Description: Eckert's CompTIA LINUX+ and LPIC-1 GUIDE TO LINUX CERTIFICATION, 7th EDITION, equips learners for success on CompTIA's Linux+ (XKO-006) and the Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 (101-500 and 102-500) certification exams, as well as in their IT careers. Content includes the latest Linux distributions, as well as virtualization, containerization, cloud orchestration, configuration management (CM), and enterprise storage. Coverage also addresses artificial intelligence (AI) and automation tools, and essential job-related services and cloud technologies, like firewalls, FTP, NFS, Samba, Apache, Nginx, DNS, DHCP, NTP, PTP, Postfix, PostgreSQL, SSH, VNC, RDP, Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible. Appendices provide opportunities for learners to transfer their Linux skills to macOS and FreeBSD, and to apply their scripting knowledge using Python. Hands-on projects using the latest Fedora(TM) and Ubuntu Linux distributions offer practice with either Windows PC (Intel or ARM) or macOS PC (Intel or Apple Silicon).
Brief description: Jason W. Eckert is an experienced technical trainer, consultant, and best-selling author in the information technology (IT) industry. With over three decades of IT experience, 48 industry certifications, four published apps, and 27 published textbooks covering topics such as UNIX, Linux, security, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, PowerShell, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and video game development, Mr. Eckert brings his expertise to every class that he teaches at triOS College and to his role as the Dean of Technology. He was named the 2019 Outstanding Train-the-Trainer from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) for his work providing Linux training to other educators. For more information about Mr. Eckert, visit jasoneckert.github.io.