Qualfications in unix?

.temp · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:26

Hi all

Currently I'm working as the Senior Fitness Coach at the Virgin Active Health Club in my home town. However, I've always loved computers. After recently purchasing a HP N54L and installing FreeNAS on it, as well as a Raspberry Pi, I've had an interest in learning how to get the most out of them.

I'd love to be able to get some form of qualifications regarding unix, linux and server administration but I don't know where to start. I did get my CCNA 1, 2, 3 and 4 certificates 6 years ago but I didn't do the big final exam to get accredited (was heading to uni and wouldn't have been able to use it), so getting that is something I'd love to do again too.

Any help is welcome, i really don't know where to start looking.

b3n · 17 Sep 2013 at 11:07

I would start here http://goo.gl/w1f3r

SMN · 17 Sep 2013 at 11:24

RHCSA, RHCE, LPIC ... There are many!

memyselfandi · 17 Sep 2013 at 15:45

All of the main commercial flavours of Unix and Linux will have their own certifications but it's pretty pointless to have them with no real world experience.

b3n · 17 Sep 2013 at 16:46

memyselfandi said:
All of the main commercial flavours of Unix and Linux will have their own certifications but it's pretty pointless to have them with no real world experience.

You need both. The days have gone where "Experience" rules.

Unless you have doors into the industry, gaining both are essential.

Throrik · 17 Sep 2013 at 21:37

To be honest I doubt you could pass the Red Hat tests unless you set up some hardcore labs. They're about the best to get because they chuck you into a broken system and you fix it within a time limit. That's why it's such a good qualification to have for a Linux SysAdmin.

memyselfandi · 17 Sep 2013 at 21:52

b3n said:
You need both. The days have gone where "Experience" rules.

Unless you have doors into the industry, gaining both are essential.

Exactly my point ... the OP can try to get the qualifications but without any experience to go with them its going to be a bit pointless. It would be better to do some actual training courses combined with hands on work.

I've got a RHEL6 RHCE myself and when I was doing my course/exam there were people there who where trying to do their RHCSA after only 6 months of experience and learning and listening to them talk after their exam it sounded like a large percentage were not going to have passed ... they just didn;t have the knowledge and understanding they needed. Of the ~12 people on the RHCE course I'd say ~8 probably passed, and that was people who already had quite a bit of experience and were taking it seriously. It was good fun