LFCS (Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator)

Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator is an entry-level certification which is aimed at achieving competencies in system administration which includes installation and configuration of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.

This Linux Certification is the foundation for all system administration across all Red Hat@ Products and is essential to become a Red Hat Certified Engineer.

NUX software solutions is a Top Redhat Linux Training & Certification Institute in Coimbatore. We provide the essential ideas and foundation needed to step up on the road to a successful career as Redhat Linux Administrator. We have excellent coaching standards with curriculum that is updated frequently to catch up with the latest technological advancement of 2020.

Course Syllabus

A Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) will be able to

Proficiently install, configure, and operate Linux-based systems, whether on-premise or cloud-based
Understand key concepts such as networking, storage, maintenance, logging, monitoring, security, automation, and troubleshooting
Competently use Linux to deploy and operate applications and services
Understand Linux networking fundamentals and its role of supporting cloud-native deployments

Operations and Deployment – 25%

Configure kernel parameters, persistent and non-persistent
Diagnose, identify, manage, and troubleshoot processes and services
Manage or schedule jobs for executing commands
Search for, install, validate, and maintain software packages or repositories
Recover from hardware, operating system, or filesystem failures
Manage Virtual Machines (libvirt)
Configure container engines, create and manage containers
Create and enforce MAC using SELinux

Essential Commands – 20%

Basic Git Operations
Create, configure, and troubleshoot services
Monitor and troubleshoot system performance and services
Determine application and service specific constraints
Troubleshoot diskspace issues
Work with SSL certificates

Storage – 20%

Configure and manage LVM storage
Manage and configure the virtual file system
Create, manage, and troubleshoot filesystems
Use remote filesystems and network block devices
Configure and manage swap space
Configure filesystem automounters
Monitor storage performance

Users and Groups – 10%

Create and manage local user and group accounts
Manage personal and system-wide environment profiles
Configure user resource limits
Configure and manage ACLs
Configure the system to use LDAP user and group accounts

Networking – 25%

Configure IPv4 and IPv6 networking and hostname resolution
Set and synchronize system time using time servers
Monitor and troubleshoot networking
Configure the OpenSSH server and client
Configure packet filtering, port redirection, and NAT
Configure static routing
Configure bridge and bonding devices
Implement reverse proxies and load balancers