RH403: Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration

Course Information

Course Name

RH403: Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration

Exam code

EX403

Duration

4 Days

Certification

Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)

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.

Following course completion, hands-on lab access will remain available for up to 45 days for any live course that includes a virtual environment.

Audience Profile

Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators responsible for the management of multiple servers and hybrid cloud enterprises up to a very large scale

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.

At Course Completion

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

Module 1: Plan and deploy Red Hat Satellite

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

Module 2: Manage software life cycles

Create and manage Red Hat software deployment life cycle environments.

Module 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.

Module 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.

Module 5: Deploy custom software

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

Module 6: Deploy Satellite capsule servers

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

Module 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.

Module 8: Prepare network resources for host provisioning

Configure Satellite Server for host provisioning.

Module 9: Provision hosts

Configure Satellite server for host deployment and perform host provisioning.

Module 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.

Module 11: Deploy Red Hat Satellite on a cloud platform

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

Module 12: Perform Red Hat Satellite server maintenance

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

Module 13: Comprehensive review

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

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