Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

Linux Enterprise Professional Certification (LPIC-3)

Credential: Linux Enterprise Professional Certification (LPIC-3)  GI Bill resource CA Eligible
Credentialing Agency: Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

Renewal Period: 5 years

Linux Professional Institute (LPI), Linux Enterprise Professional Certification (LPIC-3) is the culmination of Linux Professional Institute's multi-level professional certification program. LPIC-3 is designed for the enterprise-level Linux professional and represents the highest level of professional, distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry. Candidates must hold an active LPIC-2 certification and pass one of the LPIC-3 specialty exams. Exams are available in Mixed Environment, Security, and Virtualization and High Availability.

More information can be found on the certifying agency's website.

Linux Enterprise Professional Certification (LPIC-3)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Attainability:    medium

Eligibility Requirements (View Details)

  • Credential Prerequisite: LPC-2
  • Experience
  • Education
  • Training
  • Membership
  • Other
  • Fee

Note: This credential may have multiple options for a Service member to meet eligibility requirements. Requirements listed here are based on the minimum degree required. To view other options, see the Eligibility tab.

Exam Requirements (View Details)

  • Exam
  • Written Exam
  • Oral Exam
  • Practical Exam
  • Performance Assessment

Exam Administration (View Details)

  • In-person exam
  • Remote proctored on-line exam
  • Third-party test vendor

RECERTIFICATION SUMMARY

Renewal Period: 5 years

  • Continuing Education
  • Exam
  • Continuing Education OR Exam
  • Fee
  • Other

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

1024 Iron Point Road
Suite #100-2144
Folsom, CA  95630

Phone: (916) 357-6625

Fax: (916) 357-6501
Contact Page

Credential Pre-requisite REQUIREMENTS

Candidate must have an active LPIC-2 certification to receive LPIC-3 certification, but the LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 exams may be taken in any order

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  • OpenLDAP Configuration
    • OpenLDAP replication
    • Securing the directory
    • OpenLDAP server performance tuning
  • OpenLDAP as an Authentication Backend
    • LDAP integration and PAM and NSS
    • Integrating LDAP with Active Directory and Kerberos
  • Samba Basics
    • Samba concepts and architecture
    • Configure Samba
    • Regular Samba maintenance
    • Troubleshooting Samba
    • Internationalization
  • Samba Share Configuration
    • File services
    • Linux file system and share/service permissions
    • Print services
  • Samba User and Group Management
    • Managing user accounts and groups
    • Authentication, authorization and Winbind
  • Samba Domain Integration
    • Samba as a PDC and BDC
    • Samba4 as an AD compatible domain controller
    • Configure Samba as a domain member server
  • Samba Name Services
    • NetBIOS and WINS
    • Active Directory name resolution
  • Working with Linux and Windows Clients
    • CIFS integration
    • Working with Windows clients

  • Cryptography
    • Certificates and Public Key Infrastructures
    • Certificates for Encryption, Signing and Authentication
    • Encrypted File Systems
    • DNS and Cryptography
  • Host Security
    • Host Hardening
    • Host Intrusion Detection
    • User Management and Authentication
    • Free IPA Installation and Samba Integration
  • Access Control
    • Discretionary Access Control
    • Mandatory Access Control
    • Network File Systems
  • Network Security
    • Network Hardening
    • Network Intrusion detection
    • Packet Filtering
    • Virtual Private Networks

  • Virtualization
    • Virtualization concepts and theory
    • Xen
    • KVM
    • Other virtualization solutions
    • Libvirt and related tools
    • Cloud management tools
  • High Availability Cluster Management
    • High availability concepts and theory
    • Load balanced clusters
    • Failover clusters
    • High availability in enterprise Linux distributions
  • High Availability Cluster Storage
    • DRBD/cLVM
    • Clustered file systems

Exam Preparation Resources

There are a number of resources available to help you prepare for the Linux Enterprise Professional Certification (LPIC-3) examination:

An additional resource is O'Reilly Learning Safari Books Online, a searchable digital library that provides online access to thousands of books, training videos and conference sessions. See the Educational Resources section on the Related Sites page here on COOL to learn how to get free access.

Testing Information

  • Exam Administration

    Credential exams may be administered in-person at a testing site, proctored on-line remotely, or have options for both. If an exam is administered through a test vendor, the third-party test vendor box will be checked. The following test administration options apply to the Linux Enterprise Professional Certification (LPIC-3) credential where checked:

    • In-person exam
    • Remote proctored on-line exam
    • Third-party test vendor

  • For more information on the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) testing process, visit the agency website.

RECERTIFICATION

Linux Enterprise Professional Certification (LPIC-3)

Renewal Period: 5 years

The Linux Enterprise Professional Certification (LPIC-3) credential has the following recertification information:

  • Once a person is certified by LPI and receives a certification designation (LPIC-1, LPIC-2, LPIC-3), recertification is recommended after two years from the date of the certification designation to retain a current certification status. However, to retain an active certification status, a certification holder is required to recertify within five years of the certification designation. The date a candidate passed the last required exam to earn a certification designation, will mark the start of the certification’s active status. Likewise, the certification will become inactive, five years after the date a candidate passed the last required exam to earn the certification designation.

    Recertification requires that the individual candidate passes all up-to-date exams that are only required for the highest earned certification designation. After successful recertification, the designation status will be updated to active for a period of five years.

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Some

Credential is related to some tasks associated with the duties of the military occupation (at least one critical task but less than 80%)

Most

Credential is directly related to most of the major duties associated with the military occupation (at least 80%)

Other

Credential is related to this military occupation, but is more advanced or specialized and therefore will likely require additional education, training, or experience

CA Eligible

This certification is eligible for CA.

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Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted E1 through E4

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E5 through E6

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E7 through E9

Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted “A” School through E5

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E6 through E7

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E8 through E9

Early Career

1-6 years experience; Officer O1 through O2

Mid Career

6-12 years experience; Officer O3 through O5

Late Career

12+ years experience; Officer O6 and Above

GI Bill®

Reimbursement for exam fees has been approved for payment through the GI Bill.

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Low

May be difficult to attain: minimum education requirement is a Bachelor's degree, and/or minimum experience is 10 or more years.

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Medium

Moderate ease of attainment: minimum education requirement = Associate's and/or prerequisite and/or minimum experience = more than 2 years and less than 10 years of experience.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

High

Highly attainable: minimum education requirement = HS or less and/or minimum experience = 2 years or less experience and no additional requirements.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

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ASI is Additional Skill Identifier
WOMOS is Warrant Officer Military Occupational Specialty
AOC is Area Of Concentration Officer
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