Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration (RH403)

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Course Overview

Learn how to configure Red Hat Satellite 6 to deploy and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems and software

Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration (RH403) is a lab-based course that explores the concepts and methods necessary for successful large-scale management of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® systems. You will learn how to configure Red Hat Satellite 6 on a server and populate it with software packages. 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 Ansible® configuration management upon deployment.

This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat Satellite 6.11.

Who Should Attend

Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators responsible for the management of multiple servers

Course Objectives

    • Verify a Red Hat Satellite 6.11 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

1 - Plan and deploy Red Hat Satellite

  • Plan a Red Hat Satellite deployment, then perform installation and initial configuration of Red Hat Satellite servers.

2 - Manage software life cycles

  • Create and manage Red Hat software deployment life cycle environments.

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.

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.

5 - Deploy custom software

  • Create, manage, and deploy custom software products and repositories.

6 - Deploy Satellite capsule servers

  • Perform installation and initial configuration of Red Hat Satellite capsule servers as components of a deployment plan.

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.

8 - Prepare network resources for host provisioning

  • Configure Satellite Server for host provisioning.

9 - Provision hosts

  • Configure Satellite server for host deployment and perform host provisioning.

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.

11 - Deploy Red Hat Satellite on a cloud platform

  • Plan a Red Hat Satellite deployment on a cloud platform, including managed content hosts.

12 - Perform Red Hat Satellite server maintenance

  • Manage Red Hat Satellite for security, recoverability, and growth.

13 - Comprehensive review

  • Verify and configure a Red Hat Satellite Server installation and provision content hosts.

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Class Dates & Times

Class times are listed Mountain time

This is a 5-day class

Price: $4,400.00

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Register 01/13/2025 9:00AM - 3:00PM Online VILT
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