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Where teams start
Most Popular Linux Administration Courses
Most teams start new hires and helpdesk staff on LPI Linux Essentials (010-160), which assumes little or no Linux experience. Junior admins with about a year of hands-on Linux work then move to LPIC-1 or RHCSA.
LPIC-1
This Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 (101-500 & 102-500) LPI Certification training covers how to use and navigate a Linux workstation as well as perform basic administration tasks in support of a Linux network. This Linux Foundation LPIC-1 training covers the objectives in the 101-500 and 102-500 exams, which are the two exams required to earn the LPIC-1 certification. For managers with Linux Foundation products, this training can be used for 101-500 and 102-500 exam prep, or as a Linux Foundation reference resource.
John McGovern
RHCSA
This Red Hat Certified System Administrator (EX200) RHCSA training covers how to monitor and manage the Linux operating system and administer enterprise networks and devices that run it. The EX200 certifying exam is a thorough assessment of your ability to manage enterprise storage, file systems, basic networking, users and groups, security, and containers – the basic essentials for a Linux administrator.
John McGovern
010-160
This LPI Linux Essentials training covers the basic commands and functions of the Linux operating system and prepares your team for the LPI Linux Essentials (010-160) certification. It covers recognizing open source applications and their closed source equivalents, working on the command line to navigate files, handling hardware, programs, and components of the operating system, creating and restoring compressed backups and archives, configuring users, groups, and file permissions, and creating and running simple scripts. For an IT Director onboarding help desk staff or junior administrators onto Linux systems, Linux Essentials is the fastest way to verify a working baseline before assigning production access. New and aspiring IT professionals earn the same vendor-neutral LPI certificate as a first Linux credential.
James Conrad
LPIC-2
This LPIC-2 Training training covers how to take control of small- to medium-sized mixed networks that depend on Linux technologies and manage every aspect of their administration. The LPIC-2 Linux Professional Institute certification is perfect for a sysadmin who wants to prove their administration, maintenance, management, storage, networking, security, and even automation skills with a Linux network. This Linux Foundation training can be used for 201-450 and 202-450 exam prep, or as a Linux Foundation reference resource.
John McGovern
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Frequently asked questions about Linux Administration training
Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Linux Administration training for their team.
Which roles and experience levels do these Linux courses serve?
LPI Linux Essentials suits new hires, helpdesk and desktop support staff, and non-technical staff who need Linux literacy. LPIC-1, RHCSA, and CompTIA Linux+ fit junior systems administrators with about a year of Linux exposure. Everything Linux is intermediate training for systems administrators and new admins a Team Lead needs to onboard, and LPIC-2 targets admins with three to five years of experience.
Which certifications do the courses prepare a team for?
The courses prepare learners for LPI Linux Essentials (010-160), LPIC-1 (101-500 and 102-500), LPIC-2 (201-450 and 202-450), and Red Hat RHCSA (EX200). The CompTIA Linux+ course is aligned to XK0-005, which CompTIA retired on 13 January 2026 in favor of XK0-006, so Team Leads can use it as a skills baseline and for targeted refreshers on topics such as permissions or systemd.
How should a Training Manager sequence a team Linux path?
A common sequence is Linux Essentials for command-line fundamentals, then LPIC-1 or RHCSA for core administration, with RHCSA a natural fit for teams running RHEL. LPIC-2 follows for admins who support DNS, DHCP, Samba, NFS, LDAP, email, and firewalls. Everything Linux adds practical server work such as SSH, NFS file services, RAID and LVM, and Apache and Nginx.
How much time should we plan per learner?
Time depends on the course and each learner's starting point. Learners with about a year of Linux exposure move fastest through LPIC-1, and LPIC-1 starts with command-line fundamentals, so Team Leads can assign it to mixed-experience groups. Individual skills can also be assigned as shorter, targeted refreshers.
Do learners get hands-on practice?
The CBT Nuggets platform pairs on-demand video training with virtual labs, practice exams, and pre- and post-assessments. That matters for RHCSA in particular, because EX200 is a performance-based exam covering tasks like user provisioning, storage changes, firewall rules, and boot troubleshooting.
How do we track team progress for audits or reviews?
Team reporting shows per-learner progress and completion, cohort and group views, and completion exports for audit evidence. It also shows IT Trainerbot usage, including questions per member, top topics, and the training the answers came from.
How does this training fit our Linux onboarding?
Assign Linux Essentials or Everything Linux to new admins so they share one baseline instead of relying on a single senior admin. Internal Training can turn your own runbooks and SOPs into courses you assign and track alongside catalog courses, and IT Trainerbot answers day-to-day questions with timestamped links to the source training video.