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Exam Information
Official specifications published by LPI
Exam Format
90 min
60
500
Expert
Registration
$340 USD
Pearson VUE or online proctoring
English, Japanese
Validity
5 years
Pass the current version of the same exam; Pass a higher level LPI certification exam; Accumulate 120 PDUs (Professional Development Units) through approved activities
305-300 Exam Topics and Domains
305-300 is organized into 3 weighted domains. Expect to work with cloud-init, qemu-img, vagrant, containerd, and more.
1
Full Virtualization
41.67%
Virtualization Concepts and Theory
Terminology and Hypervisor TypesMigration and P2VVM Features and Resources
- Understand virtualization terminology, theory and concepts
- Understand pros and cons of virtualization
- Understand the various hypervisor types and their differences
- Understand the major aspects of migrating physical to virtual machines
- Understand virtual machine lifecycle management
Xen
Xen ArchitectureXen Management
- Understand Xen architecture including networking and storage
- Perform basic configuration of Xen nodes and domains
- Perform basic management of Xen nodes and domains
- Troubleshoot basic Xen installations
QEMU
QEMU/KVM ArchitectureQEMU Management
- Understand the architecture of QEMU including KVM, networking and storage
- Start QEMU instances from the command line
- Manage snapshots using the QEMU monitor
- Install QEMU Guest Agent and VirtIO drivers
- Troubleshoot QEMU installations
Libvirt Virtual Machine Management
Libvirt Architecturevirsh ManagementAdvanced Libvirt Features
- Understand the architecture of libvirt
- Manage libvirt connections and nodes
- Create and manage QEMU and Xen domains, including snapshots
- Manage and analyze resource consumption of domains
- Create and manage storage pools and volumes
- Create and manage virtual networks
- Migrate domains between nodes
Virtual Machine Disk Image Management
Disk Image FormatsImage Management and Conversion
- Understand features of various virtual disk image formats
- Manage virtual machine disk images using qemu-img
- Mount partitions and access files contained in virtual machine disk images using libguestfish
- Copy physical disk content to virtual machine disk image
- Migrate disk content between various virtual machine disk image formats
2
Container Virtualization
41.67%
Container Virtualization Concepts
Linux Container ComponentsContainer SecurityContainer Standards and Runtimes
- Understand the concept of container virtualization
- Understand the Linux components used to implement container virtualization
- Understand how LXC and Docker use namespaces, cgroups, capabilities, seccomp and MAC
- Understand the principles of runc, CRI-O and containerd
- Awareness of OCI runtime and image specifications
LXC
LXC/LXD ArchitectureLXD Container ManagementLXC Images
- Understand the architecture of LXC and LXD
- Manage LXC containers based on existing images using LXD
- Configure LXC container properties
- Limit LXC container resource usage
- Use LXD profiles
- Understand LXC images
Docker
Docker ArchitectureDocker Container ManagementDocker Images and DockerfilesDocker Networking and StorageDocker Registry
- Understand the architecture and components of Docker
- Manage Docker containers using images from a Docker registry
- Understand and manage Docker container images and volumes
- Understand and manage Docker container logging
- Understand and manage Docker networking
- Create Dockerfiles and build images from Dockerfiles
- Run a Docker registry using the registry Docker image
Container Orchestration Platforms
Docker Compose and SwarmKubernetes FundamentalsHelm and Other Platforms
- Understand the importance of container orchestration
- Understand the key concepts of Docker Compose and Docker Swarm
- Understand the key concepts of Kubernetes and Helm
- Awareness of OpenShift, Rancher and Mesosphere DC/OS
3
VM Deployment and Provisioning
13.33%
Cloud Management Tools
Public Cloud PlatformsCloud Management Platforms
- Understand common offerings in public clouds
- Have basic feature knowledge of OpenStack
- Have basic feature knowledge of Terraform
Packer
Packer FundamentalsMulti-Platform Image Building
- Use Packer to create system images
- Run Packer in various public and private cloud environments
- Build container images for LXC/LXD
cloud-init
cloud-init ConfigurationInstance CustomizationCreating cloud-init Images
- Use cloud-init to configure virtual machines created from standardized images
- Adjust virtual machines to match their available hardware resources
- Configure instances to allow secure SSH logins
- Install a specific set of software packages from the distribution's repository
- Create new system images with cloud-init support
Vagrant
Vagrant FundamentalsVagrant ProvisioningVagrant Networking and Sharing
- Use Vagrant to manage virtual machines
- Understand Vagrant provisioning including File and Shell provisioners
- Configure Vagrant networking and synced folders
- Create reproducible development environments
How do I earn this certification?
Passing 305-300 earns the LPIC-3 Virtualization and Containerization certification. It sits in the Enterprise Linux Professional track.
Current Level Exams
Next Level Options
Alternative Paths
- 303-300 - LPIC-3 SecurityContainer and VM security expertise
- 306-300 - LPIC-3 High Availability and Storage ClustersComplementary clustering and storage skills
- 701-100 - DevOps Tools EngineerExtended automation and CI/CD skills
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What's changed on this exam?
Current Status
- ACTIVE
- Last content update: 2020-10-01
- Announcement date: 2020-07-01
Updates
- Kubernetes 1.29 Updated kubectl commands and API changes may appear in future exam updates • Release date: 2024-12-11
- Docker 25.0 New Docker Compose v2 is now the default, affecting exam questions • Release date: 2024-01-01
- Podman 5.0 Increased focus on Docker alternatives in exam objectives • Release date: 2024-03-01
- LXD 5.20 Enhanced clustering features may be tested • Release date: 2024-12-01
- QEMU 8.2 New virtualization features and improved performance • Release date: 2023-12-01
Who should take this exam?
This exam is typically taken by Senior Linux System Administrators and Virtualization Engineers.
Active LPIC-2 certification
- 3-5 years of Linux system administration experience
- Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies (KVM, Xen, QEMU)
- Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXC)
- Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools