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Services OSS Certification
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Certifications
Why certify in OSS
Objectives of the Public Sector OSS Certification Define the standards that personnel are required to demonstrate towards adoption of Open Source Software effectively.
The Public Sector OSS Certifications scheduled for 2008-2009
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Certified Linux Administrator 01
Certified Linux Administrator 01
Main Objectives
Target participant
Pre-requisite
CLA 01 Path
Criteria to Pass CLA 01
Re-sits CLA 01 In the event that the candidates fail any parts of the test, refer to the following:
Domain Details The following is provided as a guide for candidate to prepare to sit for the certification. 1. Linux installation – Hardware1.1 Configuring devices Maps to LPI LPI 1.101.3 Configure Modem and Sound cards LPI 1.101.4 Setup non-IDE Devices LPI 1.101.6 Configure Communication Devices Description Candidates is able to configure the serial port, sound card and fundamental devices. Key Knowledge Areas Know about Win-modems, modem tools, sound systems, SCSI devices and serial devices. Be able to detect devices. Know about IRQ, DMA and I/O ports. Know about the /proc, lspci, lsusb. Able to identify detected network card. 1.2 Plugable devices Maps to LPI LPI 1.101.5 Setup different PC expansion cards LPI 1.101.7 Configure USB devices Description Candidates are able to activate USB support and plugable devices. Key Knowledge Areas Know about hotplug devices, hotplug configuration. Identify and load the correct USB driver module. 2. Linux installation – Design2.1 Hard disk layout Maps to LPI LPI 1.102.1 Design hard disk layout LPI 1.102.2 Install a boot manager Description Candidates are able to design a disk partition scheme for a Linux system. Key Knowledge Areas Know about file systems and swap space. The /boot partition that conforms to the BIOS requirements. 2.2 Using boot manager Maps to LPI LPI 1.102.2 Install a boot manager Description Candidates are able to install and configure a boot manager Key Knowledge Areas Know standard boot loaders, boot devices and Master Boot Record. Configure GRUB or LILO. 2.3 Runlevel Description Candidates are able to configure and use runlevels Key Knowledge Areas Know how to view and change existing runlevels. Able to identify services to run for selected runlevels. 3. Linux Software Packaging3.1 Manage shared libraries Maps to LPI 1.102.4 Manage shared libraries Description Candidates are able to determine the shared libraries that executable programs depend on and install them when necessary. Key Knowledge Area Know how to identify shared libraries and load shared libraries. Identify the location of system libraries. 3.2 Install programs from source Maps to LPI 1.102.3 Make and install programs from source Description Candidates are able to unpack and install executable programs from source. Key Knowledge Areas Know how to unpack source files and compile. Editing the Makefile, configure the source, compile and install executable programs. Compile a RPM package from source. 3.3 Use Debian package management Maps to LPI 1.102.5 Use Debian package management Description Candidates are be able to use the Debian package tools. Key Knowledge Areas Know how to install, upgrade and uninstall Debian binary packages. Obtain package information of installed packages or the binary package. 3.4 Use Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) Maps to LPI 1.102.6 Use Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) Description Candidates are be able to use the RPM package tools. Key Knowledge Areas Know how to install, upgrade and uninstall RPM binary packages. Obtain package information of installed packages or the binary package. 4. GNU Linux & Unix Commands4.1 Work on the command line Maps to LPI 1.103.1 Work on the command line 1.103.2 Process text streams using filters 1.103.4 Use streams, pipes and redirects Description Candidates are able to interact with bash shell and commands using the command line. Key Knowledge Areas Know how to use the command line interface to perform basic task. Send text output streams through text utility filters. 4.2 Basic file management Maps to LPI 1.103.3 Perform basic file management Description Candidates are able to use basic Linux commands to manage files and directories. Key Knowledge Areas know how to copy, move, remove files and directories. 4.3 Process management Maps to LPI 1.103.5 Create, monitor and kill processes 1.103.6 Modify process execution priorities Description Candidates are able to perform basic process management Key Knowledge Areas know how to manage jobs in foreground and background. Monitor processes and send signals to process. Change priority of a program or a running process. 4.4 Search text files using regular expressions Maps to LPI 1.103.7 Search text files using regular expressions Description Candidates are able to use regular expressions to manipulate or searct text files. Key Knowledge Areas know how to use regular expressions with grep. Able to use sed to manipulate files. 4.5 Use the vi editor Maps to LPI 1.103.8 Perform basic file editing operations using vi Description Candidates are able to edit with the vi editor. Key Knowledge Area Know how to navigate with and use the modes (command, insert and last line). 5. Filesystems5.1 Create partitions and filesystems Maps to LPI 1.104.1 Create partitions and filesystems 1.104.2 Maintain the integrity of filesystems Description Candidates are able to configure disk partitions and then create filesystems on media such as hard disks. This includes the handling of swap partitions. Key Knowledge Areas Use various mkfs commands to set up partitions and create various filesystems, including ext2, ext3, reiserfs, vfat and xfs. Verify the integrity of filesystems. Monitor free space and inodes. Repair simple filesystem problems. 5.2 Mounting and unmounting filesystems Maps to LPI 1.104.3 Control mounting and unmounting filesystems Description Candidates are able to configure the mounting of a filesystem. Key Knowledge Areas Manually mount and unmount filesystems. Configure filesystem mounting on bootup. Configure user mountable removeable filesystems such as tape drives, floppies and CDROMs. 5.3 Disk quota Maps to LPI 1.104.4 Managing disk quota Description Candidates are able to manage disk quota for users Key Knowledge Areas Know how to setup disk quota for a filesystem. 5.4 File permissions to control access to files Maps to LPI 1.104.5 Use file permissions to control access to files Description Candidates are able to control file access through the proper use of permissions. Key Knowledge Areas Manage access permissions on regular and special files as well as directories. 5.5 Manage file ownership Maps to LPI 1.104.6 Manage file ownership Description Candidates are able to edit user and group ownership of files and directories. Key Knowledge Areas Know how to manage access permissions on files and directories. 5.6 Create and change hard and symbolic links Maps to LPI 1.104.7 Create and change hard and symbolic links Description Candidates are able to create and manage hard and symbolic links to a file. Key Knowledge Areas Know how to create links and identify hard and symbolic links.
5.7 Find system files and place files in the correct location Maps to LPI 1.104.8 Find system files and place files in the correct location Description Candidates are able to search, identify file location and directory and familiar with the Hilesystem Hiearchy Standard (FHS). Key Knowledge Areas Know how to use the tools to search for files and directories. Know the important files and directories as defined in FHS. 6. X Windows System6.1 Install & configure X11 Maps to LPI 1.110.1 Install & Configure X11 Description Candidates are able to install and configure X server Key Knowledge Areas Know how to configure the video card, monitor and font server.
6.2 Setup a display manager Maps to LPI 1.110.2 Setup a display manager Description Candidates are able to setup and customize a display manager. Key Knowledge Areas Know how to enable the display manager, configure XDM and GDM.
6.3 Install & Customize a Window Manager Environment Maps to LPI 1.110.4 Install & Customize a Window Manager Environment Description Candidates are able to customize a system-wide desktop environment and/or window manager. Key Knowledge Areas Know how to customise window manager menus and the x-terminal. Able to export the X display.
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