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Using Salt Open for Remote Execution

by Andrew Mallett

This course will teach you to configure Linux systems using remote execution commands from the CLI and the Web API.

What you'll learn

Often your test systems do not replicate the exact running environment of Production. In this course, Using Salt Open for Remote Execution, you’ll learn to replicate configuration settings across all of your systems. First, you’ll explore remote executions commands to deploy settings. Next, you’ll discover how to target systems using grains or pillar data. Finally, you’ll learn how to use reactors to implement desired states across your estate using the Salt API. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Configuration Management needed to build and replicate test and production environments .

About the author

Andrew is an all around Linux professional with in depth knowledge of the OS and this is supported with scripting in bash, perl, python and ruby and application development in C, C++ and Java. Having worked for many years in training, Andrew has developed automated course build systems after endless time wasted on Friday nights. The first build system he built was aptly named "Friday nights." This has inspired his interest in all things deployment related. He has authored training courses on M... more

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