Cert Prep LPIC-1 Exam 102 (Version 5.0)

5h 23mIntermediate2020-03-16

Authors

Grant McWilliams

Consultant, Speaker, Writer, Professor, Developer

Course details

Earning the LPIC-1 certification—a distribution-neutral Linux certification—shows potential employers that you have the real-world skills needed to excel as a Linux administrator. In this course, Grant McWilliams covers what you need to know to ace LPIC-1 exam 102, version 5.0. Grant reviews topics that correspond to each exam objective. Learn about shells and shell scripting; managing user and group accounts; using cron and systemd timers to run jobs at regular intervals and at specific times; setting the system date, time, and time zone; locate and interpret system log files; perform basic network troubleshooting; and more. Plus, he provides tips and tricks for successfully taking the exam.

Skills covered

LinuxServer AdministrationCert PrepNetwork and System AdministrationOpen Source

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know
03 - About the LPIC 1 exam
04 - Install CentOS 7
05 - Centos 7 Lab setup

1. Customize and Use the Shell Environment

06 - Set environment variables
07 - Bash functions for frequent tasks
08 - Bash aliases as shortcuts
09 - Set command search path
10 - Maintain skeleton directories

2. Write Simple Scripts

11 - Introduction to Bash
12 - What is a shell script
13 - Execute compound commands
14 - Use Command and Variable substitution
15 - Conditional flow with if, then if
16 - Conditional flow with case
17 - Iterate with for loops
18 - Iterate with while loops
19 - Using return codes
20 - Create a monitor script

3. Install and Configure X11

21 - X11 architecture
22 - About desktop environments
23 - Assistive technologies
24 - Override specific aspects of Xorg configuration
25 - About remote desktop protocols
26 - Display applications on remote X servers

4. Manage User and Group Accounts

27 - Add and removing users
28 - Modify users
29 - Manage groups
30 - Manage special purpose and limited accounts
31 - Awareness of shadow passwords
32 - Change default password policies
33 - Individual user account settings

5. Automate System Administration Tasks by Scheduling Jobs

34 - Reccuring user jobs using cron
35 - Reccuring system jobs using cron
36 - Configure user access to cron and at services
37 - Systemd timer units

6. Localization and System Time

38 - Set the system date, time, and timezone
39 - Configure locale settings and environment variables
40 - Install and start chrony
41 - Configure chrony server
42 - Configure chrony client
43 - Use cryonyc
44 - Using ntpd for serving time

7. System Logging

45 - Locate and interpret system log files
46 - Read the system journal
47 - Configuration of logrotate
48 - Filter journal data by criteria
49 - Rsyslog actions
50 - Clear old systemd journal data
51 - Retrieve systemd journal data from a rescue system
52 - About syslog, rsyslog, and syslog-ng

8. Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) Basics

53 - About email
54 - How email works
55 - Knowledge of common MTA programs
56 - Install Postfix
57 - Manage access to Postfix
58 - Configure a local mail server
59 - Create email aliases
60 - Forward mail as a user

9. Manage Printers and Printing

61 - Configure local and remote printers with CUPS
62 - Troubleshoot general printing problems
63 - Manage user print jobs

10. Fundamentals of Internet Protocols

64 - About private and public dotted quad IP addresses
65 - Network masks and CIDR notation
66 - Common TCP and UDP ports and services
67 - Differences and major features of UDP, TCP, and ICMP
68 - Knowledge of the major differences between IPv4 and IPv6

11. Persistent Network Configuration

69 - Gather network information
70 - Manual network interface configuration
71 - Configure networking using Network Manager
72 - Configure networking using the GUI
73 - Awareness of systemd-networkd

12. Basic Network Troubleshooting

74 - About routing
75 - View the routing table
76 - Manually configure routing using iproute2
77 - Debug problems associated with the network configuration

13. Configure Client-Side DNS

78 - Query remote DNS servers
79 - Configure local name resolution with remote DNS servers
80 - Modify the order in which name resolution is done
81 - Debug errors related to name resolution
82 - About systemd-resolved

14. Perform Security Administration Tasks

83 - Use Nmap and netstat to audit network services
84 - Set up limits on users
85 - Determine which users have logged in
86 - Basic sudo configuration and usage
87 - Find suid sgid files
88 - About TCP wrappers

15. Securing Data with Encryption

89 - Perform basic OpenSSH 2 client configuration
90 - About OpenSSH 2 server host keys
91 - Perform basic GnuPG configuration and revocation
92 - Use GPG to encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify files
93 - SSH port tunnels

Conclusion

94 - Taking the exam