Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management

Manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments

Essential system management

  • Goals of enterprise system management

  • Standardization, centralization, and scalability

  • Provisioning and automation

Installing a Red Hat Network Satellite server

  • Introduction to Red Hat® Network Satellite: features, prerequisites

  • Installing Satellite server software

  • Understanding software channels and entitlements

  • Importing channel content into a Satellite server

Red Hat Network organization

  • Organization management and trust relationships

  • Managing user accounts

  • Assigning user roles (security)

  • Managing system groups

Managing changes with revision control

  • Introducing revision control concepts

  • Basic Subversion repository administration

  • Using Subversion to manage revisions

Red Hat Network client configuration

  • Secure communication with SSL

  • Red Hat Network registration

  • Creating and using activation keys

  • Registration automation with bootstrap.sh

  • Troubleshooting RHN registration

Red Hat Network software management

  • Software channel relationships

  • Cloning existing software channels

  • Managing custom software channels

  • Notifying clients of changes: managing errata

Building RPMs

  • Building open source software

  • Using RPM macros

  • Writing custom spec files

  • Using rpmbuild to create RPMs

  • Signing packages for security

RHN application programmer interface

  • Uses for Red Hat Network API

  • Basic RHN API program structure

  • Sample programs

Configuration file management with Red Hat Network

  • Managing configuration channels

  • Configuration file macros

  • Configuration file management using command-line tools

Provisioning with kickstart

  • Anaconda kickstart options

  • Building a provisioning environment

  • Using Cobbler for provisioning

Virtual machine management

  • Virtual host/virtual platform entitlements

  • Controlling Xen guests using RHN

  • Red Hat Network management of Xen virtual machines

RHN Satellite server administration

  • High-availability options

  • Embedded database management

  • Certificate management

  • Changing from disconnected to connected operation

  • Inter-satellite synchronization (ISS)

  • Exporting software channels

  • Troubleshooting

Red Hat Network Proxy Server

  • RHN Proxy Server installation

  • Configuring a client to use an RHN Proxy Server

  • Managing software with RHN package manager

Note: Course outline is subject to change with technology advances and as the nature of the underlying job evolves. For questions or confirmation on a specific objective or topic, please contact a training specialist.