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Progress Tracker

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Overall

Metric Value
Total XP _____ / 12,000
Level _____
Streak _____ days

Phase 1: Foundations (0/2,000 XP)

Week 1: Terminal & Filesystem

  • Lab 1.1: Navigate the Maze (+50 XP)
  • Lab 1.2: File Detective (+50 XP)
  • Lab 1.3: The Cleanup Crew (+50 XP)
  • Checkpoint 1 (+100 XP)

Week 2: Shell & Pipes

  • Lab 2.1: Pipeline Power (+50 XP)
  • Lab 2.2: Redirection Riddles (+50 XP)
  • Lab 2.3: Alias Arsenal (+50 XP)
  • Checkpoint 2 (+100 XP)

Week 3: Text Processing

  • Lab 3.1: grep Gymnastics (+50 XP)
  • Lab 3.2: sed Surgery (+50 XP)
  • Lab 3.3: awk Awesomeness (+50 XP)
  • Checkpoint 3 (+100 XP)

Week 4: Users, Permissions & SSH

  • Lab 4.1: Permission Puzzle (+50 XP)
  • Lab 4.2: SSH Fortress (+50 XP)
  • Lab 4.3: User Factory (+50 XP)
  • Checkpoint 4 (+100 XP)

Phase 1 Project

  • Personal Dev Environment (+500 XP)
  • Certificate: Linux Foundations (+1,000 XP)

Phase 2: Intermediate Systems (0/2,500 XP)

Week 5: Storage

  • Lab 5.1: LVM Magic (+75 XP)
  • Lab 5.2: Filesystem Recovery (+75 XP)
  • Lab 5.3: Snapshot Rescue (+75 XP)
  • Checkpoint 5 (+100 XP)

Week 6: Networking

  • Lab 6.1: Network Detective (+75 XP)
  • Lab 6.2: Firewall Fortress (+75 XP)
  • Lab 6.3: DNS Deep Dive (+75 XP)
  • Checkpoint 6 (+100 XP)

Week 7: systemd

  • Lab 7.1: Custom Service (+75 XP)
  • Lab 7.2: Timer Mastery (+75 XP)
  • Lab 7.3: Boot Rescue (+75 XP)
  • Checkpoint 7 (+100 XP)

Week 8: Kernel & Hardware

  • Lab 8.1: Module Madness (+75 XP)
  • Lab 8.2: sysctl Tuning (+75 XP)
  • Lab 8.3: udev Rules (+75 XP)
  • Checkpoint 8 (+100 XP)

Week 9: Server Build

  • Lab 9.1: From ISO to OS (+75 XP)
  • Lab 9.2: Hardening 101 (+75 XP)
  • Lab 9.3: Disaster Recovery (+75 XP)
  • Checkpoint 9 (+100 XP)

Phase 2 Project

  • Production Server Setup (+500 XP)
  • Certificate: Linux Systems Administrator (+1,000 XP)

Phase 3: Administration & Security (0/3,000 XP)

Week 10: Scripting

  • Lab 10.1: Strict Mode (+100 XP)
  • Lab 10.2: Error Handling (+100 XP)
  • Lab 10.3: Script Library (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 10 (+100 XP)

Week 11: Security Hardening

  • Lab 11.1: CIS Hardening (+100 XP)
  • Lab 11.2: SELinux Policy (+100 XP)
  • Lab 11.3: AIDE Monitoring (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 11 (+100 XP)

Week 12: Cryptography

  • Lab 12.1: Internal CA (+100 XP)
  • Lab 12.2: Let's Encrypt (+100 XP)
  • Lab 12.3: TLS Hardening (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 12 (+100 XP)

Week 13: Logging & Forensics

  • Lab 13.1: Centralized Logging (+100 XP)
  • Lab 13.2: Audit Trail (+100 XP)
  • Lab 13.3: Incident Response (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 13 (+100 XP)

Week 14: Network Services

  • Lab 14.1: DNS Server (+100 XP)
  • Lab 14.2: NFS Secure (+100 XP)
  • Lab 14.3: Samba Share (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 14 (+100 XP)

Week 15: Security Operations

  • Lab 15.1: Vulnerability Scan (+100 XP)
  • Lab 15.2: IDS Setup (+100 XP)
  • Lab 15.3: Incident Playbook (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 15 (+100 XP)

Phase 3 Project

  • Secure Infrastructure (+500 XP)
  • Certificate: Linux Security Professional (+1,000 XP)

Phase 4: Advanced Engineering (0/2,500 XP)

Week 16: Infrastructure as Code

  • Lab 16.1: Terraform Basics (+100 XP)
  • Lab 16.2: Ansible Playbooks (+100 XP)
  • Lab 16.3: Multi-Environment (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 16 (+100 XP)

Week 17: Containerization

  • Lab 17.1: Dockerfile Mastery (+100 XP)
  • Lab 17.2: Container Security (+100 XP)
  • Lab 17.3: Compose Stacks (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 17 (+100 XP)

Week 18: CI/CD

  • Lab 18.1: GitHub Actions (+100 XP)
  • Lab 18.2: GitOps Workflow (+100 XP)
  • Lab 18.3: Blue-Green Deploy (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 18 (+100 XP)

Week 19: Observability

  • Lab 19.1: Prometheus Stack (+100 XP)
  • Lab 19.2: Log Aggregation (+100 XP)
  • Lab 19.3: Alert Design (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 19 (+100 XP)

Week 20: Performance

  • Lab 20.1: CPU Profiling (+100 XP)
  • Lab 20.2: Memory Analysis (+100 XP)
  • Lab 20.3: System Tuning (+100 XP)
  • Checkpoint 20 (+100 XP)

Phase 4 Project

  • Cloud-Native Application (+500 XP)
  • Certificate: Linux DevOps Engineer (+1,000 XP)

Phase 5: Specialization (0/2,000 XP)

Track A: DevOps/Cloud

  • Week 21: Kubernetes Deep Dive (+200 XP)
  • Week 22: Helm & Operators (+200 XP)
  • Week 23: GitOps & Service Mesh (+200 XP)
  • Week 24: Cloud Platforms & SRE (+200 XP)
  • Final Project: Cloud-Native Platform (+1,000 XP)
  • Certificate: DevOps Cloud Specialist (+200 XP)

Track B: Security Engineering

  • Week 21: Advanced Hardening (+200 XP)
  • Week 22: Network Security (+200 XP)
  • Week 23: Digital Forensics (+200 XP)
  • Week 24: Penetration Testing (+200 XP)
  • Final Project: SOC Dashboard (+1,000 XP)
  • Certificate: Security Engineering Specialist (+200 XP)

Track C: Systems Programming

  • Week 21: C for Systems (+200 XP)
  • Week 22: System Calls (+200 XP)
  • Week 23: Debugging Mastery (+200 XP)
  • Week 24: eBPF & Kernel (+200 XP)
  • Final Project: System Monitor (+1,000 XP)
  • Certificate: Systems Programming Specialist (+200 XP)

Track D: Embedded Linux

  • Week 21: Cross-Compilation (+200 XP)
  • Week 22: Build Systems (+200 XP)
  • Week 23: Hardware Interaction (+200 XP)
  • Week 24: Real-Time Systems (+200 XP)
  • Final Project: Custom Embedded System (+1,000 XP)
  • Certificate: Embedded Linux Specialist (+200 XP)

Study Log

Date Topic Time Notes

Grandmaster

Complete all four tracks for the Linux Grandmaster Certificate.

  • Track A: DevOps/Cloud
  • Track B: Security Engineering
  • Track C: Systems Programming
  • Track D: Embedded Linux