SUSE Manager 4.x Basic Operations

Section 1: Course Overview

Section 2: Review SUSE Manager (SUMA) 4.x Architecture and Configuration

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

Section 3: Using the Web UI to Explore your SUSE Manager Environment

• Introduction to the SUMA Web UI and its organization
• 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 various Registration Methods to register target servers

Section 5: Implementing Channel Management

• Understanding Channel Related Terminology
• Cloning Channel Content using the Web UI and spacecmd
• 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 (both Configuration Channels and State Channels)
• Scheduling the enforcement of the Highstate and Recurring Custom States
• Understanding Subscription Matching