SMGR201v4 - SUSE Manager 4 Basic Operations (EN)

Description

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.

Goals

• 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 
• 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 how to delegate management authority in SUMA
• Manage client servers using Salt
• Perform common administrative tasks

Target

• 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.

Contents

• Review SUMA Architectural Components
• Review the SUMA 4 Initial Setup process

• Introduction to the SUMA Web UI
• Visualizing your entire SUMA System at a glance
• Locating and viewing information about managed clients

• Understanding the importance of Registration
• Managing Registration-related Objects
• Planning for Registration
• Introduction to Registration Methods
• Using the Registration Methods to register target servers

• Understanding Channel Related Terminology
• Cloning Channel Content
• Implementing Custom Channels
• Understanding Content Lifecycle Management

• Defining SUSE Manager “Organization”
• Understanding the Administrative Roles in SUMA
• Understanding Permission Roles and their capabilities
• Using the Web UI to manage Users and Grant Permissions

• Understanding Salt and its Architecture
• Configuration Files used by Salt and SUMA
• Understanding the types of Salt Commands
• Using the salt command
• Using the salt-run command
• Using the salt-call command
• Using the salt-key command

• Using the Web UI to execute Remote Commands
• Leveraging the System Set Manager (SSM) to affect many managed servers at once
• Implementing Action Chains
• Using Configuration File Management in SUMA
• Scheduling Highstate enforcement

Prerequisites

• Installing and configuring SUMA Servers and Proxy Servers is only reviewed in this training. The attendee is assumed to be responsible day-to-day management. However, detailed information on installation and initial configuration of SUMA is presented in course SMGR211v4: SUSE Manager 4 Deployment and Initial Configuration. Attendance in SMGR211v4 is helpful, not required to be successful in this class
• Have at least one year’s experience managing Linux operating systems
• Be able to work at the Linux command-line and use the vi editor
• Understand how to manually install packages on SUSE Linux Enterprise servers.

Study Materials