RH053

Red Hat Satellite Technical Overview

Overview

An introduction to managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux at scale with Red Hat Satellite.

Course Description

  • This free Technical Overview introduces the real-world challenges of managing IT environments at scale, including security, compliance, and efficiency. The on-demand video content covers the core functionalities of Red Hat Satellite, including content management, patch management, provisioning, subscription management, and remote execution. It demonstrates how Satellite helps establish a standardized, secure, and compliant Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment, whether on-premise, virtual, or in the public cloud.

Course Content Summary

  • Addressing IT management challenges
  • Core functional areas of Red Hat Satellite
  • Satellite Server and Capsule Server architecture
  • Managing content with Content Views and Lifecycle Environments
  • Provisioning hosts using Host Groups and Compute Resources
  • Tracking usage with Subscription Management and the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console
  • Applying patches and running jobs with Remote Execution
  • Next steps and available learning resources

Audience for this course

  • System administrators responsible for managing, patching, and deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems
  • IT managers overseeing environment compliance and subscription usage
  • Operations engineers and DevOps practitioners looking to automate RHEL management at scale

Recommended training

  • There are no prerequisites for this Technical Overview.

Technology considerations

  • N/A
 Outline

Course Outline 

  • Real-world IT management challenges
  • What is Red Hat Satellite?
  • Overview: Content, Patch, Provisioning, and Subscription Management
  • Overview: Configuration Management and Integrations
  • Satellite architecture: Satellite Server and Capsule Server
  • Architectural scenarios: Cloud, load-balanced, and air-gapped environments
  • Demo: Content Management (Repositories, Sync Plans, Content Views, Filters)
  • Demo: Lifecycle Environments and Activation Keys
  • Demo: Provisioning (Host Groups, Compute Resources)
  • Demo: Provisioning a new host
  • Demo: Subscription Management (Adding Subscriptions, Inventory Uploader)
  • Demo: Viewing Subscription Usage in the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console
  • Demo: Remote Execution (Host Status, Applying Errata)
  • Demo: Scheduling arbitrary remote jobs
  • Further resources and training
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