RH402: Red Hat® Enterprise Deployment and System Management with EX401

$3,610.00


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Duration: 5 Days

In this lab-based course with the Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management exam delivered on the last day, you will explore the concepts and methods necessary for successful large-scale deployment and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. You will learn how to implement and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments efficiently and effectively in ways that make the systems manageable by a team of administrators. You will learn to use of the Red Hat Network Satellite server for deployment and provisioning of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. By the end of this course, you will have built your own RPM package and will have used Subversion to make changes to scripts.

Certification:

Upon passing the exam, you'll receive a Certificate of Expertise for Enterpise Deployment and System Management. The Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and System Management exam is one out of three needed to earn Red Hat Certified Data Center Specialist (RHCDS) certification and one out of five needed to earn Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) certification.

What You Will Learn

 

  • Install Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite server
  • Manage changes with revision control software
  • Construct custom RPM packages
  • Red Hat Network (RHN) organizations, users, and roles
  • Manage software with RHN-software channels and errata
  • Report and automate with RHN programming API
  • Deploy configuration files using RHN
  • Bare-metal provisioning with Pre-Execution Environment (PXE)
  • RHN Satellite server system administration

Audience

 

RHCEs who want to prepare for and take the Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management exam. If you are not an RHCE, you should enroll in RH401, a four-day course that does not include the exam.

Prerequistes

 

You must be a current RHCE to take this course and exam.

Course Outline

 

1. Installing a Red Hat Network Satellite Server

Install a Red Hat Network Satellite Server and populate it with software channel content.

2. Managing Changes with Revision Control

Deploy a Subversion repository and have multiple administrators use it to manage changes to configuration files and shell scripts.

3. Red Hat Network Client Configuration

Register client systems with an RHN Satellite server, both interactively and with automation, and troubleshoot registration problems.

4. Red Hat Network Software Management

Create and manage custom software channels, cloned software channels, and errata notifications with an RHN Satellite server.

5. Building RPMs

Build and sign RPM packages that can be deployed by an RHN Satellite server.

6. RHN Application Programmer Interface

Modify and write simple scripts that will interact with an RHN Satellite server with its Application Programming Interface (API).

7. Provisioning with Kickstart

Use RHN Satellite, with Cobbler, to create and manage a bare-metal provisioning environment.

8. Virtual Machine Management

Manage and provision Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) guests using RHN Satellite.

9. RHN Satellite Server Administration

Manage the embedded database, entitlement certificates, and export software channels from an RHN Satellite server.

Course Labs