Overview
Red Hat® Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management (RH401) is a 4-day lab-based course that explores the concepts and methods necessary for successful large-scale deployment and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux® systems. Experienced system administrators will learn how to implement and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments efficiently and effectively, in ways that make their systems manageable by a team of administrators. Central to the course is the training on the use of the Red Hat Network Satellite server for deployment and provisioning of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. By the end of this course, students will have built their own RPM packages and will have used Subversion to make changes to scripts.
A Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®) who successfully completes this course is prepared to take the Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management Expertise Exam (EX401) (sold separately).
Pre-Requisites
- RHCE certification or equivalent experience
Content
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
Objectives
- Installing Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite server
- Managing changes with revision control software
- Construction of custom RPM packages
- Red Hat Network organizations, users, and roles
- Managing software with RHN—software channels and errata
- Reporting and automation with RHN programming API
- Deploying configuration files using Red Hat Network
- Bare-metal provisioning with PXE
- RHN Satellite server system administration
Target Audience
Experienced Linux system administrators responsible for the planning, deployment, and management of more than 1 physical or virtualized server.
Certification
- Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management Expertise Exam (EX401) Hands-on, performance-based, 4-hour exam.
- This course prepares you for these credentials:
- Certificates of Expertise
- Red Hat Certified Architect — RHCA
Follow on Courses
- RHS333, Red Hat Enterprise Security Network Services
- RH442, Red Hat Enterprise Performance Tuning
