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Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration

H0MC8S

Course ID

H0MC8S

Duration

5 days

Format

ILT/VILT

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Overview

This lab-based course explores the concepts and methods necessary for successful large-scale management of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® systems. You learn how to configure Red Hat Satellite 6 on a server and populate it with software packages. You also learn how to 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 Ansible® configuration management upon deployment.


This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat Satellite 6.15.


Course ID

H0MC8S

Duration

5 days

Format

ILT/VILT

Schedule & registration

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  • Audience

    This course is ideal for senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators who are responsible for the management of multiple servers and hybrid cloud enterprises up to a very large scale.

  • Prerequisites

    Before taking this course, you should have Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification or equivalent experience. It is also recommended but not required to have familiarity with Red Hat Satellite 6.

  • Objectives

    After completing this course, you should be able to:

    • Verify a Red Hat Satellite 6.15 installation
    • Regulate Red Hat Satellite with organizations, locations, users, and roles
    • Manage software with Red Hat Satellite environments and content views
    • Use Red Hat Satellite to configure hosts with Ansible playbooks and roles
    • Provision hosts with integrated software and configuration management
    • Implement Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) with Satellite discovery and provisioning of unprovisioned hosts

  • Course outline

Module 1: Plan and Deploy Red Hat Satellite
  • Plan a Red Hat Satellite deployment, then perform installation and initial configuration of Red Hat Satellite servers

Module 2: Manage Software Life Cycles
  • Create and manage Red Hat software deployment life cycle environments

Module 3: Register Hosts
  • Register and configure your Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems to use Red Hat Satellite, then organize those systems into groups for easier management

Module 4: Deploy Software to Hosts
  • Manage software deployment to registered hosts of your Red Hat Satellite infrastructure and practice managing environment paths, life cycle environments, and content views

Module 5: Deploy Custom Software
  • Create, manage, and deploy custom software products and repositories

Module 6: Deploy Satellite Capsule Servers
  • Perform installation and initial configuration of Red Hat Satellite capsule servers as components of a deployment plan

Module 7: Run Remote Execution Commands
  • Configure the ability to run ad hoc and scheduled tasks on managed hosts using a variety of configuration management tools

Module 8: Prepare Network Resources for Host Provisioning
  • Configure Satellite Server for host provisioning

Module 9: Provision Hosts
  • Configure Satellite server for host deployment and perform host provisioning

Module 10: Manage Red Hat Satellite Using the API
  • Integrate Red Hat Satellite functionality with custom scripts or external applications that access the API over HTTP

Module 11: Deploy Red Hat Satellite on a Cloud Platform
  • Plan a Red Hat Satellite deployment on a cloud platform, including managed content hosts

Module 12: Perform Red Hat Satellite Server Maintenance
  • Manage Red Hat Satellite for security, recoverability, and growth

Module 13: Comprehensive Review
  • Verify and configure a Red Hat Satellite Server installation and provision content hosts

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