Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
BSD Specialist
Confirms that you can install, configure and administer BSD systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. Meant for administrators in BSD environments.
- Exam
- 702-100
- Scope
- 90 min, 60 questions
- Validity
- 5 years
- Prerequisite
- None
- Where
- Test center or online
Other LPI certifications
- no prerequisite DevOps Tools Engineer
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you are here BSD Specialist
Both belong to the LPI Open Technology track. They do not count as an LPIC level and do not renew an LPIC certification.
What you can do with BSD Specialist
- Install, manage and configure a BSD system
- Manage user accounts and groups, processes, filesystems and installed software
- Configure hardware and set kernel parameters
- Manage system security
- Perform basic system administration, schedule and automate jobs
- Configure network clients and perform basic network administration
One exam, 5 topics
702702-100
- Installing and managing software on BSD
- Storage devices and BSD filesystems
- Basic BSD system administration
- Basic BSD network administration
- Basic Unix skills
Current version 1.0. Exam language English, at a test center and online. LPI recommends more than one year of experience administering BSD systems.
How to get BSD Specialist
- Review the objectives. They define what the exam covers.
- Prepare. With a course at one of our partners or through self-study.
- Book the exam. Directly with Pearson VUE. Many training partners also offer the exam at the end of the course, and at schools and universities that are Academic Partners, students take it at reduced rates.
- Take the exam. At a test centre or online from home.
trainings
Training for preparation
There is currently no course for BSD Specialist.
Ask us: we will check with our training partners what is possible.
Information according to lpi.org, as of October 2026. BSD Specialist is a trademark of Linux Professional Institute.