Ubuntu Certified Professional Curriculum now available
from
QA-IQ!
From 28th July 2008, QA-IQ is an Authorised Ubuntu Training
partner
Make sure that you have the right skills to work with one of
the most highly-regarded Linux distributions! With millions of
users around the world, this award winning Linux distribution
has a strong focus on ease of use and installation for the
enterprise and home use.
Through our partnership with Canonical, the commercial sponsor
of Ubuntu, QA-IQ now offers the full certification path for
those working with this Linux distribution.
“QA-IQ has the skills, experience and level of excellence to
achieve the highest standards with Ubuntu training.”
The Ubuntu Certified Professional is a training certification
based on the LPI level 1 certification. To earn the UCP,
candidates are required to pass the LPI 101, LPI 102 and the
Ubuntu 199 exams. Exams can be taken in any order. Two, five
day courses, Ubuntu Professional Courses 1 & 2, will assist
System Administrators to pass the required exams and achieve
the Ubuntu Certified Professional certification.
You will learn how to:
- Install and configure Ubuntu systems
- Perform routine administration tasks: boot and shut down the
system,
- Manage user accounts and file systems, and maintain system
security
- Configure network connectivity and key network services
- Work productively at the Linux command line
The courses are designed for System Administrators and are
based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Previous knowledge of Linux is an
advantage; prior system administration experience of some other
operating system is required.
Ubuntu Professional: Course 1
A five day course which will help you prepare for the LPI 101 and
Ubuntu 199 exams. You will learn how to:
- Use Ubuntu's technical structure, software repositories
and supporting infrastructure including Launchpad
- Perform a basic Ubuntu installation using the "desktop"
and "alternate" CDs
- Use standard command line tools to manage files and
processes, and to process textual data using filters,
pipelines, regular expressions, and the text editor
vi
- Configure basic hardware settings, power management, USB
devices and communication peripherals
- Manage and install software packages
- Create partitions and filesystems, control filesystem
mounting and access permissions, manage disk quotas and
file system security
- Configure the X Window system
- Customise the Gnome desktop, display manager (login
screen) and evolution (mail client)
Ubuntu Professional: Course 2
A five day course which will help you prepare for the LPI 102 and
Ubuntu 199 exams. You will learn how to:
- Manage kernel modules, configure, build and install a custom
kernel and more
- Understand and configure the boot-time startup process
- Install and configure local and remote printers
- Read "man" pages and other local documentation, and find
documentation on the internet
- Write simple shell scripts to automate administrative
tasks
- Perform standard administrative tasks including managing user
accounts and groups, configuring logging, scheduling regular
events, and performing backups
- Configure and troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity
- Configure network services including DNS, mail, apache, NFS,
Samba, and ssh (secure shell)
- Keep the system secure
Note:The courses can be taken
independently of each other although they are designed to be taken
in order. If a candidate already holds a current LPI level 1
certification, then they will only be required to pass the Ubuntu
199 exam.