VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack Config: Deploy and Manage [V8.4] (VRASSCDM84) – Outline

Outline detalhado do curso

Course Introduction
  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives
SaltStack Config Overview and Architecture
  • Describe the purpose of SaltStack Config
  • Define vRealize Automation and its services
  • Define SaltStack SecOps
  • SaltStack Config deployment types
  • Components of SaltStack Config and their roles
Installing SaltStack Config
  • SaltStack Config installation from vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager
  • Accessing SaltStack Config console
  • Salt minion types
  • Installing Salt minion manually
  • Installing Salt minion using cloudConfig
  • Accepting minion keys
SaltStack Config Security
  • Overview of vRealize Automation roles
  • Directory service connections
  • Synchronizing with a directory service
  • Editing directory service connections
  • Deleting directory service connections
  • Creation and management of local users
  • Roles and permissions
  • Advanced permissions
Targeting Minions
  • Configuring minion attributes, grains, and custom grains
  • Creating minion target groups based on grains, globs, regular expressions, complex matching, and lists
Remote Execution and Job Management
  • Using modules, functions, and arguments
  • Generating documentation on available modules and functions
  • Creating, running, and scheduling jobs
  • AD HOC jobs
SaltStack Config States
  • Overview of SaltStack Config states
  • State files management
  • State modules
  • Testing and verifying states
  • Package management
  • SLS files
  • Top file
  • Creating initial SLS files
SaltStack Config Pillar Data
  • Pillar concepts
  • Pillar configuration
  • Using the get function
  • Passing inline pillar data
  • Managing users with SLS
  • Using pillars in SaltStack states
SaltStack Config State Requisites and Declarations
  • ID compared to names
  • State execution order
  • Implicit orders
  • Order declaration
  • Requisite declarations
  • Including other SLS files
  • Altering states
  • Using requisites and declarations to install and manage software
Using Jinja and YAML
  • SaltStack renderers
  • YAML SaltStack configuration file format
  • YAML lists, dictionaries, and block structures
  • Jinja basics
  • Using the Jinja renderer
  • Grains with Jinja
  • Jinja conditionals, lists, and loops
  • YAML dictionary
  • Jinja dictionary
Managing Microsoft Windows Systems
  • Software management
  • Windows features and roles
  • Local group policies
  • Patching
  • Windows software management
  • Windows features management
SaltStack Config Orchestration
  • SaltStack Config orchestration
  • SaltStack Config orchestration advantages
  • Executing orchestration
  • Orchestration state files
  • Orchestration calls
  • Requisites in orchestration
Beacons and Reactors
  • Beacons
  • Beacons configuration
  • Beacon state modules
  • SaltStack Config event bus
  • Reactors
  • Reactors configuration
  • Reactors state Files
  • Orchestration with beacons and reactors