Description
This three day 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.
Goals
Attendees will be taught the following concepts and skills:
- 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
- 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 how to delegate management authority in SUMA
- Manage client servers using Salt
- Perform common administrative tasks
Target
- 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.
Contents
Section 1: Course Overview
Section 2: Review SUSE Manager (SUMA) 4 Architecture and Configuration
- Review SUMA Architectural Components
- Review the SUMA 4 Initial Setup process
Section 3: 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
Section 4: 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
Section 5: Implementing Channel Management
- Understanding Channel Related Terminology
- Cloning Channel Content
- Implementing Custom Channels
- Understanding Content Lifecycle Management
Section 6: 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
Section 7: 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
Section 8: 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
Prerequisites
Attendees should have the following experience and skills before attending this class:
- 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.
Study Materials
Materials are in electronic form from SUSE.Followups
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