Course Content
Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration is a lab-based course that explores the concepts and methods necessary for successful large-scale management of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® systems. Course participants will learn how to install Red Hat Satellite 6 on a server and populate it with software packages.
Students will use Red Hat Satellite to manage the software development life cycle of a subscribed host and its configuration. Students should have previous Red Hat Satellite experience, since the course will compare Red Hat Satellite 6 features and terminology with Red Hat Satellite 5.
Note: If you are looking for training on Red Hat Satellite 5, please see our !Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management (RH401) course.
Who should attend
- Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators responsible for the management of multiple servers
Prerequisites
- RHCE certification or equivalent experience
- Previous Red Hat Satellite 5 experience
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Install Red Hat Satellite 6 on a server
- Red Hat Network organizations, locations, users and roles
- Manage software with Red Hat Satellite environments and content views
- Use Red Hat Satellite to configure hosts with Puppet
Outline: Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration (RH403)
Module 1: Red Hat Satellite installation
- Install Red Hat Satellite 6 on a server and populate it with Red Hat Enterprise Linux software content
Module 2: Red Hat Satellite organization
- Effectively control user access for Red Hat Satellite administration
Module 3: Red Hat Satellite client registration
- Register hosts to a Red Hat Satellite server, both interactively and automatically
Module 4: Incorporate software management into SDLC
- Control which packages hosts can install and which updates are propagated to hosts. Evaluate host deviations from corporate standards
Module 5: Deploy custom software using Red Hat Satellite
- Incorporate non-Red Hat software packages into a Red Hat Satellite framework
Module 6: Configuration management with Puppet
- Create and populate a Puppet repository within a Red Hat Satellite framework
Module 7: Centralized management and deployment of system configurations
- Configure hosts using Puppet