The LPIC-3 Program

Linux
Professional
Institute
LPIC-3: “Core” Exam and Certification

LDAP, PAM Capacity Trouble Core

and related Planning Shooting Network
technologies Services

301
Authentication and naming,
including: troubleshooting,
integration with core network
services, and capacity
planning.
The First LPIC-3 Specialty: LPI-302 (Mixed Environment)

Samba, NFS Trouble Core

and related Shooting Network
technologies Services

302
Network file/print/domain
services, including:
troubleshooting, and
integration with core network
services.
 LPIC-3 Schedule and Progress
Oct 1/06 Nov 1/06 Dec 1/06 January /07
Objectives and
Item Development

10/14 – 12/09

Beta 11/1 – 12/1 Psychometrics

Examlabs Translation 12/8 – 12/15

12/15 – 12/31

Publishing

Level 3
 Over 400 exam questions created in total Exams
Live
 12 sites worldwide were chosen to host “beta” exam labs with
374 candidates attending these exam labs
 JTA and Objective creation complete, weighting calculated
during psychometrics
 Live publication of LPIC-3 in English and Japanese
 LPIC-3 Comments from Beta testing

“Good that the exam is finally here to prove in depth knowledge.

I hope there will be many more exams at this level.”
- Sander von Vugt, Author of “The Definitive Guide to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server”

"Representative of an active and enterprise environment."

- Raimond Kollman, Senior Consultant, Snow B.V.

“This may be the first certification willing to take on the depth and
breadth of enterprise level computing.”
- Leo Hordijk, 2005 Novell Certified Linux Engineer of the Year
Proposed LPIC- 3 Exam Program

304
High Availability
302 and
Virtualization
Core Exam Mixed

301 Environment

305
Core Exam Web and

303
Intranet

Security

306
Mail and
Messaging
LPIC-3 and the LPIC Program
102 Associated Certifications
LPIC-1 101
• Ubuntu Certified Professional
• Other Linux distributions

202
201
LPIC-2 • Other Linux and Open Source
Technologies

302
LPIC-3 301 • LPIC-3 + Elective Specialty
Proposed LPIC-3 Specialties
301 302
LPIC-3 Specialty:
Mixed Environment

301 303
LPIC-3 Specialty:
Security

301 304 LPIC-3 Specialty:

High Availability &
Virtualization

301 305
LPIC-3 Specialty:
Web & Intranet

301 306
LPIC-3 Specialty:
Mail and Messaging