Preparation for the LFCS (Linux Foundation Certified Sysadmin)

The Linux Foundation announced the LFCS (Linux Foundation Certified Sysadmin) certification, a new program that aims at helping individuals all over the world to get certified in basic to intermediate system administration tasks for Linux systems.

This includes supporting running systems and services, along with first-hand troubleshooting and analysis, and smart decision-making to escalate issues to engineering teams

This series will be titled Preparation for the LFCS (Linux Foundation Certified Sysadmin) Parts 1 through 10 and cover the following topics for Ubuntu, CentOS, and openSUSE:

· Part 1: How to use GNU ‘sed’ Command to Create, Edit, and Manipulate files in Linux

· Part 2: How to Install and Use vi/m as a full Text Editor

· Part 3: Archiving Files/Directories and Finding Files on the Filesystem

· Part 4: Partitioning Storage Devices, Formatting Filesystems and Configuring Swap Partition

· Part 5: Mount/Unmount Local and Network (Samba & NFS) Filesystems in Linux

· Part 6: Assembling Partitions as RAID Devices – Creating & Managing System Backups

· Part 7: Managing System Startup Process and Services (SysVinit, Systemd and Upstart

· Part 8: Managing Users & Groups, File Permissions & Attributes and Enabling sudo Access on Accounts

· Part 9: Linux Package Management with Yum, RPM, Apt, Dpkg, Aptitude and Zypper

· Part 10: Learning Basic Shell Scripting and Filesystem Troubleshooting

Fire up your terminal, and get started here.