LPIC-1 is a Junior Level Linux Certification offered by LPC (Linux Professional Institute), which is the foremost IT certification program that has got professional accredition by NCCA (National Commission For Certifying Agencies).

After passing Level 1, a certified individual would possess the following basic skills:

• To work efficiently in the Linux command line
• To execute the simple maintenance tasks, such as, helping users, adding users to a bigger system, providing backup and restoring, proper shutdown and rebooting
• To install & configure a workstation and link it to a LAN or provide connection in an individual PC to the Internet through a modem

LPIC-1 certification process includes two exams. They are: Exam 101 and Exam 102. As a requirement exam for LPIC-1, the Exam 101 and Exam 102 covers fundamental expertise needed for the professionals working in a Linux environment or deal with major Linux distributions.

Exam 101

The main exam topics of Exam 101 include:

1. Topic 'System Architecture' focuses on:

• To define & configure basic system hardware
• To lead the system exploiting the booting process
• To administer the 'runlevel' condition of the system

2. Topic 'Linux Installation & Package Management' focuses on:

• to plan a Linux-based disk partitioning scheme
• to use a boot manager effectively
• to define the shared libraries with executable programs
• to use package management with the Debian package tools as well as RPM & YUM tools

3. Topic 'GNU and Unix Commands' focuses on:

• to work with shells and commands through the command line and bash shell
• to use filters for text streaming
• to apply the fundamental Linux commands to administer files & directories
• to exploit streams to process the textual data efficiently
• to execute fundamental process management

4. Topic 'Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard' focuses on:

• To perform disk partitions and create filesystems on media incuding hard disks through swap partitions
• To know about Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
• To make hard & symbolic links to a file
• To know about permissions & ownerships issues
• To administer users' disk quotas
• To execute the filesystem mounting

Exam 102

The main exam topics of Exam 102 include:

1. Topic 'Shells, Scripting and Data Management' focuses on:

• Customizing techniques of shell environments to respond towards users' needs and being able to modify global user profiles
• Customizing the existing scripts & writing basic level new BASH scripts
• Executing database queries and manipulating data through basic SQL commands
• Managing User Interfaces & Desktops
• Executing Setup & customization of a display manager, such as, XDM (X Display Manger), GDM (Gnome Display Manager) and KDM (KDE Display Manager)
• Managing accessibility technologies

2. Topic 'Administrative Tasks' focuses on:

• Having knowledge regarding how to deal with the user accounts, such as, adding, removing, suspending and changing related tasks
• Applying cron or anacron effectively to operate tasks at regular intervals and applying at to operate the tasks at a specific time
• Localizing a system effectively in different types of languages besides English. Adding to these, understanding of the essence of LANG=C in scripting tasks

3. Topic 'Essential System Services' focuses on:

• Maintaining the system properly along with the time through synchronizing the clock via NTP
• Managing print queues & user print tasks through CUPS & LPD compatibility interface

4. Topic 'Networking Fundamentals' focuses on:

• Having clear fundamental understanding on the TCP/IP network properly
• Configuring DNS properly on a client host
• Troubleshooting networking issues properly on client hosts
• Configuring client hosts' settings through viewing, changing and verifying

5. Topic 'Security' focuses on:

• Reviewing system configuration to ensure host security in accordance with local security policies
• Having knowledge on the set up process needed for primary-level host security
• Performing public key tools & techniques to make the data and communication secured

LPI Linux LPC-1 certification process is worldwide approved and popular for it's IT industry-oriented curricula, trusted administering system of exams through independent certification authorities.