Linux+ Training Boot Camp

InfoSec Institute’s CompTIA Linux+, Boot Camp is an intense, comprehensive five day course where students acquire the fundamental skills and knowledge needed to successfully configure, manage and troubleshoot Linux systems. In addition to its significant presence in the server room, all the major public cloud providers offer Linux images as a way of speeding up virtual instance creation. Add on that Linux-based Android accounts for approximately 80% of the smartphone market and you’ll find many IT careers are founded on Linux skills.

Benefits & Goals

During our Linux training course, you’ll learn hands-on skills that are relevant for any Linux distribution (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, etc.) such as how to:

• Manage, control and automate Linux GNU open source tools
• Create, edit and search Linux files and directories
• Limit access within the file system by controlling permissions and ownership
• Combine GNU filter commands in pipelines to process and format text data
• Exploit Bash shell features to enhance the command line interface
• Perform multiple tasks in shell scripts simultaneously
• Building, linking and removing Linux files and directories
• Setting and testing file permissions
• Customizing start-up scripts for enhanced Bash interactivity
• Running shell scripts for automation
• Installing Linux software and configuring the network interface

The proprietary InfoSec Institute course material is designed to provide an extensive hands-on experience for you. Topics include: installation and configuration; the boot process; user and group administration; filesystem administration, including quotas, FACLs, RAID and LVM; task automation; client networking; SELinux; software management; log files; troubleshooting; and more.

The following topics are covered during this Linux+ training course:

• Multi-User Concepts
• The X Window System
• The Linux Filesystem
• Manipulating Files
• Shell Basics
• Archiving and Compression
• Text Processing
• Regular Expressions
• Text Editing
• Command Shells
• Introduction to Shell Scripting
• Process Management and Job Control
• Managing Software
• Messaging
• Printing
• The Secure Shell (SSH)
• Mounting Filesystems & Managing Removable Media
• Pre-Installation Considerations
• Installing from Stratch
• Linux Hardware Discovery, Interaction, and Control
• Boot Process and SYSV Init
• Software Maintenance
• Filesystem Administration
• LVM & RAID
• Remote Storage Administration
• User/Group Administration
• Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
• Security Administration
• Process Administration
• Basic Networking
• Advanced Networking
• Log File Administration
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting
• Xen Virtualization
• Linux Kernel Compilation

Prerequisites 

This Linux+ boot camp is designed for students who have minimum of two years of experience in the Linux computer industry, those that have extensive experience with at least one other operating system and have working knowledge of a UNIX style editor.

Who Should Attend 

• Network Administrators
• System Administrators

Certification Exam

InfoSec Institute’s Linux+ course extensively prepares students for the Linux+ exams (LX0-103 and LX0-104), which consists of 150 multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. IT professionals who earn their CompTIA Linux+ certification can receive the LPIC-1 from LPI.

Earning a Linux+ certification is the beginning of a path that will lead you to advanced, distribution-specific Linux certifications such as SUSE Certified Engineer. SUSE will now treat the LPIC-1 as a substitute requirement for the SCE 11/12 Engineer-level exams, with the LPIC-1 certification meeting the program requirement of an Administrator-level exam.

Post-Class Follow up and Support 

Even after the Boot Camp, we are to provide support, including:

• Post-class Cisco expert mentoring
• Post-class remote pod access (nominal fee)
• Option to retake the class for up to a year (if still needing to attempt the exam)