPI Objectives Covered
• System Messaging Commands
• Controlling System Messaging
• Archives with tar
• Controlling Login Sessions
• The gzip Compression Utility
• The bzip2 Compression Utility
• The XZ Compression Utility
• Comparing File Changes
• Compiling/Installing from Source
• Tape Libraries
• Backup Software
• Backup Examples

Lab Tasks

• Command Line Messaging
• Messaging with talkd
• Archiving and Compression
• Using tar for Backups
• Using cpio for Backups
• Using rsync and ssh for Backups

Exam

This Linux training course prepares students to take the LPI 201 exam (201-450) of the LPIC-2 certification. The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the go-to certification body for vendor independent Linux certifications.

 

Learning Path

To complete the LPIC-2 Linux Engineer Certification prep, you can attend our:

• LPIC-2 Part 2 Linux Engineer Certification course GTU11

Important Notes:

• Attendance of training to achieve your LPIC-2 certification is not mandatory,
• You can also attend this course to learn these skills, though taking the certification exam is optional.
• To achieve the full LPIC-2 Certification, you must have a valid LPIC-1 certification. Details are available on the LPI website.

Ways to Attend

• Attend a public course, if there is one available. Please check our schedule, or register your interest in joining a course in your area.
• Private onsite Team training also available, please contact us to discuss. We can customise this course to suit your business requirements.