Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
LPIC-1 Linux Administrator
The first level of the LPIC program. It confirms that you can perform maintenance tasks on the command line, install and configure Linux computers and set up basic networking.
- Exams
- 101-500 and 102-500
- Per exam
- 90 min, 60 questions
- Validity
- 5 years
- Prerequisite
- None
- Where
- Test center or online
Your path in the Linux programme
- optional Linux Essentials
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you are here LPIC-1 Linux Administrator
- requires LPIC-1 LPIC-2 Linux Engineer
- requires LPIC-2 LPIC-3 4 specialisations
What you can do with LPIC-1
- Understand the architecture of a Linux system
- Install and maintain a Linux workstation, including X11 and setting it up as a network client
- Work on the command line, including common GNU and Unix tools
- Manage files and access permissions as well as system security
- Perform simple maintenance tasks: adding users, backups, shutdown and reboot
Two exams, in any order
101101-500
- System architecture
- Linux installation and package management
- GNU and Unix commands
- Devices, Linux filesystems and the FHS
102102-500
- Shells, scripting and data management
- Interfaces and desktops
- Administrative tasks
- Essential system services
- Networking fundamentals and security
Current version 5.0. Exam languages include German and English, at a test center and online.
How to get LPIC-1
- 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
All 8 LPIC-1 courses
Training for preparation
Information according to lpi.org, as of October 2026. LPIC-1 is a trademark of Linux Professional Institute.