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Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)

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Issuing authority
Linux Foundation
Industry
IT (Developer, Data, Architect)
Certification price
Not provided
Validity
3 years

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About this certification

As per Linux Foundation Website - The Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) certification is ideal for candidates early in their Linux system administration or open source career. The exam consists of performance-based items that simulate on-the-job tasks and scenarios faced by sysadmins in the real world. Obtaining certification allows individuals to validate their skills to prospective employers, which is particularly valuable if you have little on-the-job experience.

Competencies that are in the exam:

  1. Essential Commands – 25%
  2. Operation of Running Systems – 20%
  3. User and Group Management – 10%
  4. Networking – 12%
  5. Service Configuration – 20%
  6. Storage Management – 13%

Exam details

Duration of Exam - 2 Hours

Experience Level - Intermediate

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Preparation reviews (2)

Review for LFCS

Stilian Stoilov ·

The Andrew Mallett course is really good giving you broad Linux knowledge. The exam had 24 questions for 2 hours. You need to be fast with the keyboard and really good with the "find" command. Here are my notes from the course which can help you to prepare: ht…

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Maninderjit bindra ·

I mainly used the weekends to go through Andrew Malletts Pluralsight course. For practice I used an Ubuntu 1804 VM. The Pluralsight course mainly focusses on centos as the training environment. Since I gave the exam on Ubuntu (which is the environment I have w…

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