LPI Level 2 Exam 201: Curriculum Outline

Linux Kernel Compilation and System Startup

Overview/Description
To describe how to compile the Linux kernel and configure system startup files

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration
2.25 Hours

Linux Kernel Compilation and System Startup

• Identify the characteristics of Linux kernels and kernel modules
• Recognize the procedure for compiling and installing a Linux kernel
• Compile and install a Linux kernel
• Patch a Linux kernel
• Configure kernel modules and modify kernel settings
• Customize Linux system startup and boot processes
• Recognize how to manipulate the Linux boot process and recover from filesystem failures
• Customize Linux system startup and perform system recovery tasks

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Linux Filesystem Management and File Sharing

Overview/Description
To describe techniques for managing the Linux filesystem and configuring file and service sharing

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration
2.50 Hours

Linux Filesystem Management and File Sharing

• Identify the commands and utilities used to create and configure the Linux filesystem
• Use system utilities to maintain a Linux filesystem
• Configure filesystem automounting and create a filesystem for CD-ROMs
• Create and configure a Linux filesystem
• Configure a Samba server and access it from Linux
• Configure the Network File System (NFS)
• Configure a Samba server and the Network File System (NFS)
• Identify the tasks required to configure DHCP on Linux systems

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Linux Networking Configuration

Overview/Description
To describe techniques for configuring network clients and DNS services

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration
2 Hours

Linux Networking Configuration

• Configure a Linux client for dial-up networking
• Identify the requirements for a Linux VPN implementation and distinguish between troubleshooting utilities
• Perform network client configuration tasks
• Recognize how to perform basic BIND 8 configuration tasks
• Create a DNS zone file and test the DNS configuration
• Configure DNS zones on a Linux system
• Identify methods for securing a Linux DNS server

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Linux Networking Services

Overview/Description
To describe how to configure mail and news services and install web servers

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration
2.75 Hours

Linux Networking Services

• Configure a Majordomo mailing list
• Recognize the components and features of a typical Sendmail configuration
• Use Procmail to manage mail traffic
• Recognize the commands and files used to install and configure a news server
• Configure mail and news services
• Recognize the procedure for installing and configuring an Apache Server
• Configure virtual hosting on an Apache web server and install an SSL certificate
• Identify characteristics of Apache web server and virtual hosting configurations
• Recognize the key characteristics and security features of Squid

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Linux Hardware Configuration and System Maintenance

Overview/Description
To outline methods for configuring hardware devices and to describe common system maintenance tasks

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration
2.75 Hours

Linux Hardware Configuration and System Maintenance

• Configure and implement software RAID
• Identify procedures for installing new hardware devices in Linux
• Recognize how to configure kernel options to support hardware devices
• Configure software RAID and logical volumes
• Recognize utilities and commands used to configure PCMCIA devices
• Configure system logging
• Recognize the procedure for building DEB and RPM packages
• Identify factors to consider when formulating a backup plan
• Configure system logging and recognize the requirements for a debian package installation

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Security in the Linux Environment

Overview/Description
To describe methods for securing Linux system resources

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration
2.75 Hours

Security in the Linux Environment

• Recognize how to configure NIS
• Recognize how to install and configure an LDAP server
• Recognize how to configure PAM authentication
• Configure LDAP and PAM authentication
• Recognize the characteristics of IP chains and IP tables
• Identify methods for restricting access to FTP servers
• Recognize how to configure OpenSSH
• Configure TCP wrappers
• Restrict access to system resources using OpenSSH and TCP wrappers

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Linux System Customization and Automation

Overview/Description
To discuss common scripting languages and to describe methods for automating Linux system tasks

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration
2.25 Hours

Linux System Customization and Automation

• Write a simple search pattern as a regular expression
• Recognize the features and characteristics of Perl
• Recognize how to create simple Bourne shell scripts and identify the structure of conditional statements
• Recognize the function of sed and awk
• Write regular expressions and create a simple Perl script
• Recognize how to configure and run the rsync client
• Recognize how to schedule tasks using crontab and the at command
• Configure schedules using crontab and the at command

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Linux Troubleshooting

Overview/Description
To describe how to troubleshoot local system and networking issues in Linux

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration
2.25 Hours

Linux Troubleshooting

• Recognize how to create boot disks and root disks
• Determine, from the boot-up text, the distinction between the four stages of the boot sequence
• Recognize the characteristics of LILO and determine the cause of LILO errors
• Create a boot disk and troubleshoot boot errors
• Identify the source of common local system configuration problems
• Identify factors that can affect the performance of shell programs
• Recognize how to troubleshoot common network problems
• Use appropriate tools and commands to determine the source of network problems

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