Digital Badges for LPI Certification Holders
A New Way to Share Your Accomplishments
Linux Professional Institute is committed to providing you with the tools necessary to achieve your professional goals and we understand that communicating your credentials in an ever-expanding online marketplace can be challenging.
That is why we have partnered with Credly to provide you with a digital version of your credentials. Digital badges can be used in email signatures or digital resumes, and on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. This digital image contains verified metadata that describes your qualifications and the process required to earn them.
Available Badges
Linux Essentials Certificate
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they have an understanding of the Linux and open source industry and knowledge of the most popular open source applications.
Security Essentials Certificate
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they have a basic understanding of common security threats of using computers, networks, connected devices, and more.
Web Development Essentials Certificate
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they have an understanding of the principles of software development, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, and SQL.
Open Source Essentials Certificate
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they have a fundamental understanding of important aspects of free and open source software. This includes knowledge of the technical characteristics of software, of open software licensing and open content licensing; understand how software is developed, and more.
LPIC-1 Certification
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they are able to: understand the architecture of a Linux system; install and maintain a Linux workstation, work at the Linux command line, and more.
LPIC-2 Certification
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they are able to: perform advanced system administration, including common tasks regarding the Linux kernel, system startup and maintenance and more.
LPIC-3 Mixed Environments Certification
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they are able to integrate Linux services in an enterprise-wide mixed environment.
LPIC-3 Security Certification
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they are able to secure and harden Linux-based servers, services and networks enterprise-wide.
LPIC-3 Virtualization and Containerization Certification
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they understand the administration of Linux systems enterprise-wide with an emphasis on virtualization and containerization.
LPIC-3 High Availability and Storage Clusters Certification
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they understand the administration of Linux systems enterprise-wide with an emphasis on high availability systems and storage.
DevOps Tools Certification
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they have a working knowledge of DevOps-related domains such as Software Engineering and Architecture, Container and Machine Deployment, Configuration Management and Monitoring.
BSD Specialist Certification
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they are able to administe FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD systems.
How to accept and manage your digital badge
Step 1) Log into your account at lpi.org/account.
Step 2) Scroll down to the certification section.
Step 3) Click ‘Claim Badge’ next to your certification.
Step 4) You will receive an email from Credly (admin@credly.com) with further instructions. Watch this video for more details.
FAQs
Digital badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome which can be verified in real-time, online.
You can share your badge directly from Credly to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook; over email; embedded in a website or in your email signature.
You will receive an email notification from Credly (admin@credly.com) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.
We have partnered with Credly to translate the learning outcomes you’ve demonstrated into a badge, issued and managed through the company digital badging platform. The technology Credly uses is based on the Open Badge Standards maintained by IMS Global. This enables you to manage, share and verify your competencies digitally.
Representing your skills as a badge gives you a way to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real time. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of. Credly also offers occupation insights, based on your skills. You can use this information for career planning!
Credly is the end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. Credly works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals, worldwide.
You can easily configure your privacy settings in Credly. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.
No. This is a service we provide to you, at no cost.
While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly. This link to verified data makes them more reliable and secure than a paper-based certificate. It also eliminates the possibility of anyone claiming your credential and your associated identity.
You can find tutorials and answers to additional questions here: support.credly.com