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Salt Fundamentals

If you're managing server clusters- including VMs and container nodes- then automation is a must-have. This course will teach you how to configure and manage your distributed servers using the Salt Project configuration management stack

David Clinton - Pluralsight course - Salt Fundamentals
by David Clinton

What you'll learn

When it comes to managing large numbers of servers, there's no substitute for automation. So choosing the right configuration manager is going to be among your most important decisions. In this course, Salt Fundamentals, you’ll learn to manage real-world deployments using Salt. First, you’ll explore the Salt ecosystem, including Salt masters, minions, proxy minions, grains, and nodes. Next, you’ll discover how quickly you can install and configure a basic Salt environment. Finally, you’ll learn how to handle many of the finer details of a Salt deployment, including Salt states, salt-ssh, and Salt pillars. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Salt fundamentals needed to successfully deploy and configure a server automation.

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David Clinton - Pluralsight course - Salt Fundamentals
David Clinton

David taught high school for twenty years, worked as a Linux system administrator for five years, and has been writing since he could hold a crayon between his fingers. His childhood bedroom wall has since been repainted.

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