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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
The description of the entire [[LPIC-3]] programme is listed [[LPIC-3|here]].
The description of the entire [[LPIC-3]] program is listed [[LPIC-3|here]].
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==Version Information==
==Version Information==


These objectives are version 2.0.0 '''DRAFT'''.
These objectives are version 2.0.0(restructured) '''DRAFT'''.


A proposed restructuring of the objectives for version 2.0.0 are [[LPIC-304 Objectives V2(restructured)|here]].
They are the official new version. Please refer to [[LPIC-304 Objectives V2|this page]] now.


The version [[LPIC-304 Objectives V1|1.x objectives]] can be found [[LPIC-304 Objectives V1|here]].
The version [[LPIC-304 Objectives V1|1.x objectives]] can be found [[LPIC-304 Objectives V1|here]].


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==Translations of Objectives==
The following translations of the objectives are available on this wiki:
* [[LPIC-304 Objectives V2|English]]
* [[LPIC-304 Objectives V2(ES)|Spanish]]
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==Objectives==
===''Topic 330: Virtualization''===
====<span style="color:navy">330.1 Virtualization Concepts and Theory (weight: 10)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 10
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
* Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM)
* Paravirtualization (PV)
* Container Virtualization
* Emulation and Simulation
* CPU flags
* /proc/cpuinfo
* Migration (P2V, V2V)
* IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
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====<span style="color:navy">330.2 Xen (weight: 9)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 9
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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====<span style="color:navy">330.3 KVM (weight: 9)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 9
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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====<span style="color:navy">330.4 Other Virtualization Solutions (weight: 3)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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====<span style="color:navy">330.5 Libvirt and Related Tools (weight: 5)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 5
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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====<span style="color:navy">330.6 Cloud Management Tools (weight: 2)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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===''Topic 330: Virtualization''===
===''Topic 331: Load Balancing''===
====<span style="color:navy">331.1 Linux Virtual Server (weight: 3)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | Candidates should know how to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot LVS.  This includes the configuration and use of keepalived and ldirectord.
|}
'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
* Understanding of LVS / IPVS.
* Basic knowledge of VRRP.
* Configuration of keepalived.
* Configuration of ldirectord.
* Backend server network 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
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====<span style="color:navy">331.2 HAProxy (weight: 3)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | Candidates should be able to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot HAProxy.
|}
'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
* Understanding of HAProxy.
* Configuration of HAProxy.
'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
* HAProxy configuration file
* Proxy
* load balancing algorithms
* ACLs
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===''Topic 332: Cluster Management''===
====<span style="color:navy">332.1 Pacemaker (weight: 3)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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/
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====<span style="color:navy">332.2 Advanced Pacemaker (weight: 2)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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====<span style="color:navy">332.3 Red Hat Cluster Suite (weight: 3)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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/
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====<span style="color:navy">332.4 Advanced Red Hat Cluster Suite (weight: 2)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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===''Topic 333: Cluster Storage''===
====<span style="color:navy">333.1 DRBD (weight: 3)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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====<span style="color:navy">333.2 GFS2 and OCFS2 (weight: 2)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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====<span style="color:navy">333.3 Other Clustered File Systems (weight: 1)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 1
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 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
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===''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:'''
* LVS: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/Documents.html
* HAProxy: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/#docs
'''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:'''
* DRBD: http://www.drbd.org/docs/about/
* GFS: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/csgfs/
* OCFS2: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/documentation/
==Future Change Considerations==
====<span style="color:navy">33X.X Pacemaker (weight: 5)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 5
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | Candidates should have experience in the installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of a Pacemaker cluster. This includes the use of Corosync. The focus is on Pacemaker 1.1 for Corosync 2.x.
|}
'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
* Pacemaker architecture and components (CIB, CRMd, PEngine, LRMd, DC, STONITHd).
* Pacemaker cluster configuration.
* Resource classes (OCF, LSB, Systemd, Upstart, Service, STONITH, Nagios).
* Resource rules and constraints (location, order, colocation).
* Advanced resource features (templates, groups, clone resources, multi-state resources).
* Pacemaker management using pcs.
* Pacemaker management using crmsh.
* Configuration and Management of corosync in conjunction with Pacemaker.
* Awareness of other cluster engines (OpenAIS, Heartbeat, CMAN).
'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
* pcs
* crm
* crm_mon
* crm_verify
* crm_simulate
* crm_shadow
* crm_resource
* crm_attribute
* crm_node
* crm_standby
* cibadmin
* corosync.conf
* authkey
* corosync-cfgtool
* corosync-cmapctl
* corosync-quorumtool
* stonith_admin
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====<span style="color:navy">33X.X High Availability Extensions of Major Enterprise Linux Distributions (weight: 1)</span>====
{|
| style="background:#dadada" | '''Weight'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | 1
|-
| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" | '''Description'''
| style="background:#eaeaea" | Candidates should be aware of how enterprise Linux distributions integrate High Availability technologies.
|}
'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
* Basic knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability Add-On.
* Basic knowledge of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension.
'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
* Distribution specific configuration tools
* Integration of cluster engines, load balancers, storage technology, cluster filesystems, etc.
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Latest revision as of 09:35, 3 May 2019

Introduction

The description of the entire LPIC-3 program is listed here.

Version Information

These objectives are version 2.0.0(restructured) DRAFT.

They are the official new version. Please refer to this page now.

The version 1.x objectives can be found here.


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