LPIC-2: Linux Engineer

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Extend Linux administration into system engineering and network services.

201-450 · 202-450 Version 4.5

Before you begin

Exams may be taken in any order. LPIC-2 award requires active LPIC-1 plus passes in 201 and 202.

Planned course outline

1. Capacity and bottlenecks

   • Resource measurement
   • Demand forecasting

2. Kernel administration

   • Kernel components and builds
   • Runtime management and diagnosis

3. Startup and recovery

   • Startup customization
   • Recovery and alternate bootloaders

4. Filesystem operation

   • Mounting and maintenance
   • Filesystem options

5. Advanced storage

   • RAID and device access
   • Logical volumes

6. Network configuration

   • Basic and advanced interfaces
   • Network troubleshooting

7. Maintenance workflows

   • Source builds
   • Backups
   • User maintenance notices

8. DNS service

   • Server configuration
   • Zones and DNS protection

9. Web and proxy services

   • Apache and HTTPS
   • Squid caching
   • Nginx reverse proxy

10. Network files

    • Samba exports
    • NFS exports

11. Network identity

    • DHCP
    • PAM and LDAP clients
    • OpenLDAP service

12. Mail infrastructure

    • Mail servers and delivery
    • Mailbox access

13. Service security

    • Routing and FTP
    • SSH
    • Security checks and OpenVPN

Lessons and labs are not available yet. This preview describes planned coverage.

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