This course is intended to teach the student the purpose, features, and benefits of SUSE Manager (SUMA) 4.x. The course will present the architecture of a SUMA System and the requirements for successfully installing these architectural components.

You will learn how to deploy and configure these architectural components of a SUSE Manager (SUMA) 4.x system in a step-by-step fashion. Specifically, you will learn how to install and configure the SUMA Server, all types of SUMA Proxy Server, and the Salt Minion code for target client servers.

This training will enable you to setup a functional SUMA system to begin exploring the myriad of management capabilities SUMA provides for your managed client servers. Regardless of the size of your organization, this course will get you up and running with a fully functional SUSE Manager 4.x system.

This course prepares students for the SUSE Certified Deployment Specialist (SCDS) in SUSE Manager 4 certification exam.

SLE201v15 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Administration

SMGR211v4 - SUSE Manager Deployment

Attendees will be taught the following concepts and skills:

• 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 to:
  • Get an overview of your entire SUMA system via the Visualization feature
  • Locate desired managed clients by using the Web UI’s advanced search capabilities
  • View the system details of managed clients
• 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 Channel related terminology and channel types
  • Clone Channel content
  • Implement Configuration Channels
  • Understand and implement Content Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• Learn how to delegate management authority in SUMA:
  • Understand how and why additional SUMA Organizations may need to be created
  • Establishing trust between SUMA Organizations
  • Learn about the Administrative Roles and Permission Roles that can be created and assigned to manage SUMA resources
  • Creating new Web UI administrative users
• Manage client servers using Salt:
  • Define Salt and understand its architecture
  • Understand Salt grains, pillars, and states
  • Learn how to leverage the salt, salt-run, salt-call, and salt-key commands
• Perform common administrative tasks such as:
  • Using the Web UI to execute commands on remote client servers
  • Using the System Set Manager (SSM) to perform management activities on multiple client servers at one time
  • Creating and using Action Chains
  • Understand and use various methods for installing RPM packages on client servers

• Section 1: Course Overview
• Section 2: Review SUSE Manager (SUMA) 4 Architecture and Configuration
  • Review SUMA Architectural Components
  • Review the SUMA 4 Initial Setup process
• Section 3: Using the Web UI to Explore your SUSE Manager Environment
  • Introduction to the SUMA Web UI
  • Visualizing your entire SUMA System at a glance
  • Locating and viewing information about managed clients
• Section 4: Understanding the Registration Process
  • Understanding the importance of Registration
  • Managing Registration-related Objects
  • Planning for Registration
  • Introduction to Registration Methods
  • Using the Registration Methods to register target servers
• Section 5: Implementing Channel Management
  • Understanding Channel Related Terminology
  • Cloning Channel Content
  • Implementing Custom Channels
  • Understanding Content Lifecycle Management
• Section 6: Delegating Management Authority in SUSE Manager
  • 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
• Section 7: Managing Salt Minions in SUMA
  • 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
• Section 8: Performing other Common Administrative Tasks in SUMA
  • 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