In this lab-based course, you will explore the concepts and methods necessary for successful large-scale management of your Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. You will learn how to install Red Hat Satellite 6 on a server and populate it with software packages. During the course, you will use Red Hat Satellite to manage the software development life cycle of a subscribed host and its configuration, and learn how to provision hosts integrated with software and Puppet configuration management upon deployment. This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Satellite 6.

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Learning Objectives

Students should be able to demonstrate the following skills:
Installation of Red Hat Satellite 6
Software life-cycle management of software used to provision and maintain configured hosts within a controlled production environment

1

  • Red Hat Satellite 6 installation

  • Install Red Hat Satellite 6 on a server and populate it with Red Hat Enterprise Linux software content.
2

  • Manage users and hosts across organizations and locations

  • Effectively control user access for Red Hat Satellite administration.
3

  • Red Hat Satellite client registration

  • Register hosts to a Red Hat Satellite server, both interactively and automatically.
4

  • Manage software deployment through the software development life cycle

  • Control which packages hosts can install and which updates are propagated to hosts and evaluate host deviations from corporate standards.
5

  • Build RPM packages

  • Create RPM packages for deployment of programs and files on client systems.
6

  • Deploy custom software using Red Hat Satellite

  • Incorporate non-Red Hat software packages into a Red Hat Satellite framework.
7

  • Manage system configurations with Puppet

  • Create and populate a Puppet repository within a Red Hat Satellite framework.
8

  • Standardize system configurations with Red Hat Satellite 6

  • Configure hosts using Puppet.
9

  • Deploy hosts with Satellite server

  • Deploy and provision hosts using PXE.
10

  • Configuration of Satellite server for enterprise system deployment

  • Configure host provisioning for integration with software and configuration management and discover unprovisioned host and provision-discovered hosts.

Audience

Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators responsible for the management of multiple servers will benefit from this course.

Language

English

Prerequisites

Recommend having a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification or equivalent experience. Have Red Hat Satellite 5 experience.

$5,500

Length: 4.0 days (32 hours)

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