Johannesburg, 09 Sep 2016
Do you want to write your Linux Professional Institute Level 2 (LPIC-2) certification exams for free and help the open source community at the same time? Well you can, according to Peter Hlope, Jumping Bean's training manager. LPIC-2 is the second level certificate from the Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the leading vendor neutral, internationally recognised, Linux certification focused on the needs of Linux professionals.
The LPIC-2 course objectives have recently been updated as part of LPI's continuous certification maintenance plan to ensure the certifications remain relevant, and reflect the frenetic pace of changes in the Linux kernel and open source ecosystem that make up a Linux distribution.
"A select group of international Linux experts advises on changes to the objectives for the three LPI certifications and develops new questions to reflect these changes," said Hlope. "As part of the quality assurance process, and to provide a benchmark, LPI arranges free beta testing events around the globe, where individuals can write the beta exam without charge. If you pass the two exams, you will get an LPIC-2 certification," said Hlope. If you fail, you can ask for the incident to be removed from your record and attempt the exam once it has been officially launched, Hlope confirmed.
The new objective for LPIC-2 can be found on the LPI wiki. LPI's content partners still need to update their material for the new objective once finalised, but Jumping Bean has already updated its course content to reflect these new objectives. "People can book training for an LPIC-2 boot camp with Jumping Bean before the exam and it will cover the new material," said Hlope.
Jumping Bean is hosting beta test events in Johannesburg on 22 October, Cape Town on 15 October and Durban on 29 October. The Johannesburg and Durban events will be hosted at Jumping Bean's offices, with the Cape Town event to be hosted in Somerset West.
Anyone interested in assisting with the beta testing should contact Peter Hlope at Jumping Bean on 011 781 8014, or contact him via the Jumping Bean Web site. The exams are paper-based and each session is 90 minutes long. If you wish to write both 201 and 202, you should book for two sessions.
The changes to 201 include increased coverage of systemd, the new, and controversial at the time, Linux init system, the replacement of the ageing BIOS firmware with UEFI and NVMe booting.
It also includes coverage of the new generation of file systems with requirements for a basic understanding of BTRFS and ZFS. The changes to 202 include updating the objectives to cover Samba version 4, which can be used to replace Windows Active Directory servers, adjustments to the openldap coverage to accommodate the move from file-based configuration to directory-based, and an increased focus on security, which is now a hotter issue than ever.
"With cloud computing, the need for Linux professionals with vendor-neutral skills is greater than ever before," said Hlope. Seats are limited, so interested parties should be sure to book their seats early to avoid disappointment.
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