Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration (RH403)
- Course Duration
- 4 Days
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Course Description
Are you still managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems manually? Enterprise IT teams managing thousands of Linux systems rely on Red Hat Satellite to automate provisioning, updates, and compliance—cutting manual effort by up to 75%.
In this hands-on training course, you’ll learn how to configure and maintain Red Hat Satellite 6.11 to manage the full lifecycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems. Through real-world labs, you’ll deploy Satellite servers, manage content views, automate host provisioning, and integrate Ansible for streamlined configuration.
This is the course that equips you for successful large-scale management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems—and helps you become a Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management.
Course Objective
- Verify a Red Hat Satellite 6.11 installation.
- Regulate Red Hat Satellite with organizations, locations, users, and roles.
- Manage software with Red Hat Satellite environments and content views.
- Use Red Hat Satellite to configure hosts with Ansible playbooks and roles.
- Provision hosts with integrated software and configuration management.
- Implement Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) with Satellite discovery and provisioning of unprovisioned hosts.
Course Outline
1 – Plan and deploy Red Hat Satellite
- Design and execute a Red Hat Satellite Server deployment
- Perform installation and initial configuration of Red Hat Satellite
2 – Manage software life cycles
- Create and manage content views
- Use Satellite to manage the software development life cycle
3 – Register hosts
- Register Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems
- Organize those systems into groups for easier management
4 – Deploy software to hosts
- Configure Red Hat Satellite to deploy software packages
- Manage content views and life cycle environments
5 – Deploy custom software
- Create and synchronize custom repositories
- Populate Red Hat Satellite Server with external content
6 – Deploy Satellite capsule servers
- Perform installation and configuration of Red Hat Satellite capsule servers
- Extend content delivery across infrastructure
7 – Run remote execution commands
- Configure remote task execution on managed hosts
- Integrate Ansible for configuration management upon deployment
8 – Prepare network resources for host provisioning
- Enable PXE booting and DHCP services
- Support Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) provisioning
9 – Provision hosts
- Learn how to provision hosts integrated with software and configuration tools
- Automate initial configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems
10 – Manage Red Hat Satellite using the API
- Access Red Hat Satellite Server APIs
- Integrate with external tools for lifecycle automation
11 – Deploy Red Hat Satellite on a cloud platform
- Support Red Hat Satellite deployment across hybrid cloud environments
- Manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux system lifecycles in cloud settings
12 – Perform Satellite server maintenance
- Plan for backup, recovery, and scaling
- Ensure secure, stable management of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® systems
13 – Comprehensive review
- Validate configuration of Red Hat Satellite
- Prepare for Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management exam