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Linux Foundation LFCS Exam Syllabus

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Before starting your LFCS exam preparation, it is recommended to review the complete Linux Foundation CERTIFIED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR exam syllabus and carefully go through the exam objectives listed below. Once you understand the exam structure and objectives, you should practice using our free LFCS questions. We also provide premium LFCS practice test, fully updated according to the latest exam objectives, to help you accurately assess your preparedness for the actual exam.

Linux Foundation LFCS Exam Objectives

Section Weight Objectives
Essential Commands 20%
  • Basic Git Operations
  • Create, configure, and troubleshoot services
  • Monitor and troubleshoot system performance and services
  • Determine application and service specific constraints
  • Troubleshoot diskspace issues
  • Work with SSL certificates
Users and Groups 10%
  • Create and manage local user and group accounts
  • Manage personal and system-wide environment profiles
  • Configure user resource limits
  • Configure and manage ACLs
  • Configure the system to use LDAP user and group accounts
 
Networking 25%
  • Configure IPv4 and IPv6 networking and hostname resolution
  • Set and synchronize system time using time servers
  • Monitor and troubleshoot networking
  • Configure the OpenSSH server and client
  • Configure packet filtering, port redirection, and NAT
  • Configure static routing
  • Configure bridge and bonding devices
  • Implement reverse proxies and load balancers
Operations Deployment 25%
  • Configure kernel parameters, persistent and non-persistent
  • Diagnose, identify, manage, and troubleshoot processes and services
  • Manage or schedule jobs for executing commands
  • Search for, install, validate, and maintain software packages or repositories
  • Recover from hardware, operating system, or filesystem failures
  • Manage Virtual Machines (libvirt)
  • Configure container engines, create and manage containers
  • Create and enforce MAC using SELinux
Storage 20%
  • Configure and manage LVM storage
  • Manage and configure the virtual file system
  • Create, manage, and troubleshoot filesystems
  • Use remote filesystems and network block devices
  • Configure and manage swap space
  • Configure filesystem automounters
  • Monitor storage performance
Official Information https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification/lfcs