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This is a list of Exam objectives as well as resources needed to understand them

LFCE Exam Objective Resources

This is a list of exam objectives you will need to meet in order to pass the LFCE exam. Each objective has a list of links that points to online-resources that will let you understand and practice core concepts that you will be tested on.

Where possible, resources will be provided specifically for the following distributions being tested in the exam (as of April 7, 2015)

• CentOS / RHEL 6.x

• openSUSE 13.x

• Ubuntu 14.04

• Network administration

  • Configure network services to start automatically at boot
    • LFCE: Installing Network Services and Configuring Automatic Startup at Boot – Part 1
    • How can I configure a service to run at startup
  • Implement packet filtering
    • How To Set Up a Firewall Using IPTables on Ubuntu 14.04
  • Monitor network performance
  • Produce and deliver reports on system use, outages and user requests
    • How to configure sysstat/sar on Ubuntu/Debian
  • Route IP traffic statically and dynamically
    • How to Turn a Linux Server into a Router to Handle Traffic Statically and Dynamically – Part 10
    • How to set static routes in Ubuntu Server?
  • Troubleshoot network issues

• Network filesystems and file services

  • Configure systems to mount standard, encrypted and network file systems on demand
    • Autofs - Community Help Wiki
  • Create, mount and unmount standard Linux file systems
    • Mount
  • Provide/configure network shares via NFS
    • Setting Up Standard Linux File Systems and Configuring NFSv4 Server – Part 2
  • Transfer files securely via the network
    • SSH/TransferFiles
  • Update packages from the network, a repository or the local file system

• Network security

  • Configure Apache log files
    • How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Configure the firewall with iptables
    • How To Set Up a Firewall Using IPTables on Ubuntu 14.04
    • How To Setup a Basic IP Tables Configuration on Centos 6
    • Iptables - openSUSE
  • Install and configure SSL with Apache

• Remote access

  • Configure the firewall with iptables
    • How To Set Up a Firewall Using IPTables on Ubuntu 14.04

• HTTP services

  • Configure an http client to automatically use a proxy server
  • Install and configure an Apache web server
    • How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Install and configure the Squid proxy server
  • Restrict access to a web page with Apache
  • Restrict access to the Squid proxy server
  • Setting up name-based virtual web hosts
    • How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

• Email services

  • Configure email aliases
  • Install and configure an IMAP and IMAPS service
  • Install and configure an smtp service
  • Restrict access to an smtp server