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IT Automation With Saltstack Rated 4.0/5 based on 720 customer reviews

Saltstack training in Houston-TX, United States

Learn to configure systems in SaltStack , templating engines Jinja and Pillar and understand how to use SaltStack to manage large deployments

  • 24 hours of Instructor-led classes
  • Beginner to Advanced level
  • Immersive hands-on learning
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Key Features

24 hours of Comprehensive Instructor-led training
Immersive hands-on learning
Grasp basic & advanced concepts of SaltStack
Learn about SaltStack configuration, templating engines Jinja and Pillar, etc
Learn to use SaltStack to manage large deployments
Our Saltstack mentors will guide students in implementing the technology for future projects

Description

Saltstack Training

SaltStack is the new lightweight and easy to use Python based open source configuration management that helps you automate tasks and make your infrastructure self-sufficient. Zeolearn’s Saltstack course will help you understand the nuts and bolts of SaltStack, right from its configuration to using its templating engines and scaling it across thousands of machines. With in-depth coaching and attention to real world scenarios you will learn to leverage SaltStack to manage your servers and troubleshoot problems.

Our institute provides in-depth SaltStack education for beginners from basics to advanced by a certified trainer. Enroll and Schedule the classes at your convenience.

SaltStack Job Opportunities

SaltStack a powerful automation suite that is easy to learn and helps in excellent configuration management. There is a huge demand for SaltStack qualified professionals who can setup, manage and troubleshoot everyday Salt problems and queries. Zeolearn’s workshop will give you complete training on these issues and much more!

Here’s what you will learn!

  • Learn to configure systems so that they can be managed by Salt states and the basic skills needed to manage Salt infrastructure
  • About the different Salt states and their implementations including creating SLS files, state trees, and setting requisites
  • Learn about the templating engines Jinja and Pillar and how they are used to access minion configuration values
  • Learn how to use SaltStack to manage large deployments

Is this Saltstack certification benefits your career?

If you are an IT professional such as a developer, administrator or are responsible for maintaining the IT infrastructure in your organization, then this Saltstack online training is right for you.

Prerequisites

Participants are expected to have Linux system administration experience.

Curriculum

  • The goal of SaltStack
  • Architectural overview of remote execution
  • Salt states
  • Grains
  • Pillar
  • Jinja2 and the virtual mechanism
  • Literals, scalars
  • Sequences, mappings
  • Examples
  • Installation on Ubuntu
  • Differences between salt-common, salt-minion and salt-master
  • Installation on Amazon EC2 
  • Anatomy of a salt command
  • Output formatting in JSON
  • The jq tool 
  • Regular expressions
  • List matching IP matching
  • Grains matching
  • Compound matching
  • Examples and exercises N
  • Package management
  • Services
  • Highstate
  • Exercises, examples 
  • Jinja2 introduction
  • For loop, assignments, escaping
  • Templating with Jinja2 in Salt, examples 
  • Secure storage
  • VNC password deployment example 
  • Environments
  • salt-cloud
  • Orchestration
  • Integration with Docker

Frequently Asked Questions

Configuration Management is the need of the hour, considering that systems are getting bigger and more complex with servers running into hundreds in numbers. In such scenarios, enterprises need robust configuration management systems that helps in maintaining systems and ensuring maximum output. One such configuration management system that is gaining popularity is the SaltStack that helps execute commands across thousands of servers with great accuracy. Given its numerous advantages, there is a lot of demand for SaltStack engineers. Undergoing training in SaltStack course from an institute such as ours will give you the experience and the confidence to handle ever day challenges. The SaltStack training workshop has been meticulously designed by our trainers and you will get top class coaching that will help you succeed in your career. 

You will receive a SaltStack certification in the form of a course completion certificate.

On completing the SaltStack online training course, you will learn:

  • How to configure Salt and how to use minions for remote execution
  • The various Salt States and how they are used for managing servers
  • The installation of Salt and all about its commands
  • How to expand Salt states with Jinja and Pillar
  • About creating dependencies with requisites
  • About Salt reactors and event systems
  • About Salt SSH and Syndic

Towards the end of the course, all participants will be required to work on a project to get hands on familiarity with the concepts learnt. You will use SaltStack to control remote servers and manage the entire infrastructure with support from your mentors. This project, which can also be a live industry project, will be reviewed by our instructors and industry experts. On successful completion, you will be awarded a certificate.

Classes are held on weekdays and weekends. You can check available schedules and choose the batch timings which are convenient for you.

You may be required to put in 10 to 12 hours of effort every week, including the live class, self study and assignments.

Your classes will be held online. All you need is a windows computer with good internet connection to attend your classes online. A headset with microphone is recommended.

You may also attend these classes from your smart phone or tablet.

Don’t worry, you can always access your class recording or opt to attend the missed session again in any other live batch.

IT professionals, developers, administrators and those who are responsible in maintaining the IT infrastructure in their organization will find this course useful. 

  • Operating system such as Mac OS X, Windows or Linux
  • Good Text / JavaScript Editor (Notepad++ / SublimeText / Brackets / Atom )
  • A modern web browser such as Chrome
  • Internet Connection

Zeolearn brings you online, mentor driven courses that not only helps professionals gain theoretical expertise but also the practical experience in a wide variety of courses in Operations such as DevOps, which is a very popular course. The fact that our workshops are mentor driven gives us an edge over other training institutes since you can learn from industry experts about the application and challenges of upcoming technologies. We have so far trained thousands of professionals with the skills needed to land lucrative jobs and you could be next!        

IT Automation With Saltstack Course in Houston-TX

Houston is a thriving urban metropolis that is fast transforming itself from being a center for an energetic arts community to a tech hub in the making. With good infrastructure in place and a slew of business-friendly policies, it is no wonder that Houston is fast becoming a tech hub. With more companies establishing their bases here, there is an increased demand for skilled professionals.

About the course:

Companies realize that they need to optimize their business process if they are to retain their edge and compete effectively with others. This is one of the reasons why so many tech giants have preferred migrating to newer technologies and automation software that can enable them to function seamlessly without the added baggage of human error, especially when it comes to large data sets. Zeolearn academy offers comprehensive SaltStack training in Houston. The SaltStack training in Houston comes with over forty hours of immersive, hands-on sessions, with the training modules being headlined by top industry experts. The course should provide you with a strong grounding in SaltStack and all core concepts; and it should enable you to configure and manage systems effectively. The SaltStack course in Houston comes with lab sessions and exercises on SaltStack along with the facility for one on one session with trainer and tuition. The course is priced attractively and comes with a valid SaltStack certification in Houston.

What you learn

Our SaltStack course in Houston offers the following

  • Virtual and hands-on training
  • Modules designed by experts
  • Classes on SaltStack and core concepts
  • Materials on automation and business process
  • To use SaltStack to configure servers
  • To automate tasks and make servers self-sufficient
  • To learn about different salt states
  • Lab sessions

Course objective:

  • To enhance business processes by enabling servers to become self-sufficient by utilizing SaltStack
  • To use SaltStack to configure servers and automate process
  • To use engines like Pillar and others to access minor configuration values
  • To use SaltStack and develop scalable solutions and to deploy the same across many servers
  • To enhance business process, manage and speed up deployment

Highlights:

  • Intensive hands-on sessions
  • Demo and practical sessions
  • SaltStack and all core concepts
  • To configure servers and automate tasks
  • Flexible schedule
  • Competitive prices and fees
  • Money back guarantee

Is this course right for you?

If you are a developer/administrator looking to hone your skills further, then Zeolearn’s SaltStack course in Houston should be perfect for you. The course should enable you to increase business efficiency by optimizing operations. Check it out and enroll today.

Prerequisite:

You are expected to be experienced in Linux; the course should help you develop your skills further and give your career a boost.

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