Detailed Course Outline
Section 1: Course Overview
Section 2: Review SUSE Manager (SUMA) 4.x Architecture and Configuration
- Review SUMA Architectural Components
- Review the SUMA 4.x Initial Setup process
Section 3: Using the Web UI to Explore your SUSE Manager Environment
- Introduction to the SUMA Web UI and its organization
- 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 various Registration Methods to register target servers
Section 5: Implementing Channel Management
- Understanding Channel Related Terminology
- Cloning Channel Content using the Web UI and spacecmd
- 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 (both Configuration Channels and State Channels)
- Scheduling the enforcement of the Highstate and Recurring Custom States
- Understanding Subscription Matching