LPIC-304 Objectives V2
Contents
Introduction
The description of the entire LPIC-3 programme is listed here.
Version Information
These objectives are version 2.0.0 DRAFT.
The version 1.x objectives can be found here.
Translations of Objectives
The following translations of the objectives are available on this wiki:
- English
- Spanish
Objectives
Topic 330: Virtualization
330.1 Virtualization Concepts and Theory (weight: 10)
| Weight | 10 |
| Description | Candidates should know and understand the general concepts, theory and terminology of Virtualization. This includes Xen, KVM and libvirt terminology. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Terminology
- Pros and Cons of Virtualization
- Variations of Virtual Machine Monitors
- Migration of Physical to Virtual Machines
- Migration of Virtual Machines between Host systems
- Cloud Computing
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- Hypervisor
- HVM (Hardware Virtual Machine)
- PV (Paravirtualization)
- Container Virtualization
- Emulation and Simulation
- CPU flags
- /proc/cpuinfo
- Migration (P2V, V2V)
- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
330.2 Xen (weight: 9)
| Weight | 9 |
| Description | Candidates should be able to install, configure, maintain, migrate and troubleshoot Xen installations. The focus is on Xen version 4.x. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Xen architecture, networking and storage
- Xen configuration
- Xen utilities
- Troubleshooting Xen installations
- Basic knowledge of XAPI
- Awareness of XenStore
- Awareness of Xen Boot Parameters
- Awareness of the xm utility
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- Domain0 (Dom0), DomainU (DomU)
- PV-DomU, HVM-DomU
- /etc/xen/
- xl
- xl.cfg
- xl.conf
- xe
- xentop
330.3 KVM (weight: 9)
| Weight | 9 |
| Description | Candidates should be able to install, configure, maintain, migrate and troubleshoot KVM installations. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- KVM architecture, networking and storage
- KVM configuration
- KVM utilities
- Troubleshooting KVM installations
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- Kernel modules: kvm, kvm-intel and kvm-amd
- /etc/kvm/
- /dev/kvm
- kvm
- KVM monitor
- qemu
- qemu-img
330.4 Other Virtualization Solutions (weight: 3)
| Weight | 3 |
| Description | Candidates should have some basic knowledge and experience with alternatives to Xen and KVM. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Basic knowledge of OpenVZ and LXC
- Awareness of other virtualization technologies
- Basic knowledge of virtualization provisioning tools
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- OpenVZ
- VirtualBox
- LXC
- docker
- packer
- vagrant
330.5 Libvirt and Related Tools (weight: 5)
| Weight | 5 |
| Description | Candidates should have basic knowledge and experience with the libvirt library and commonly available tools. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- libvirt architecture, networking and storage
- Basic technical knowledge of libvirt and virsh
- Awareness of oVirt
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- libvirtd
- /etc/libvirt/
- virsh
- oVirt
330.6 Cloud Management Tools (weight: 2)
| Weight | 2 |
| Description | Candidates should have basic feature knowledge of commonly available cloud management tools. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Basic feature knowledge of OpenStack and CloudStack
- Awareness of Eucalyptus and OpenNebula
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- OpenStack
- CloudStack
- Eucalyptus
- OpenNebula
Topic 331: Load Balancing
331.1 Linux Virtual Server (weight: 3)
| Weight | 3 |
| Description | Candidates should know how to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot LVS. This includes the configuration and use of keepalived and ldirectord. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- LVS / IPVS
- VRRP
- keepalived configuration
- ldirectord configuration
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- ipvsadm
- syncd
- LVS Forwarding (NAT, Direct Routing, Tunneling, Local Node)
- Connection Scheduling Algorithms
- genhash
331.2 HAProxy (weight: 3)
| Weight | 3 |
| Description | Exam candidates should be able to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot HAProxy. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- HAProxy
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- ACLs
- load balancing algorithms
Topic 332: Cluster Management
332.1 Pacemaker (weight: 3)
| Weight | 3 |
| Description | Candidates should have experience in the installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of the Pacemaker cluster management set of technologies. This includes the use of heartbeat version 2. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Essential cluster configuration
- resource agents
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- crmd
- PEngine
- CIB ptest
- cibadmin
- crmadmin
- crm_* resource agents (heartbeat v2, LSB, OCF)
- authkeys
- /usr/lib/heartbeat/ResourceManager
- /etc/ha.d/
332.2 Advanced Pacemaker (weight: 2)
| Weight | 2 |
| Description | Candidates should have experience in advanced features of the Pacemaker cluster management set of technologies. This includes the use of OpenAIS and corosync. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- fencing
- quorum
- data integrity
- integration with file systems
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- STONITHd
- OCFS2
- ldirectord
- softdog
- OpenAIS and corosync
332.3 Red Hat Cluster Suite (weight: 3)
| Weight | 3 |
| Description | Candidates should have experience in the installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of the Red Hat Cluster Suite cluster management set of technologies. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Essential cluster configuration
- resource agents
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- ccs
- OpenAIS
- rgmanager
- /etc/ais/
- /etc/corosync/
332.4 Advanced Red Hat Cluster Suite (weight: 2)
| Weight | 2 |
| Description | Candidates should have experience in advanced features of the Red Hat Cluster Suite cluster management set of technologies. This includes the use and integration with LVS and GFS. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- fencing
- quorum
- data integrity
- integration with file systems
- integration with LVS
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- qdiskd
- /etc/lvs.cf
- Piranha
- GFS
- Conga
Topic 333: Cluster Storage
333.1 DRBD (weight: 3)
| Weight | 3 |
| Description | Candidates are expected to have the experience and knowledge to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot DRBD devices. This includes integration with Pacemaker. Configuration of version 8.4.x is covered. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Understanding of DRBD resources, states and replication modes.
- Configuration of DRBD resources, networking, disks and devices.
- Configuration of DRBD automatic recovery and error handling.
- Management of DRBD using drbdadm.
- Basic knowledge of drbdsetup and drbdmeta.
- Integration of DRBD with Pacemaker.
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- Protocol A, B and C
- Primary, Secondary
- Three-way replication
- drbd kernel module
- drbdadm
- drbdsetup
- drbdmeta
- /etc/drbd.conf
- /proc/drbd
333.2 Global File System and OCFS2 (weight: 2)
| Weight | 2 |
| Description | Candidates should know how to install, maintain and troubleshoot installations using GFS2 and OCFS2. This includes integration with Pacemaker. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Understand the principles of cluster file systems.
- Create, maintain and troubleshoot GFS2 file systems in a cluster.
- Create, maintain and troubleshoot OCFS2 file systems in a cluster.
- Integration of GFS2 and OCFS2 with Pacemaker.
- Awareness of the O2CB cluster stack.
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- Distributed Lock Manager (DLM)
- mkfs.gfs2
- mount.gfs2
- fsck.gfs2
- gfs2_grow
- gfs2_edit
- gfs2_jadd
- mkfs.ocfs2
- mount.ocfs2
- fsck.ocfs2
- tunefs.ocfs2
- mounted.ocfs2
- o2info
- o2image
333.3 Other Clustered File Systems (weight: 1)
| Weight | 1 |
| Description | Candidates should have an awareness of other clustered filesystems available in a Linux environment. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Awareness of other commonly used clustered filesystems.
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- CephFS
- GlusterFS
- AFS
Reference Material
Virtualization Theory and Concepts:
- Xen: http://www.xen.org/support/documentation.html
- KVM: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Documents
- QEMU: http://wiki.qemu.org
Load Balancing:
Cluster Management:
- Pacemaker: http://clusterlabs.org/wiki/Documentation
- including: cluster glue, resource agents: http://www.linux-ha.org/wiki/Main_Page
- Red Hat Cluster Suite: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/csgfs/
- including: OpenAIS/corosync: http://www.corosync.org and http://www.openais.org
Cluster Storage:
