Self-study resources
The links on this page lead to documentation and tutorials about topics relevant to Canonical Academy.
Although they do not constitute an exhaustive list of the subjects covered by the exams, they provide a good starting point for your studies. You can use them to familiarise yourself with key concepts or to refresh your existing knowledge.
General resources
There are a number of instructional resources available, both community- and Canonical-made, that contain a wealth of useful information. The following links lead to Canonical’s official educational resources.
Tutorials
Documentation
Using Linux Terminal resources
Before embarking on the Using Linux Terminal exam, it would be helpful to be familiar with the topics covered by the following resources.
Securing Filesystem Access
- User management, Ubuntu server documentation
- File Permissions, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Root Sudo, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- SSH keys, Ubuntu server documentation
- SSH/OpenSSH/Keys, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Related man pages: add user, usermod
Navigating Files and Filesystems
- Linux command line for beginners: Ubuntu Tutorials
- Using the terminal, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Grep, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Finding Files, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Find basics, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Checking Your Partitions via Command Line, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Machine-readable debian/copyright file, Debian.org
- Related man pages: diff
Managing System Resources
- Viewing and monitoring log files, Ubuntu Tutorials
- Installing A New Hard Drive, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Automatically Mount Partitions, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Fstab, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Rename USB Drive, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Cron How to, Ubuntu Community Help Wiki
- Related man pages: logrotate, modprobe, rmmod
Using Ubuntu Desktop resources
The following resources may prove useful when studying for the Using Ubuntu Desktop exam.
Tutorials
- How to verify your Ubuntu download
- Install Ubuntu desktop
- Upgrade Ubuntu desktop
- Create a bootable USB stick on Ubuntu
Documentation
Some content in the Desktop exam may also be documented in the Ubuntu Server documentation, linked under the Using Ubuntu Server exam
Using Ubuntu Server resources
The following resources are recommended for prospective Using Ubuntu Server candidates.
Tutorials
- Install Ubuntu Server
- Viewing and monitoring log files
- Apply kernel patches without rebooting
- Set up a ZFS storage pool
Documentation
The Server documentation covers a wide array of relevant topics. They are worth reading in their entirety, but the following sections may prove especially useful:
- Basic install
- Automated install
- Cloud images
- Software containers
- Networking
- Networked storage
- Security
- Virtualisation
- High availability
- Monitoring
- Databases
- Backups
- Mail servers
- Web servers
Additional resources can be found on the Community Wiki. We recommend looking at System Administration, in particular: