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 X. This digital image contains verified metadata that describes your qualifications and the process required to earn them.
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 ‘Issue 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.
How to add your badge to your LinkedIn profile and share to your feed
To add your Credly badge to your LinkedIn profile and share it to your feed, follow these steps:
- Access Your Badge: Log in to your Credly account, navigate to your Dashboard, and select the badge you wish to share.
- Initiate Sharing: Click the “Share” button at the top of the badge page to view sharing options.
- Connect LinkedIn: If you haven’t connected your LinkedIn account, select “Connect” and sign in to authorize Credly’s access.
- Choose Sharing Options: Decide whether to:
- Add to Profile: Include the badge in your LinkedIn “Licenses & Certifications” section.
- Share to Feed: Post the badge directly to your LinkedIn newsfeed.
You can select one or both options.
- Customize Your Post: If sharing to your feed, you can add a custom message (up to 1,100 characters).
- Share to LinkedIn: Click “Share to LinkedIn.” A new window will open, pre-populating your badge information.
- Review and Save: Ensure the details are correct. Note that:
- The “Credential ID” field is optional and can be left blank.
- If the “Issuing Organization” isn’t populated, manually enter it.
After reviewing, click “Save.”
- Skip Additional Sharing Prompt: LinkedIn may prompt you to share with your network. To avoid posting an image without a clickable link, skip this step.
Your badge will now appear in the “Licenses & Certifications” section of your LinkedIn profile. Viewers can click “See Credential” to access the badge’s verification page on Credly.
For more detailed instructions, refer to Credly’s support article.
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
Available Badges
Linux Essentials Certificate
The earner of this badge has demonstrated they have an understanding of the Linux and open source industry; have knowledge of the most popular open source applications; understand the major components of the Linux operating system; have the technical proficiency to work on the Linux command line; and have a basic understanding of security and administration.
Security Essentials Certificate
The earner of this badge demonstrates a basic understanding of common security threats and ways to prevent or mitigate attacks on personal devices, data, and IT services. They can use encryption to secure data, apply security best practices, protect private information, secure their identity, and take responsibility for safeguarding their devices, applications, accounts, and online profiles.
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 demonstrates a fundamental understanding of free and open source software, including its technical characteristics, open licenses, and development processes. They are aware of open source business models, collaboration tools, and possess skills to contribute professionally to open source projects. They have the knowledge to be an informed and valuable member of open source communities and organizations.
LPIC-1 Certification
The earner of this badge demonstrates the ability to understand Linux architecture, install and maintain a Linux system (including X11 and network setup), use the command line with common GNU and Unix commands, manage files, permissions, and system security, and perform basic maintenance tasks such as user support, backups, and system rebooting.
LPIC-2 Certification
The earner of this badge demonstrates advanced system administration skills, including Linux kernel management, system startup, maintenance, block storage, file systems, networking, authentication, and security (e.g., firewalls, VPNs). They can configure network services such as DHCP, DNS, SSH, web, file (FTP, NFS, Samba), and email servers, as well as supervise assistants and advise management on automation and purchases.
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 Engineer 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 administer FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD systems.