SaltStack for DevOps: Working with SaltStack Components
SaltStack
| Intermediate
- 13 videos | 1h 2m 24s
- Includes Assessment
- Earns a Badge
Explore the implementation and configuration of various Salt Stack products in this 13-video course, which discusses the architecture and architectural components and identifies Salt's characteristics and role in DevOps. Learners will see illustrations of the basic configuration of salt components, such as Salt master and Salt minion; learn to install, configure, and implement various products of Salt Stack; and learn to implement capabilities of agentless Salt grains, Salt engine, and execution modules. SaltStack Enterprise provides an intelligent automation platform which can manage secure and also optimize any infrastructure, whether it is on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge. Essential components of SaltStack Enterprise include its engine, its operations framework, and SaltStack SecOps, which provides the capability of customizing the policy or creating custom checks. Other key topics include Salt best practices, Salt Dependencies, and Salt Bootstrap. Learn to recognize implementation scenarios in which SaltStack Enterprise plays an important role. In a concluding exercise, learners will be asked to list core features of Salt, write Salt runner, and write execution module.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Discover the key concepts covered in this course
List the various products offered by saltstack and their implementation scenarios
Recognize the essential characteristics of salt and the role salt can play in implementing devops practices
Describe the architecture of salt along with its various components
Install salt and illustrate the basic configuration of salt master and salt minion
Use salt agentless to run salt commands without installing salt minion
Demonstrate the various operations that can be performed using grains in salt -
Specify the essential functions in saltutil and job runner
Specify the essential components that are required to use salt effectively
Demonstrate the steps involved in writing a salt runner and the different modes of running salt runners
Write and configure salt engine to enhance external processes
Demonstrate the steps involved in writing execution modules and calling them on salt master
Recall the various architectural components of saltstack, write a salt runner, and write execution modules
IN THIS COURSE
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1m 28s
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6m 37sAfter completing this video, you will be able to list the various products offered by SaltStack and their implementation scenarios. FREE ACCESS
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3. Characteristics and Role of Salt in DevOps5m 29sUpon completion of this video, you will be able to recognize the essential characteristics of salt and the role salt can play in implementing DevOps practices. FREE ACCESS
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4. Salt Architecture and Components7m 40sAfter completing this video, you will be able to describe the architecture of Salt along with its various components. FREE ACCESS
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5. Installing and Configuring Salt Master and Minion5m 47sLearn how to install Salt and illustrate the basic configuration of a Salt master and a Salt minion. FREE ACCESS
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6. Agentless Salt6m 2sDuring this video, you will learn how to use Salt agentless to run Salt commands without installing the Salt minion. FREE ACCESS
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7. Salt Grains4m 23sLearn about the various operations that can be performed using Salt Grains. FREE ACCESS
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8. SaltUtil and Job Runner3m 30sUpon completion of this video, you will be able to specify the essential functions in SaltUtil and the job runner. FREE ACCESS
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9. Using Salt5m 31sAfter completing this video, you will be able to specify the essential components that are required to use Salt effectively. FREE ACCESS
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10. Salt Runners and Runner Modes4m 31sIn this video, you will learn how to write a Salt runner and the different modes of running Salt runners. FREE ACCESS
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11. Salt Engine5m 10sIn this video, find out how to write and configure the Salt engine to enhance external processes. FREE ACCESS
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12. Execution Modules3m 10sLearn how to write and execute modules on a Salt master. FREE ACCESS
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13. Exercise: Working with Salt Capabilities3m 8sUpon completion of this video, you will be able to recall the various architectural components of SaltStack, write a Salt runner, and write execution modules. FREE ACCESS
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