Expected 305-300 Exam Topics, as suggested by LPI :

• Module 1: Full Virtualization: This portion of the test for system administrators and IT specialists covers the vocabulary and basic principles of virtualization, including Xen, QEMU, and libvirt. It looks at several hypervisor types and the benefits and drawbacks of virtualization.
• Module 2: Libvirt Virtual Machine Management: For virtualization managers and system administrators, this section covers the management of virtualization hosts and virtual machines using libvirt and related tools, including domain creation, resource management, and migration. It also covers QEMU installations, including command-line operations, snapshot management, architecture comprehension, and troubleshooting.
• Module 3: Virtual Machine Disc Image Management: This section addresses virtual machine disc image management for storage administrators and virtualization experts.
• Module 4: Container Virtualization: This section covers concepts related to container virtualization for DevOps engineers and system administrators, such as kernel namespaces, control groups, system and application containers, and security aspects of containerization.

Expected 303-200 Exam Topics, as suggested by LPI :

• Module 1: Understand and configure NFSv4 authentication mechanisms/ Use dm-crypt with LUKS to encrypt block devices
• Module 2: Use eCryptfs to encrypt file systems, including home directories and PAM integration/ Configure Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl to provide OCSP stapling
• Module 3: Understand trust chains and public key infrastructures/ Candidates should be able to setup and configure encrypted file systems
• Module 4: Configure Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl to authenticate users using certificates/ Understand common transport layer security threats, for example Man-in-the-Middle
• Module 5: Configure and use AIDE, including rule management/ Configure Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl to provide HTTPS service, including SNI and HSTS
• Module 6: Enforce password complexity policies and periodic password changes/ Revoke certificates and certification authorities
• Module 7: Configure and troubleshoot BIND as an authoritative name server serving DNSSEC secured zones/ Identify and deal with rogue router advertisements and DHCP messages
• Module 8: Understand block device and file system encryption/ Generate and manage public and private keys
• Module 9: Understand and manage mapping and handling of CIFS ACLs and SIDs in a Linux system/ Key generation, key storage, key management and key rollover
• Module 10: Lock accounts automatically after failed login attempts/ Use TSIG for secure communication with BIND
• Module 11: Understand system and configuration prerequisites for installing FreeIPA/ Configure SSSD authentication against Active Directory, IPA, LDAP, Kerberos and local domains

Expected 300-300 Exam Topics, as suggested by LPI :

• Module 1: Samba Basics: This topic discusses Samba concepts, architecture, configuration, and maintenance.
• Module 2: Samba and Active Directory Domains: It focuses on active directory domain controller, active directory name resolution, and active directory user management. Additionally, the topic focuses on Samba domain membership and Samba local user management.
• Module 3: Samba Share Configuration: The topic deals with the sub-topics of fire share configuration, file share security, DFS share configuration, and print share configuration.
• Module 4: Samba Client Configuration: Linux authentication clients, Linux CIFS clients, and Windows clients are discussed in this topic.
• Module 5: Linux Identity Management and File Sharing: This topic focuses on FreeIPA installation, FreeIPA entity management, and FreeIPA active directory integration, and network file system.

Expected 202-450 Exam Topics, as suggested by LPI :

• Module 1: Mapping Windows user names to Linux user names/ Reloading modified configuration and zone files
• Module 2: Awareness of dnsmasq, djbdns and PowerDNS as alternate name servers/ Layout and content of ACL in the Squid configuration files
• Module 3: Various methods to add a new host in the zone files, including reverse zones/ Defining the location of the BIND zone files in BIND configuration files
• Module 4: Using redirect statements in Apache’s configuration files to customize file access/ Utilities to request information from the DNS server
• Module 5: Split configuration of BIND using the forwarders statement/ Client user authentication files and utilities
• Module 6: DHCP configuration files, terms and utilities/ Configuring and using transaction signatures (TSIG)
• Module 7: Configuration of maximum requests, minimum and maximum servers and clients/ BIND 9 configuration files, terms and utilities
• Module 8: Awareness of DHCPv6 and IPv6 Router Advertisements/ BIND 9.x configuration files, terms and utilities
• Module 9: Apache 2.4 configuration files, terms and utilities/ Security issues in SSL use, disable insecure protocols and cipher
• Module 10: Awareness of the issues with Virtual Hosting and use of SSL/ Generate a server private key and CSR for a commercial CA
• Module 11: Install the key and certificate, including intermediate CAs/ Apache log files configuration and content
• Module 12: SSL configuration files, tools and utilities/ Basic DNS server configuration

Expected 201-450 Exam Topics, as suggested by LPI :

• Module 1: Measure Hardware Resource And Network Bandwidth, Identify And Troubleshoot Resource Problems
• Module 2: Measure Cpu Usage, Memory Usage, Disk I/O, Network I/O, Firewalling And Routing Throughput
• Module 3: Estimate Throughput And Identify Bottlenecks In A System Including Networking
• Module 4: Match / Correlate System Symptoms With Likely Problems, Map Client Bandwidth Usage
• Module 5: Monitor Resource Usage To Predict Future Resource Needs/ Observe Growth Rate Of Capacity Usage
• Module 6: Awareness Of Monitoring Solutions Such As Icinga2, Nagios, Collectd, Mrtg And Cacti
• Module 7: Use Monitoring And Measurement Tools To Monitor It Infrastructure Usage/ Graph The Trend Of Capacity Usage
• Module 8: Utilize Kernel Components That Are Necessary To Specific Hardware, Hardware Drivers, System Resources And Requirements
• Module 9: Identifying Stable And Development Kernels And Patches, As Well As Using Kernel Modules
• Module 10: Configure A Kernel To Include Or Disable Specific Features Of The Linux Kernel As Necessary
• Module 11: Linux Kernel As Needed, Updating And Noting Changes In A New / Properly Maintain A Linux Filesystem Using System Utilities Manage And/Or Query A 2.6.X, 3.X Or 4.X Kernel And Its Loadable Modules
• Module 12: Configure A Network Device To Be Able To Connect To A Local, Wired Or Wireless, And A Wide-Area Network
• Module 13: Configure A Network Device To Implement Various Network Authentication Schemes
• Module 14: Configuring A Multi-Homed Network Device And Resolving Communication Problems
• Module 15: Candidates Should Be Able To Identify And Correct Common Network Setup Issues

Expected 102-500 Exam Topics, as suggested by LPI :

• Module 1: Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of accessibility technologies/ Maintain skeleton directories for new user accounts
• Module 2: Manage access to the X server and display applications on remote X servers/ Write Bash functions for frequently used sequences of commands
• Module 3: Overwrite specific aspects of Xorg configuration, such as keyboard layout/ Set command search path with the proper directory
• Module 4: Basic understanding and knowledge of the X Window configuration file/ Perform conditional mailing to the superuser
• Module 5: Create and manage special purpose and limited accounts/ Manage the location, ownership, execution and suid-rights of scripts
• Module 6: Test return values for success or failure or other information provided by a command/ Understanding of the X11 architecture
• Module 7: Understand the components of desktop environments/ Customize and use the shell environment
• Module 8: Correctly select the script interpreter through the shebang (#!) line/ Configure timezone settings and environment variables
• Module 9: Awareness of protocols to access remote desktop sessions/ Use standard sh syntax (loops, tests)
• Module 10: Configure locale settings and environment variables/ Basic knowledge of visual settings and themes
• Module 11: Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs/ Manage user and group accounts and related system files

Expected 102-400 Exam Topics, as suggested by LPI :

• Module 1: Customize and use the shell environment
• Module 2: Customize or write simple scripts
• Module 3: SQL data management

Expected 101-500 Exam Topics, as suggested by LPI :

• Module 1: System Architecture: It discusses determining and configuring hardware settings. The topic also focuses on booting the system.
• Module 2: Linux Installation and Package Management: The topic delves into sub-topics of hard disk layout, boot manager, shared libraries, and management of Debian package. Moreover, it focuses on RPM, YUM, and virtualization guest.
• Module 3: GNU and Unix Commands: Basic file editing, usage of regular expressions, and modification of process execution priorities are discussed in this topic. It also includes sub-topics related to file management, redirects, and processes.
• Module 4: Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard: Concpets related to filesystems, symbolic links, ownership, and location are discussed in this topic.