Linux Training Overview

This course prepares students to take the LPI 201 exam of the LPIC-2 certification. 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. Students will feel confident taking the LPI LPIC-2 201 exam with in classroom assessments and practice exams.

Linux Training Prerequisites

LPIC-1 certification or "LPIC-1 Exam Prep (Course 1)" and "LPIC-1 Exam Prep (Course 2)".

Linux Training Course duration

4 days

Linux Training Supported Distributions:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11

Linux Training Course outline

1. Capacity Planning
   1. LPI Objectives Covered
   2. Troubleshooting Resource Usage
   3. Gathering System Info
   4. Viewing Processes
   5. Process Management Tools
   6. Troubleshooting Processes: top
   7. uptime
   8. lsof and fuser
   9. System Status - Memory
   10. System Status - I/O
   11. System Status - CPU
   12. Performance Trending with sar
   13. Graphing SNMP Data with MRTG
   14. Nagios Overview
   15. Nagios Configuration
   Lab Tasks
   1. Process Management and Job Control Basics
   2. Nagios (Web Interface)
2. Boot Process and SysV Init
   1. LPI Objectives Covered
   2. Booting Linux on PCs
   3. GRUB Configuration
   4. Boot Parameters
   5. /sbin/init
   6. System Init Styles
   7. Linux Runlevels
   8. /etc/inittab
   9. /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
   10. SUSE /etc/init.d/boot
   11. Runlevel Implementation
   12. Typical SysV Init Script
   13. The /etc/rc.local File
   14. The /etc/init.d/*.local Files
   15. Managing Daemons
   16. Controlling Service Startup
   17. Controlling Service Startup
   18. Shutdown and Reboot
   Lab Tasks
   1. Boot Process
   2. GRUB Command Line
   3. Basic GRUB Security
   4. Recovering Damaged MBR
   5. Introduction to Troubleshooting Labs
   6. Troubleshooting Practice: Boot Process
3. System Recovery and Bootloaders
   1. LPI Objectives Covered
   2. Diagnostic/Recovery Runlevels
   3. Rescue Procedures
   4. Recovery: mount & chroot
   5. Recovery Examples
   6. Recovery: Network Utilities
   7. GRUB 2
   8. LILO Options
   9. LILO Configuration
   10. SYSLINUX
   11. Network Booting with PXE
   Lab Tasks
   1. Recovery Runlevels
   2. Recovering Damaged MBR
   3. Recover from Deleted Critical Files
   4. Using SUSE Auto Repair Mode
4. Linux Kernel: Components and Compile
   1. LPI Objectives Covered
   2. Why Compile?
   3. Getting Kernel Source
   4. Preparing to Compile
   5. Configuring Kernel Compilation Options
   6. Available Kernel Compile Options
   7. Compiling the Kernel
   8. Install Compiled Kernel Modules
   9. Initial ramdisk
   10. Tips and Tricks
   11. Installing the Kernel
   12. Troubleshooting With GRUB
   13. Boot Process Troubleshooting
   14. Troubleshooting: Linux and Init
   15. Hardware Discovery Tools
   16. Configuring New Hardware with hwinfo
   17. Configuring Kernel Components and Modules
   18. Kernel Modules
   19. Handling Module Dependencies
   20. Kernel Modules Troubleshooting
   21. Configuring the Kernel via /proc/
   22. udev
   Lab Tasks
   1. Adjusting Kernel Options
   2. Linux Kernel Driver Compilation
   3. Linux Kernel Compilation
5. Filesystem Administration
   1. LPI Objectives Covered
   2. Filesystem Support
   3. Mounting Filesystems
   4. Filesystem Table (/etc/fstab)
   5. AutoFS
   6. AutoFS Configuration
   7. Managing Optical Media
   8. Partitioning Disks with fdisk
   9. Partitioning Disks with parted
   10. Filesystem Creation
   11. Extended Filesystem Maintenance
   12. smartmontools
   13. Resizing Filesystems
   14. Managing an XFS Filesystem
   15. Swap
   16. File Encryption With encfs
   17. Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS)
   18. Persistent Block Devices
   19. List Block Devices
   Lab Tasks
   1. Accessing NFS Shares
   2. On-demand filesystem mounting with AutoFS
   3. Hot Adding Swap
   4. Creating ISO Images for Backups
   5. smartd and smartctl
   6. LUKS-on-disk format Encrypted Filesystem
6. LVM & RAID
   1. LPI Objectives Covered
   2. Logical Volume Management
   3. Implementing LVM
   4. Creating Logical Volumes
   5. Manipulating VGs & LVs
   6. Advanced LVM Concepts
   7. system-config-lvm
   8. SLES Graphical Disk Tool
   9. RAID Concepts
   10. Array Creation with mdadm
   11. Software RAID Monitoring
   12. Software RAID Control and Display
   Lab Tasks
   1. Creating and Managing a RAID-5 Array
   2. Creating and Managing LVM Volumes
7. Adjusting Storage Device Access and iSCSI
   1. LPI Objectives Covered
   2. Tuning with hdparm
   3. SCSI Devices
   4. Remote Storage Overview
   5. Remote Filesystem Protocols
   6. Remote Block Device Protocols
   7. iSCSI Architecture
   8. Open-iSCSI Initiator Implementation
   9. iSCSI Initiator Discovery
   10. iSCSI Initiator Node Administration
   11. Mounting iSCSI Targets at Boot
   12. iSCSI Multipathing Considerations
   Lab Tasks
   1. iSCSI Initiator Configuration
8. Client Networking
   1. LPI Objectives Covered
   2. Linux Network Interfaces
   3. Ethernet Hardware Tools
   4. Network Configuration with ip Command
   5. Configuring Routing Tables
   6. IP to MAC Address Mapping with ARP
   7. Network Configuration with ip Command
   8. Starting and Stopping Interfaces
   9. Enabling IPv6
   10. Linux Wireless Extensions and Tools
   11. Wireless Tools Discovery
   12. NetworkManager
   13. system-config-network-{tui,cmd}
   14. SUSE YaST Network Configuration Tool
   15. Network Diagnostics
   16. Information from netstat and ss
   17. Discovering Reachable Services
   18. nmap
   19. Netcat
   20. tcpdump and wireshark
   21. Networking Troubleshooting
   22. Networking Troubleshooting
   Lab Tasks
   1. Basic Client Networking
   2. Wireless Fundamentals
   3. NMAP
9. System Maintenance
   1. LPI Objectives Covered
   2. System Messaging Commands
   3. Controlling System Messaging
   4. Archives with tar
   5. The gzip Compression Utility
   6. The bzip2 Compression Utility
   7. Comparing File Changes
   8. Compiling/Installing from Source
   9. Tape Libraries
   10. Backup Software
   11. Backup Examples
   Lab Tasks
   1. Command Line Messaging
   2. Archiving and Compression
   3. Using tar and cpio for Backups
   4. Using rsync and ssh for Backups