Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) Cert Prep

Course details

The Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) exam vets your ability to proficiently install, configure, and operate Linux-based systems, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Developed by The Linux Foundation to help meet the increasing demand for Linux administration talent, the exam includes both performance-based items simulating on-the-job tasks and scenarios faced by sysadmins in the real world. This course is designed to help you prepare for the exam and covers the exam’s core topics: essential Linux commands, operations deployment, users and groups, networking, and storage.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Course introduction
02 - Course structure
03 - Prerequisites, exam objectives, and details

1. Essential Commands

04 - Log into local and remote graphical and text mode consoles
05 - Demo - Log into local and remote graphical and text mode consoles
06 - Read and use system documentation
07 - Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories
08 - Create and manage hard links
09 - Create and manage soft links
10 - List, set, and change standard file permissions
11 - SUID, SGID, and sticky bit
12 - Search for files
13 - Compare and manipulate file content
14 - Pagers and VI demo
15 - Search a file using grep
16 - Analyze text using basic regular expressions
17 - Extended regular expressions
18 - Archive, back up, compress, unpack, and uncompress files (optional)
19 - Compress and uncompress files (optional)
20 - Back up files to a remote system (optional)
21 - Use input-output redirection (e.g. , , , 2 )
22 - Work with SSL certificates
23 - Git - Basic operations
24 - Git - Staging and committing changes
25 - Git - Branches and remote repositories

2. Operations Deployment

26 - Boot, reboot, and shutdown a system safely
27 - Boot or change system into different operating modes (optional)
28 - Use scripting to automate system maintenance tasks
29 - Manage startup process and services
30 - Create systemd services
31 - Diagnose and manage processes
32 - Locate and analyze system log files
33 - Schedule tasks to run at a set date and time
34 - Manage software with package manager
35 - Configure the repositories of package manager
36 - Install software by compiling source code
37 - Verify integrity and availability of resources and processes
38 - Change kernel runtime parameters, both persistent and non-persistent
39 - List and identify SELinux file and process contexts
40 - Create and enforce MAC using SELinux
41 - Create and manage containers
42 - Manage and configure virtual machines
43 - Create and boot a virtual machine
44 - Installing an operating system on a virtual machine

3. Users and Groups

45 - Create, delete, and modify local user accounts
46 - Create, delete, and modify local groups and group memberships
47 - Manage system-wide environment profiles
48 - Manage template user environment
49 - Configure user resource limits
50 - Manage user privileges
51 - Manage access to root account
52 - Configure the system to use LDAP user and group accounts

4. Networking

53 - Theory - Configure IPv4 and IPv6 networking and hostname resolution
54 - Demo - Configure IPv4 and IPv6 networking and hostname resolution
55 - Start, stop, and check status of network services
56 - Theory - Configure bridge and bonding devices
57 - Demo - Configure bridge and bonding devices
58 - Configure packet filtering (firewall)
59 - Port redirection and network address translation (NAT)
60 - Implement reverse proxies and load balancers
61 - Set and synchronize system time using time servers
62 - Configure SSH servers and clients

5. Storage

63 - List, create, delete, and modify physical storage partitions
64 - Configure and manage swap space
65 - Create and configure filesystems
66 - Configure systems to mount filesystems at or during boot
67 - Filesystem and mount options
68 - Use remote filesystems - NFS
69 - Use network block devices - NBD
70 - Manage and configure LVM storage
71 - Monitor storage performance
72 - Create, manage, and diagnose advanced filesystem permissions

Conclusion

73 - Closing note

Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) Cert Prep

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