Learn Linux 102: A roadmap for LPIC-1 certification

About this series

This series of learning paths helps you learn basic Linux system administration tasks. The topics mirror those of the Linux Professional Institute's LPIC-1: System Administrator Certification exams. You can use the learning paths to prepare for certification, or you can use them to learn about Linux.

There are two exams for LPIC-1 certification: Exam 101 and Exam 102, and you must pass both to attain LPIC-1 certification. Each exam has several topics, and each topic has several objectives.

This series of learning paths cover topics for Exam 102, which in turn cover the objectives of the topic in individual tutorials. See “Learn Linux 101: A roadmap for LPIC-1 certification” for the series of Exam 1 learning paths.

Note: This series corresponds to version 5.0 (October 29, 2018) of the objectives for LPIC-1 exam 102. We are updating tutorials that were previously published at version 4.0 of the objectives. Any tutorial in the series that has yet to be updated to version 5.0 is denoted as such. Check the LPI objectives to identify version 5 objectives that may not be covered in these older tutorials.

As tutorials are updated or completed, they will be added to the corresponding learn path.

LPIC-1 exam 102 - topic 105: Shells and shell scripting

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

• Customize and use the shell environment
• Customize or write simple scripts
• SQL data management

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LPIC-1 exam 102 - topic 106: User interfaces and desktops

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

• Install and configure X11
• Graphical desktops
• Accessibility

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LPIC-1 exam 102 - topic 107: Administrative tasks

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

• Manage user and group accounts and related system files
• Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs
• Localisation and internationalisation

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LPIC-1 exam 102 - topic 108: Essential system services

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

• Maintain system time
• System logging
• Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) basics
• Manage printers and printing

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LPIC-1 exam 102 - topic 109: Networking fundamentals

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

• Understand TCP/IP network fundamentals
• Manage the persistent network configuration of a Linux host
• Troubleshoot networking issues on client hosts
• Configure client-side DNS

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LPIC-1 exam 102 - topic 110: Security

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

• Perform security administration tasks
• Setup host security - Coming soon
• Securing data with encryption - Coming soon

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