Featured resource
Tech Upskilling Playbook 2025
Tech Upskilling Playbook

Build future-ready tech teams and hit key business milestones with seven proven plays from industry leaders.

Learn more
  • Certification Path
  • Libraries: This path is only available in the libraries listed. To access this path, purchase a license for the corresponding library.
  • Core Tech

CompTIA Linux (XK0-006)

5 Courses
23 Hours
Practice exam

Whether you are interested in increasing your foundational knowledge of Linux or if you’d like to review material for the CompTIA Linux+ certification, this path is for you. These courses cover the skills needed to successfully configure, manage, and troubleshoot Linux systems. The courses in this path cover the objectives for the CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-006) exam and can help you prepare for certification.

Content in this path

CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-006)

Whether you are interested in increasing your foundational knowledge of Linux or if you’d like to review material for the CompTIA Linux+ certification, this path is for you. These courses cover the skills needed to successfully configure, manage, and troubleshoot Linux systems.

The courses in this path cover the objectives for the CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-006) exam and can help you prepare for certification.

For a 10% discount when you sign up for your next CompTIA exam, use the code "PLURAL10"

Try this learning path for free
Access this learning path and other top-rated tech content with a free trial.
Certification path

Build confidence to ace your certification exam with a variety of prep tools, including video courses, labs, and practice exams.

What You'll Learn
  • Summarize Linux fundamentals
  • Given a scenario, manage files and directories
  • Given a scenario, configure and manage storage using the appropriate tools
  • Given a scenario, configure and use the appropriate processes and services
  • Given a scenario, use the appropriate networking tools or configuration files
  • Given a scenario, build and install software
  • Given a scenario, manage software configurations
  • Summarize the purpose and use of security best practices in a Linux environment
  • Given a scenario, implement identity management
  • Given a scenario, implement and configure firewalls
  • Given a scenario, configure and execute remote connectivity for system management
  • Given a scenario, apply the appropriate access controls
  • Given a scenario, create simple shell scripts to automate common tasks
  • Given a scenario, perform basic container operations
  • Given a scenario, perform basic version control using Git
  • Summarize common infrastructure as code technologies
  • Summarize container, cloud, and orchestration concepts
  • Given a scenario, analyze and troubleshoot storage issues
  • Given a scenario, analyze and troubleshoot network resource issues
  • Given a scenario, analyze and troubleshoot central processing unit (CPU) and memory issues
  • Given a scenario, analyze and troubleshoot user access and file permissions
  • Given a scenario, use systemd to diagnose and resolve common problems with a Linux system
Prerequisites
  • Foundational IT knowledge
  • Foundational Linux knowledge
  • CompTIA A+ certification
  • CompTIA Network+ certification
Related topics
  • CompTIA
  • Linux
  • Bash
  • Networking
  • Containers
  • Linux Storage
  • Configuration Management
Prepare for in-demand tech certifications Explore practice exams

Join our learners and upskill
in leading technologies