Introduce yourself to Linux, and advance your proficiency, through a
spectrum of self-paced tutorials.
With these tutorials, you can build fundamental skills on Linux systems
administration at your level of expertise.
Exam 201 is the first of two LPI intermediate-level system administrator
certification exams offered by the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The
eight tutorials below help you prepare for the eight topics in LPI exam 201.
Both exam 201 and exam 202 are required for intermediate-level
certification, or LPIC-2.
LPI exam 201 prep: Linux kernel Topic 201. Learn to understand, compile, and customize a Linux
kernel. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to configure and
customize the kernel to fit your exact requirements.
LPI exam 201 prep: System startup Topic 202. Learn the steps a Linux system goes through during
system initialization. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to
customize system startup behaviors for your needs.
LPI exam 201 prep: Filesystem Topic 203. Learn how to work with filesystems. By the end of this
tutorial, you will be able to control the mounting and un-mounting of
filesystems, examine existing filesystems, create filesystems, and repair
damaged filesystems.
LPI exam 201 prep: Hardware Topic 204. Learn how to add hardware to your Linux system. By the
end of this tutorial, you will be able to configure hardware, including
RAID arrays, PCMCIA cards, other storage devices, displays, video
controllers, and other components.
LPI exam 201 prep: File and service sharing Topic 209. Learn how to configure a Samba server and an NFS server.
By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to use a Linux system as a
networked file server using any of several protocols supported by Linux.
LPI exam 201 prep: System maintenance Topic 211. Learn the basic concepts of system logging, software
packaging, and backup strategies. By the end of this tutorial, you will be
able to configure syslogd to act as a central network log server, build a
package, and create an offsite backup storage plan.
LPI exam 201 prep: System customization and automation Topic 213. Learn some basic approaches to automating tasks using
scripts. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to write scripts to
automate system events, such as report and status generation, cleanup, and
general maintenance.
LPI exam 201 prep: Troubleshooting Topic 214. Learn what you can do when things go wrong. By the end
of this tutorial, you will be able to create a recovery disk, diagnose
kernel errors, and repair your local system and user environment configuration.
Exam 202 is the second of two LPI intermediate-level system administrator
certification exams offered by the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The
seven tutorials below help you prepare for the seven topics in LPI exam 202.
Both exam 201 and exam 202 are required for intermediate-level
certification, or LPIC-2.
LPI exam 202 prep: Networking
configuration Topic 205. Learn how to configure a basic TCP/IP network, from the
hardware layer (usually Ethernet, modem, ISDN, or 802.11) through the
routing of network addresses. By the end of this tutorial, you will know
how to set up, customize, and troubleshoot a basic TCP/IP network
configuration on Linux.
LPI exam 202 prep: Mail and news Topic 206. Learn about mail transport, local mail filtering,
mailing list maintenance software, and server software for the NNTP
protocol. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to use Linux as a
mail server and as a news server.
LPI exam 202 prep: Domain Name
System (DNS) Topic 207. Learn how to use Linux as a DNS server, chiefly using
BIND. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to perform a basic
BIND configuration, manage DNS zones, and secure a DNS server.
LPI exam 202 prep: Web services Topic 208. Learn how to configure and manage the Apache HTTP server
and Squid proxy server. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to
install, configure, and maintain a Web server, and install and configure a
proxy server.
LPI exam 202 prep: Network client
management Topic 210. Learn how to install and configure clients and servers.
By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to install and configure
DHCP, NIS, LDAP, and PAM on Linux.
LPI exam 202 prep: System security Topic 212. Learn about a wide array of Linux-related topics from a
security-conscious network server perspective, including general issues of
routing, firewalls, and NAT translation and the relevant tools. By the end
of this tutorial, you will know how to approach Linux security issues.
LPI exam 202 prep: Network
troubleshooting Topic 214. Review the basic configuration and diagnostic
tools—including ifconfig, route, netstat, traceroute, and
more—to detect and solve common networking problems. By the end of
this tutorial, you will know how to use the basic tools covered in the
other previous tutorials in the 202 series.
