What’s in this course?

This SaltStack course, designed for absolute beginners, introduces the basic fundamental blocks needed to get started with SaltStack. The course begins with an introduction to SaltStack and Salt’s key terminologies followed by real time SaltStack setup, In-depth Architecture, Salt Modules. This course also covers some of the core critical concepts such as State Files, State Tree, HighState, important Salt configuration files, Grains, Pillars, Jinja Templates, Agentless Salt, Masterless Salt and much more. Don’t worry if you are new to SaltStack, we are going to get started with the absolute basics. Each lecture in this course is accompanied by real hands-on demos.

What is SaltStack?

In today's complex IT landscape, managing numerous servers and ensuring consistent configurations across them can be a daunting task. This is where SaltStack steps in, offering a powerful open-source platform to simplify and automate infrastructure management including the provisioning, patching, configuration, and management of operating systems and application components across enterprise data centers, cloud environments or Virtual infrastructures like VMware.

Legal Notice:

Salt® and SaltStack® are registered trademarks of SaltStack Inc. in the United States and other countries. This course is not certified, accredited, affiliated with, nor endorsed by SaltStack, Inc.

Course Structure:

• Lectures

• Demos

• Quizzes

• Assignments

Course Contents:

• Introduction to SaltStack

• Understanding SaltStack Framework

• Setting up SaltStack Environment

• SaltStack Indepth Architecture

• Modules - The Basic Building Blocks

• Adhoc Tasks

• SaltStack Code Creation Process

• SaltState Tree

• HighState

• SaltStack File Server

• Requisites System (Watch and Require Statements)

• Grains/Custom Grains

• Jinja Templates

• Pillars

• Masterless Salt

• Agentless Salt

All sections in this course are demonstrated Live. The intention for enrolled users is to setup their own SaltStack environment, perform the exercises and learn by doing!