RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management

RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management Course Description

Intended Audience for the RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management Course

• Experienced Linux system administrators responsible for the planning, deployment, and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) who want to earn:
• Certification of Expertise
• Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist (RHCDS)
• Red Hat Certificate Architect (RHCA)

Training Packages & Career Tracks that include the RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management Course

• RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management

RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management Course 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

RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management Course Outline

1. Unit 1 - Essential System Management
   1. Goals of Enterprise system management
   2. Standardization, centralization, and scalability
   3. Provisioning and automation
2. Unit 2 - Installing a Red Hat Network Satellite Server
   1. Introduction to RHN Satellite - features, prerequisites
   2. Installing Satellite Server software
   3. Understanding software channels and entitlements
   4. Importing channel content into a Satellite Server
3. Unit 3 - Red Hat Network Organization
   1. Organization management and trust relationships
   2. Managing user accounts
   3. Assigning user roles (security)
   4. Managing system groups
4. Unit 4 - Managing Changes with Revision Control
   1. Introducing revision control concepts
   2. Basic Subversion repository administration
   3. Using Subversion to manage revisions
5. Unit 5 - Red Hat Network Client Configuration
   1. Secure communication with SSL
   2. Red Hat Network registration
   3. Creating and using activation keys
   4. Registration automation with bootstrap.sh
   5. Troubleshooting RHN registration
6. Unit 6 - Red Hat Network Software Management
   1. Software channel relationships
   2. Cloning existing software channels
   3. Managing custom software channels
   4. Notifying clients of changes: managing errata
7. Unit 7 - Building RPMs
   1. Building open source software
   2. Using RPM macros
   3. Writing custom spec files
   4. Using rpmbuild to create RPMs
   5. Signing packages for security
8. Unit 8 - RHN Application Programmer Interface
   1. Uses for Red Hat Network API
   2. Basic RHN API program structure
   3. Sample programs
9. Unit 9 - Configuration File Management with Red Hat Network
   1. Managing configuration channels
   2. Configuration file macros
   3. Configuration file management using command-line tools
10. Unit 10 - Provisioning with Kickstart
    1. Anaconda kickstart options
    2. Building a provisioning environment
    3. Using Cobbler for provisioning
11. Unit 11 - Virtual Machine Management
    1. Virtual host/virtual platform entitlements
    2. Controlling Xen guests using RHN
    3. Red Hat Network management of Xen virtual machines
12. Unit 12 - RHN Satellite Server Administration
    1. High-availability options
    2. Embedded database management
    3. Certificate management
    4. Changing from disconnected to connected operation
    5. Inter-satellite synchronization (ISS)
    6. Exporting software channels
    7. Troubleshooting
13. Unit 13 - Red Hat Network Proxy Server
    1. RHN proxy server installation
    2. Configuring a client to use a RHN proxy server
    3. Managing software with RHN package manager

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