Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management

Contents:
Unit 1 - Essential System Management
Goals of Enterprise system management
Standardization, centralization, and scalability
Provisioning and automation
Unit 2 - Installing a Red Hat Network Satellite Server
Introduction to RHN Satellite - features, prerequisites
Installing Satellite Server software
Understanding software channels and entitlements
Importing channel content into a Satellite Server
Unit 3 - Red Hat Network Organization
Organization management and trust relationships
Managing user accounts
Assigning user roles (security)
Managing system groups
Unit 4 - Managing Changes with Revision Control
Introducing revision control concepts
Basic Subversion repository administration
Using Subversion to manage revisions
Unit 5 - Red Hat Network Client Configuration
Secure communication with SSL
Red Hat Network registration
Creating and using activation keys
Registration automation with bootstrap.sh
Troubleshooting RHN registration
Unit 6 - Red Hat Network Software Management
Software channel relationships
Cloning existing software channels
Managing custom software channels
Notifying clients of changes: managing errata
Unit 7 - Building RPMs
Building open source software
Using RPM macros
Writing custom spec files
Using rpmbuild to create RPMs
Signing packages for security
Unit 8 - RHN Application Programmer Interface
Uses for Red Hat Network API
Basic RHN API program structure
Sample programs
Unit 9 - Configuration File Management with Red Hat Network
Managing configuration channels
Configuration file macros
Configuration file management using command-line tools
Unit 10 - Provisioning with Kickstart
Anaconda kickstart options
Building a provisioning environment
Using Cobbler for provisioning
Unit 11 - Virtual Machine Management
Virtual host/virtual platform entitlements
Controlling Xen guests using RHN
Red Hat Network management of Xen virtual machines
Unit 12 - RHN Satellite Server Administration
High-availability options
Embedded database management
Certificate management
Changing from disconnected to connected operation
Inter-satellite synchronization (ISS)
Exporting software channels
Troubleshooting
Unit 13 - Red Hat Network Proxy Server
RHN proxy server installation
Configuring a client to use a RHN proxy server
Managing software with RHN package manager