Certification
Program |
Vendor Neutral |
Certification Levels |
| SAIR/GNU Linux Certified Administrator |
Yes |
- Sair Linux and GNU Certified Administrator, LCP and LCA
There are four examinations: Installation & Configuration 101, System Administration 102, Networking 103, and Security, Ethics and Privacy 104. Each test consists of 50 questions. To pass the examination, 74% or 37 out of 50 questions must be answered correctly.
- LCP certificate
Must pass either Installation & Configuration 101 or System Administration 102
- LCA certificate
Must pass all four exams at Level 1
- Sair Linux and GNU Certified Engineer, LCE
Being Developed by Sair
Must pass all four exams at Level 2
- Master Sair Linux and GNU Certified Engineer, Master LCE
Being Developed by Sair
Must pass all four exams at Level 3
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| LPI, Linux Professional Institue |
Yes |
- LPIC Level 1
- Exam 101: General Linux I
- Exam 102: General Linux II
- LPIC Level 2 - Currently being developed by the LPI
- Exam 201: Advanced administration (not Linux specific)
- Exam 202: Linux optimization
- LPIC Level 3 - Currently being developed by the LPI
Must pass any two of the 300-level exams
- Exam 321: Windows Integration (working together with NT-server, many Win'9x clients)
- Exam 322: Internet Server (listservers, newsserver, FTP, HTTP; DNS, ISP, NFS; maybe perl scripting)
- Exam 323: Database Server
- Exam 324: Security, Firewalls, Encryption
- Exam 325: Kernel Internels & Device drivers (probably know C); Creating distribution packages.
- Exam 32x: Additional elective exams
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Red Hat |
No |
- Red Had Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Either one of the following can be used to get the RHCE certificate:
- RH300 - A day long lab-based exam following a four day long intensive training course.
- RH302 - The above exam without the course, study on your own
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