LPI launches LPIC-3 Certification Program - Represents the culmination of its Certification Program.
The Linux Professional Institute has launched [here] the LPIC-3 Certification Program representing the culmination of LPI’s Certification Program. LPIC-3 is designed for the “enterprise-level” Linux professional and represents the highest level of professional, distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry. The LPIC-3 program consists of a single exam for LPIC-3 “Core” designation. A number of “specialty” exams are proposed as additional designations on top of the LPIC-3 “Core” certification. Proposed specialties include the following: Mixed Environment, Security, High Availability and Virtualization, Web and Intranet, and Mail and Messaging. The first such “specialty” designation, “Mixed Environment” has been made available in January 2007.
To pass the LPIC-3 “Core? exam, someone should have several years experience with installing and maintaining Linux on a number of computers for various purposes, have integration experience with diverse technologies and operating systems, have professional experience as, or training for, an enterprise level Linux professional, know advanced and enterprise levels of Linux administration including installation, management, security, troubleshooting and maintenance, be able to use open source tools to measure capacity planning and troubleshoot resource problems, have professional experience using LDAP to integrate with Unix services and Windows services, including Samba, PAM, email, Active Directory, be able to plan, architecture, design, build and implement a full environment using Samba and LDAP as well as measure the capacity planning and security of the services, be able create scripts in Bash or Perl or has knowledge of at least one system programming language.
To pass the LPI 302 (Mixed Environment) exam, someone should have necessary skills and experience as outlined in LPIC-3 “Core? exam, have professional experience using Samba to integrate file and print services with Windows, including user management, domain control, security and performance tuning, be able to plan, architecture, design, build and implement a complete multiuser environment using Samba.
More details may be obtained [here].
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