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CompTIA Linux+

Validate your ability to manage, secure, automate and troubleshoot Linux systems in cloud and hybrid environments. This hands-on course covers system management, services & user administration, security, automation/orchestration, scripting, and troubleshooting – preparing you for the CompTIA Linux+ (V8) XK0-006 exam.

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Why choose this course?

  • Industry-standard, vendor-neutral credential – Linux+ is trusted to validate skills across distributions and environments.
  • Hands-on labs – practice LVM/RAID, containers, Ansible, shell scripting, Python, Git workflows and troubleshooting in real Linux instances.
  • 100 % exam-aligned – every module maps directly to the five Linux+ v8 domains, ensuring focused preparation.
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This course is ideal for:

  • Aspiring Linux systems administrators, systems engineers and network engineers.
  • DevOps and SRE professionals automating infrastructure and managing containerized workloads.
  • Anyone preparing for the CompTIA Linux+ (V8) XK0-006 certification.

Prerequisites

  • Minimum of 12 months hands-on experience with Linux server administration.
  • Recommended: CompTIA A+, Network+ or Server+, or equivalent knowledge.

Course Content

  • System Management – Linux basics: identify boot-process steps, kernel components, filesystems and architectures; device management: load/unload kernel modules and manage hardware; storage management: configure LVM, RAID, partitions and mounts; network configuration: set up hosts, DNS, interfaces and network tools; shell operations: navigate, edit, redirect and use environment variables; backups & restores: perform archiving, compression and data recovery; virtualization: deploy hypervisors, create VMs and manage disk images.
  • Services & User Management – files & directories: control permissions, create links and handle special files; account management: add, modify and remove users and groups; process control: monitor process states, adjust priorities and schedule jobs; software management: install, update or remove packages and repositories; system services: start/stop daemons, review logs and manage timers; containers: operate runtimes, manage images and configure container networking.
  • Security – authentication & accounting: configure PAM, LDAP and Kerberos, enable auditing; firewalls: define rules with iptables, nftables or UFW; OS hardening: enforce file permissions, secure sudo and lock down SSH; account security: enforce password policies, restrict shells and enable MFA; cryptography: encrypt files, manage certificates and use hashing; compliance: verify integrity, run vulnerability scans and maintain standards.
  • Automation, Orchestration & Scripting – automation tools: Ansible, Puppet and CI/CD integrations; shell scripting: write and troubleshoot scripts with variables, functions and logic flows; Python basics: create virtual environments, use packages and handle data types; version control: manage code with Git workflows, tagging and branching; AI best practices: apply responsible code generation and prompt engineering.
  • Troubleshooting – system monitoring: collect and analyse logs, metrics and alerts; hardware & storage diagnostics: resolve boot failures and filesystem errors; network troubleshooting: diagnose routing, DNS and firewall issues; security troubleshooting: fix SELinux/AppArmor denials and permission problems; performance tuning: analyze CPU, memory and I/O to optimise system responsiveness.

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