RH403 – Satellite 6 Administration
Learn how to configure Red Hat Satellite 6 to deploy and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems and software.
Course description
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.
Course Content Summary
- 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.
Prerequisites
- Achieve Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification or equivalent experience.
- Candidates are recommended but not required to have familiarity with Red Hat Satellite 6.
Audience
- Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administrators responsible for the management of multiple servers and hybrid cloud enterprises up to a very large scale
Outline
Plan a Red Hat Satellite deployment, then perform installation and initial configuration of Red Hat Satellite servers.
Create and manage Red Hat software deployment life cycle environments.
Register and configure your Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems to use Red Hat Satellite, then organize those systems into groups for easier management.
Manage software deployment to registered hosts of your Red Hat Satellite infrastructure and practice managing environment paths, life cycle environments, and content views.
Create, manage, and deploy custom software products and repositories.
Perform installation and initial configuration of Red Hat Satellite capsule servers as components of a deployment plan.
Configure the ability to run ad hoc and scheduled tasks on managed hosts using a variety of configuration management tools.
Configure Satellite Server for host provisioning.
Configure the Satellite server for host deployment and perform host provisioning.
Integrate Red Hat Satellite functionality with custom scripts or external applications that access the API over HTTP.
Plan a Red Hat Satellite deployment on a cloud platform, including managed content hosts.
Manage Red Hat Satellite for security, recoverability, and growth.
Verify and configure a Red Hat Satellite Server installation and provision content hosts.
