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Course Length:
5 Days
Course Description:
Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management (RH402) is a four-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 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 hands-on training in 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. The EX401 exam is administered on the 5th day.
Who Should Attend:
RH402 is aimed at experienced Linux system administrators responsible for the planning, deployment, and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. It is also for Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCE®) who want to earn Certification of Expertise, Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist (RHCDS®), or Red Hat Certificate Architect (RHCA®).
Benefits of Attendance:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Build their own RPM packages and use Subversion to make changes to scripts.
  • Implement and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments efficiently and effectively in ways that make the entire enterprise deployment manageable by a team.
Prerequisites:
Students should have Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification or equivalent experience.
Course Outline:
  • Unit 1 - Essential System Management
    1. Goals of Enterprise system management
    2. Standardization, centralization, and scalability
    3. Provisioning and automation
  • 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
  • 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
  • Unit 4 - Managing Changes with Revision Control
    1. Introducing revision control concepts
    2. Basic Subversion repository administration
    3. Using Subversion to manage revisions
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Unit 8 - RHN Application Programmer Interface
    1. Uses for Red Hat Network API
    2. Basic RHN API program structure
    3. Sample programs
  • 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
  • Unit 10 - Provisioning with Kickstart
    1. Anaconda kickstart options
    2. Building a provisioning environment
    3. Using Cobbler for provisioning
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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