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This three day course focuses on the types of day-to-day administrative tasks that SUSE Manager makes easy to complete and monitor. Generally, the major topics that are discussed in detail are:

• Exploring the SUSE Manager (SUMA) Web UI Management Console
• Implementing Channel Management
• Delegating Management Authority in SUMA
• Managing Minions using Salt commands
• Performing common administrative activities.

Attendees will be taught the following concepts and skills:

• Review the SUMA Architectural Components (SUMA Server, SUMA Proxy Server, and Managed Clients)
• Understand the parts of the SUMA Web UI and how to access it
• Using the SUMA Web UI to:
  • Get an overview of your entire SUMA system via the Visualization feature
  • Locate desired managed clients by using the Web UI’s advanced search capabilities
  • View the system details of managed clients
• Understand the Registration Process and what occurs during Registration
• Create, configure, and manage Registration related object such as Activation Keys, Channels, System Groups, and Salt Keys
• Plan for, and implement Registration using the Web UI and bootstrap scripts
• Implement Channel Management:
  • Learn Channel related terminology and channel types
  • Clone Channel content
  • Implement Configuration Channels
  • Understand and implement Content Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• Learn how to delegate management authority in SUMA:
  • Understand how and why additional SUMA Organizations may need to be created
  • Establishing trust between SUMA Organizations
  • Learn about the Administrative Roles and Permission Roles that can be created and assigned to manage SUMA resources
  • Creating new Web UI administrative users
• Manage client servers using Salt:
  • Define Salt and understand its architecture
  • Understand Salt grains, pillars, and states
  • Learn how to leverage the salt, salt-run, salt-call, and salt-key commands
• Perform common administrative tasks such as:
  • Using the Web UI to execute commands on remote client servers
  • Using the System Set Manager (SSM) to perform management activities on multiple client servers at one time
  • Creating and using Action Chains
  • Understand and use various methods for installing RPM packages on client servers

This course is designed for:

• Server System Administrators who are tasked with day-to-day server management and support.
• Senior System Administrators who are typically 2nd or 3rd level support within their company and act as “team leads” for Server System Administrators.
• Consultants that need to understand how SUSE Manager can significantly lessen the administrative burden of managing hundreds or even thousands of servers.