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.
Author Name: David Clinton
Author Description:
David Clinton is an AWS Solutions Architect and a Linux server administrator. He’s written books on cloud and Linux administration, IT security, and data analytics.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Introducing the Salt Basics
  18mins
• Understanding Event Management
  18mins
• Working with Salt States
  15mins
• Remote Salt Execution
  10mins
• Establishing Salt Security Controls
  21mins
• Your Next Steps with Salt
  17mins