Training SaltStack
SaltStack Enterprise II
Contexte
This course begins by presenting the different aspects of deploying SaltStack minions. It presents SaltStack support for cloud control, custom deployments of Linux, Windows, and Salt Proxy Minions. Alternative topologies such as implementing master failover strategies. Salt Syndic and other hierarchical solutions are presented outlining the requirements, benefits, and caveats of each type.
Building on the fundamental administrative tasks presented in the Salt Open Source Foundations and the SaltStack Enterprise I course, this course shows how to address administrative tasks in large environments. It provides a detailed outline of various execution paths in the SaltStack architecture. Execution topics include Salt events, state and file rendering, and more. The security of a SaltStack implementation is covered and includes running as a non-root user, using external authentication, and troubleshooting SaltStack.
The course adds to configuration management concepts by outlining best practices for state formulas. There will be scenarios presenting the best use of templating with Jinja. The course also shows how to utilize the Salt state system with a deep-dive into the stages of execution. Salt orchestration scenarios will show how to automate enterprise-wide deployments. The content also includes information about creating a dynamic, event-driven infrastructure with Salt Reactors and Beacons.
Format
Cours Online
Durée : 3 jours
Lab : Salt Cloud
Agenda
Chapitre 1 – Introduction
Chapitre 2 – Salt Cloud
2.1 Objectives
2.2 What is Salt Cloud?
2.3 Salt Cloud Components
2.4 Configuring Salt Cloud
2.6 Querying Available Data
2.7 Defining Virtual MachineProfiles
2.8 Salt Cloud Options
2.9 Creating VMs with Profiles
2.10 The Salt Cloud Provisioning Process
2.11 Salt Cloud Command Output
2.12 Querying for VMs
2.13 Destroying Virtual Machines in the Cloud
2.14 Managing Multiple VMs Instances
2.15 Provider-Specific Commands
2.16 Salting Existing Systems
2.17 Using the VMware Cloud Driver
2.18 The Class Setup
2.19 Your Salt Lab Environment
2.20 Summary
2.21 Labs
Chapitre 3 – Windows Minions
3.1 Objectives
3.2 Salt Windows Minion Management
3.3 The Salt Windows Management Framework
3.4 Deploying Windows Minions
3.5 User and Group Management
3.6 Managing Windows Permissions
3.7 Software Management
3.8 Managing Windows Features and Roles
3.9 Summary
3.10 Labs
Chapitre 4 – Proxy Minions
4.1 Objectives
4.2 What is a Proxy Minion?
4.3 Salt Proxy Minion Topology
4.4 Using Proxy Minions
4.5 Proxy Minion Modules (ESXi Example)
4.6 Multiple Proxy Minion Configuration
4.7 Summary
4.8 Labs
Chapitre 5 – Salt Execution and Architecture
5.1 Objectives
5.2 Salt Execution
5.3 Salt Components
5.4 Calling Modules Locally on a Minion
5.5 Sending Jobs to the Salt Master
5.6 The Event System
5.7 Salt Master Processes
5.8 The salt Execution Architecture
5.9 Summary
5.10 Labs
Chapitre 6 – The Salt State System
6.1 Objectives
6.2 Uses of the Salt State System
6.3 SLS Files
6.4 Salt State Processing
6.5 State Rendering
6.6 State Compile
6.7 State Runtime
6.8 Summary
6.9 Labs
Chapitre 7 – Salt Renderers
7.1 Objectives
7.2 Salt State Rendering
7.3 Using the Python Renderer
7.4 Using the Jinja Renderer
7.5 Conditional ifStatements
7.6 Jinja Variable Assignments
7.7 Leveraging Lookup Lists and Dictionaries
7.8 Jinja Filters
7.9 Calling Execution Modules with Jinja
7.10 Using the GPG Render
7.11 Summary
7.12 Labs
Chapitre 8 – Building Salt Formulas
8.1 Objectives
8.2 Salt Formulas
8.3 Salt State Formulas Best Practices
8.4 Using Inline Pillar Data
8.5 Data Merging of Dictionaries and Pillar
8.6 The Online Salt Formula Repository
8.7 A Complete State Example
8.8 External Pillars
8.9 Summary
8.10 Lab
Chapitre 9 – Salt Job Scheduling
9.1 Objectives
9.2 Scheduling Jobs
9.3 Managing Scheduled Jobs
9.4 Scheduling Jobs from Pillar
9.5 Managing Schedules in States
9.6 Summary
9.7 Lab
Chapitre 10 – Salt Orchestration Formulas
10.1 Objectives
10.2 Running Jobs on the SaltMaster
10.3 Salt Orchestration
10.4 Orchestration Declarations
10.5 Using Inline Pillar with Orchestration.
10.6 Using State Modules in Orchestration
10.7 The Salt Mine
10.8 The Simple Database (SDB)
10.9 Summary
10.10 Labs
Chapitre 11 – Reactors and Beacons Formulas
11.1 Objectives
11.2 Reactor System
11.3 Beacons
11.4 Reactor Best Practices
11.5 Summary
11.6 Labs
Chapitre 12 – Salt Security
12.1 Objectives
12.2 More About Keys
12.4 Increasing Security
12.5 Decreasing Security
12.6 Publisher ACLs
12.7 External Authentication System
12.8 Hardening Salt
12.9 Security Issues
12.10 Summary
12.11 Labs
Chapitre 13 – Supporting and Troubleshooting Salt
13.1 Objectives
13.2 Introduction
13.3 Viewing Salt Activity
13.4 Network Settings
13.5 Salt Keys
13.6 Salt States
13.7 Summary
13.8 Labs
Chapitre 14 – Multi-Master
14.1 Objectives
14.2 Multi-Master
14.3 Sharing Files Between Masters
14.4 Summary
14.5 Labs
Chapitre 15 – Tuning Salt
15.1 Objectives
15.2 Setting Context
15.3 Master Rendering Time
15.4 Slow Modules
15.5 Salt MWorkers
15.6 Salt Keys
15.7 Sleepy Minions
15.8 Tuning Network Bottlenecks
15.9 Tuning CPU Bottlenecks
15.10 Tuning IO Bottlenecks
15.11 Large Jobs
15.12 State Runtime Tuning
15.13 Summary
15.14 Labs
Chapitre 16 – Auto-Scaling Case Study
16.1 Create the Web Server State
16.2 Labs