[ale] Training recommendations

[jon.maddog.hall@gmail.com]

It depends on you, but what I would recommend is looking at the LPI (lpi.org) website and picking out their LPIC professional certifications (LPIC-1, LPIC-2 and LPIC-3).

LPIC-1 is a basic systems administrator
LPIC-2 is a network/senior administrator
LPIC-3 is mixture of different things (security, mixed systems, database, etc)  Think of it as a series of merit badges

Here is LPIC-1:

https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/lpic-1-overview

Then look at the objectives and exam topics of each exam.  For each topic ask yourself "Do I know how to do that?"  If you do (and no "cheating") great!  Check it off.

If you do not know how to do it, or have forgotten, or (worse yet) think "I do not even know what they are talking about" it is time to read manuals, search the Internet, ask friends, etc.

Get a couple of old laptops or use VMs to set up a "network" of computers to practice with.

Get a nice book from Amazon on Linux Systems Administration, or look at the free stuff from many of the major distributions.

You could also look around for community colleges that teach Linux Systems Administration.  There are more of them these days than 25 years ago.

md

>     On 10/26/2021 1:25 PM John Temple via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
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>     Well our posting for a new Sr. Linux Admin has been up for over a month now and we have one applicant. This morning my boss said it looks like I may need to become our linux guy.
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>     I have done a little configuration here and there, mostly LAMP stuff and then there were a couple of linux classes well over a decade ago during my undergrad.
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>     Any suggestions for bootcamps or something? I need to focus on system administration and troubleshooting (yes, I can hear several of you laughing at the moment) . I know I am not really going to learn much for the later in a training class.
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>     Oh wait, there was a linux class that was offered here several years ago and it covered:
>     cd, cp, mv, chown, chmod, ls and that is it! I knew the class was titled as basic but come on all of six commands. I told the instructor I know those commands were important but is there going to be a class on perhaps a more intermediate level? Sadly the response was a resounding "No".
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