SUSE Manager 4 Basic Operations

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$2,400.00 USD

Duration
3 Days

 

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Virtual Instructor Led
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Course Overview

This course focuses on the types of day-to-day administrative tasks that SUSE Manager makes easy to complete and monitor. Generally, the major topics that are discussed in detail are: Exploring the SUSE Manager (SUMA) Web UI Management Console, Implementing Channel Management, Delegating Management Authority in SUMA, Managing Minions using Salt commands, Performing common administrative activities.

This course prepares students for the SUSE Certified Administrator (SCA) in SUSE Manager 4 certification exam.

Course Objectives

  • Review the SUMA Architectural Components (SUMA Server, SUMA Proxy Server, and Managed Clients)
  • Understand the parts of the SUMA Web UI and how to access it
  • Using the SUMA Web UI to:
  • - Get an overview of your entire SUMA system via the Visualization feature
  • - Locate desired managed clients by using the Web UI’s advanced search capabilities
  • - View the system details of managed clients
  • Understand the Registration Process and what occurs during Registration
  • Create, configure, and manage Registration related object such as Activation Keys, Channels, System Groups, and Salt Keys
  • Plan for, and implement Registration using the Web UI and bootstrap scripts
  • Implement Channel Management:
  • - Learn Channel related terminology and channel types
  • - Clone Channel content
  • - Implement Configuration Channels
  • - Understand and implement Content Lifecycle Management (CLM)
  • Learn how to delegate management authority in SUMA:
  • - Understand how and why additional SUMA Organizations may need to be created
  • - Establishing trust between SUMA Organizations
  • - Learn about the Administrative Roles and Permission Roles that can be created and assigned to manage SUMA resources
  • - Creating new Web UI administrative users
  • Manage client servers using Salt:
  • - Define Salt and understand its architecture
  • - Understand Salt grains, pillars, and states
  • - Learn how to leverage the salt, salt-run, salt-call, and salt-key commands
  • Perform common administrative tasks such as:
  • - Using the Web UI to execute commands on remote client servers
  • - Using the System Set Manager (SSM) to perform management activities on multiple client servers at one time
  • - Creating and using Action Chains
  • - Understand and use various methods for installing RPM packages on client servers

Who Should Attend?

  • Server System Administrators who are tasked with day-to-day server management and support.
  • Senior System Administrators who are typically 2nd or 3rd level support within their company and act as “team leads” for Server System Administrators.
  • Consultants that need to understand how SUSE Manager can significantly lessen the administrative burden of managing hundreds or even thousands of servers.
  • Top-rated instructors: Our crew of subject matter experts have an average instructor rating of 4.8 out of 5 across thousands of reviews.
  • Authorized content: We maintain more than 35 Authorized Training Partnerships with the top players in tech, ensuring your course materials contain the most relevant and up-to date information.
  • Interactive classroom participation: Our virtual training includes live lectures, demonstrations and virtual labs that allow you to participate in discussions with your instructor and fellow classmates to get real-time feedback.
  • Post Class Resources: Review your class content, catch up on any material you may have missed or perfect your new skills with access to resources after your course is complete.
  • Private Group Training: Let our world-class instructors deliver exclusive training courses just for your employees. Our private group training is designed to promote your team’s shared growth and skill development.
  • Tailored Training Solutions: Our subject matter experts can customize the class to specifically address the unique goals of your team.

Course Prerequisites

  • Installing and configuring SUMA Servers and Proxy Servers is only reviewed in this training. The attendee is assumed to be responsible day-to-day management. However, detailed information on installation and initial configuration of SUMA is presented in course SMGR211v4: SUSE Manager 4 Deployment and Initial Configuration. Attendance in SMGR211v4 is helpful, not required to be successful in this class
  • Have at least one year’s experience managing Linux operating systems
  • Be able to work at the Linux command-line and use the vi editor
  • Understand how to manually install packages on SUSE Linux Enterprise servers.

Agenda

Course Overview

Review SUSE Manager (SUMA) 4 Architecture and Configuration

  • Review SUMA Architectural Components
  • Review the SUMA 4 Initial Setup process

Using the Web UI to Explore your SUSE Manager Environment

  • Introduction to the SUMA Web UI
  • Visualizing your entire SUMA System at a glance
  • Locating and viewing information about managed clients

Understanding the Registration Process

  • Understanding the importance of Registration
  • Managing Registration-related Objects
  • Planning for Registration
  • Introduction to Registration Methods
  • Using the Registration Methods to register target servers

Implementing Channel Management

  • Understanding Channel Related Terminology
  • Cloning Channel Content
  • Implementing Custom Channels
  • Understanding Content Lifecycle Management

Delegating Management Authority in SUSE Manager

  • Defining SUSE Manager “Organization”
  • Understanding the Administrative Roles in SUMA
  • Understanding Permission Roles and their capabilities
  • Using the Web UI to manage Users and Grant Permissions

Managing Salt Minions in SUMA

  • Understanding Salt and its Architecture
  • Configuration Files used by Salt and SUMA
  • Understanding the types of Salt Commands
  • Using the salt command
  • Using the salt-run command
  • Using the salt-call command
  • Using the salt-key command

Performing other Common Administrative Tasks in SUMA

  • Using the Web UI to execute Remote Commands
  • Leveraging the System Set Manager (SSM) to affect many managed servers at once
  • Implementing Action Chains
  • Using Configuration File Management in SUMA
  • Scheduling Highstate enforcement
 

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