Dive into the operating system of choice

To learn about today’s servers, network infrastructure, embedded systems, and mobile devices, we offer you two tracks of study and serve beginners to seasoned pros brushing up on skills.

Administrator Track

Get a solid foundation in configuring, operating and administrating these open, multi-user, multi-tasking Linux operating systems.

Development Track

Developers and system programmers teaches how to customize and optimize processes, IOs and kernel modules. Our virtual server courses can also prepare you for VMware professional certification exams.

Linux Programming and Administration certificate program objectives

• Configure, operate and program open, multi-user, multi-tasking Linux operating systems
• Perform Linux system and network administration
• Program new devices, systems or networks operating on Linux
• Install, deploy and develop a website using LAMP
• Configure and manage multiple VMware ESXi hosts and virtual machines using the vCenter Server

Please review the course descriptions to ensure that you have taken necessary prerequisites or meet the requirements through job experience or previous education.

If you have limited or no UNIX or Linux experience, we strongly recommend that you begin with Linux, Introduction.

Linux System Administration

• Linux, Introduction (2.5)
  • Linux System and Network Administration (CORE) (3.0)
  • Computer Networking Essentials (3.0)
  • Storage Technology in Data Centers (3.0)
  • Linux System Performance in the Cloud and Data Center (3.0)
  • Cloud Computing, Introduction (0.5)
  • System Virtualization Fundamentals (2.5)

Linux Applications Development

• LAMP: Linux Based Web Application Development – Apache, MySQL, PHP (CORE) (3.0)
  • C Programming for Beginners (2.0)
  • C++ Programming, Comprehensive (3.0)
  • Python Programming for Beginners (1.5)
  • Python for Programmers (3.0)

Linux Core Technology

• Linux Kernel Architecture and Programming (CORE) (3.0)
  • Linux Device Drivers (3.0)
  • Linux Device Drivers, Advanced (3.0)
  • Linux Kernel Programming, Advanced (3.0)
  • Linux Systems Programming (3.0)
  • Embedded Linux Design and Programming (3.0)

Substitutions

You may take one elective outside the certificate curriculum, if you receive prior approval from the Academic Services Department.

To receive your certificate

Upon completion of the course sequence you may request your Linux Programming and Administration Certificate Completion Review.