SUSE Manager Documentation

Table of Contents

1. What is SUSE Manager?
2. Available Documentation

Version: 5.0 RC

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1. What is SUSE Manager?

SUSE Manager is a solution for organizations that require robust control over maintenance and package deployment on their servers. It enables you to manage large sets of Linux systems and keep them up-to-date, with automated software management, asset management, and system provisioning. It also allows you to maintain a high level of security while effectively managing system life-cycle requirements.

SUSE Manager uses Salt to provide event-driven configuration and management control. The Salt-master orchestrates tens of thousands of Salt clients (SUSE Manager clients) using remote execution.

SUSE Manager offers seamless management of SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, Amazon Linux, AlmaLinux, and Raspberry Pi OS client systems. They can be on-premise, or on public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud or even multi-cloud environments.

If you cannot use the SUSE Manager Web UI, almost all functionality (with the exception of virtualization tasks) is available from the command prompt. All command line tools can be used with assistive technology tools. Text readers orca and espeak can be enabled in the Desktop Applications Module. Speech recognition mycroft-core and sphinx are available in PackageHub. Additionally, you can interact with SUSE Manager using the XML-RPC API.

For more information about spacecmd, see spacecmd Reference.
For more information about other command line tools, see Command Line Tools.
For more information about the API, see https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.3/pdf/4.3_pdf_susemanager_api_doc_color_en.pdf.
For the latest information about all command line tools, see the release notes available from https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/.

2. Available Documentation

The following documentation is available for SUSE Manager version 5.0.

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Quick Start		Retail Guide
Installation/Upgrade Guide		Reference Guide
Client Configuration Guide		Common Workflows
Administration Guide		Specialized Guides

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Quick Start

Retail Guide

Installation/Upgrade Guide

Reference Guide

Client Configuration Guide

Common Workflows

Administration Guide

Specialized Guides

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SUSE Manager documentation is available in several locations and formats. For the most up-to-date version of this documentation, see https://documentation.suse.com/suma/.