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OpenStack is growing at an unprecedented rate, and there is high demand for individuals who have experience managing this cloud platform. This Accredited Essentials of Openstack Administration Certification training course will teach you everything you need to know to create and manage private and public clouds with OpenStack. It is also excellent preparation for the Certified OpenStack Administrator exam. This course teaches you how to deploy, administer and use the core OpenStack services.

You will learn:

  • The full range of OpenStack services, including deployment, administration, usage and distributed storage.
  • How to deploy multiple distros and provision virtual machines using OpenStack services.
  • How to create and deploy enterprise Infrastructure-as-a-Service.
  • How to run and troubleshoot Neutron, Ceph and Nova Services.

Those who attend the entire course will receive a digital Certificate of Course Completion from the Linux Foundation™.

Essentials of OpenStack Administration Certification

Course Code

GTLFCOA

Duration

4 Days

Course Fee

€1,950 plus optional exam voucher @ €300

Accreditation

OpenStack Foundation

 

This Essentials of OpenStack Administration Certification training course prepares the student for the Certified OpenStack Administrator, from the OpenStack Foundation, the most recognised OpenStack Certification in the industry.

NB Note: The OpenStack Foundation is winding down the administration of the COA exam. Please contact us for further details.

Target Audience

This Essentials of OpenStack Administration Certification training course is for System Administrators who are primarily responsible for operating OpenStack clouds. Administrators and developers deploying applications and infrastructure on OpenStack will also benefit from this course. Knowledge in Linux System Administration, concepts and administration for network, storage and virtual systems is useful. Basic Linux command line skills are required.

Attendee Requirements

Knowledge in Linux System Administration, concepts and administration for network, storage and virtual systems is useful. Basic Linux command line skills are required.

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Course Description

Official Linux Foundation™ Course

OpenStack is growing at an unprecedented rate, and there is high demand for individuals who have experience managing this cloud platform. This Accredited Essentials of Openstack Administration Certification training course will teach you everything you need to know to create and manage private and public clouds with OpenStack. It is also excellent preparation for the Certified OpenStack Administrator exam. This course teaches you how to deploy, administer and use the core OpenStack services.

You will learn:

  • The full range of OpenStack services, including deployment, administration, usage and distributed storage.
  • How to deploy multiple distros and provision virtual machines using OpenStack services.
  • How to create and deploy enterprise Infrastructure-as-a-Service.
  • How to run and troubleshoot Neutron, Ceph and Nova Services.

Those who attend the entire course will receive a digital Certificate of Course Completion from the Linux Foundation™.

Course Outline

1. Introduction

  • Linux Foundation
  • Linux Foundation Training
  • Linux Foundation Certifications
  • Laboratory Exercises, Solutions and Resources
  • Distribution Details
  • Labs

2. Cloud Fundamentals

  • The Cloud
  • Conventional Data Center Architecture
  • Virtualization
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Basic Tenets of Open Cloud Computing
  • Labs

3. Managing Guests Virtual Machines with OpenStack Compute

  • Using OpenStack Dashboard
  • Using the python-novaclient Command Line Interfaces
  • Labs

4. Components of an OpenStack Cloud

  • General Introduction to OpenStack Components
  • OpenStack Compute: Nova
  • Overview of Hypervisor Backends
  • OpenStack Image Service: Glance
  • OpenStack Identity: Keystone
  • OpenStack Block Storage: Cinder
  • OpenStack Dashboard: Horizon
  • Labs

5. Components of a Cloud - Part Two

  • OpenStack Object Storage: Swift
  • OpenStack Networking: Neutron
  • OpenStack Monitoring: Ceilometer
  • OpenStack Orchestration: Heat
  • OpenStack DBaaS: Trove
  • The Oslo Framework
  • Labs

6. Reference Architecture

  • Node Roles
  • Best Practices
  • Scalability
  • Labs

7. Deploying Prerequisite Services

  • Time Management: NTP
  • Relational Database
  • AMQP Server: RabbitMQ
  • Labs

8. Deploying Services Overview

  • Deploying A Service
  • Deploying the Glance Image Service
  • Deploying Networking with Neutron
  • Labs

9. Advanced Software Defined Networking with Neutron

  • An introduction to SDN
  • Layer 2 Networking Primer
  • An introduction to OpenFlow
  • An introduction to Open vSwitch
  • L3 and DHCP Primer
  • An introduction to Linux Network Namespaces
  • Understanding Neutron Packet Flows
  • OpenStack Routing Models
  • Neutron CLI Options
  • Labs

10. Advanced Software Defined Networking with Neutron - Part Two

  • The Neutron ML2 framework
  • Alternative Neutron Backends
  • Labs

11. Distributed Cloud Storage with Ceph

  • Introduction to Ceph
  • RADOS Block Device
  • RADOS Gateway
  • Deploying a 3-node Ceph Cluster
  • Using Ceph RBD for Glance Image Storage
  • Using Ceph RBD for Cinder Block Storage
  • radosgw for Swift-Compatible Object Access
  • Labs

12. OpenStack Object Storage with Swift

  • OpenStack Object Storage: Swift
  • Deploying a 3-node Swift Cluster
  • Interacting with Swift
  • Labs

13. High Availability in the Cloud

  • An introduction to High Availability
  • An introduction to the Pacemaker High Availability Stack
  • Resource Management in Pacemaker
  • Highly Available OpenStack Reference Architecture
  • OpenStack VM High Availability
  • Labs

14. Cloud Security with OpenStack

  • Keystone Authentication Model
  • Network Security
  • Hypervisor Security
  • Labs

15. Monitoring and Metering

  • Deployment Considerations for Cloud Monitoring
  • OpenStack Ceilometer
  • Ceilometer Consumers
  • Metering
  • Labs

16. Cloud Automation

  • Cloud Configuration Management
  • Cloud Deployment
  • Puppet
  • Chef
  • Full-Scale Deployment Tools
  • Razor
  • Crowbar
  • MaaS
  • Juju
  • Heat
  • Labs

17. Conclusion

  • Fundamentals
  • Components
  • Reference Architecture
  • High Availability
  • Other features
  • Labs

18. Evaluation Survey

Learning Path
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  • Attend a public course, if there is one available. Please check our schedule, or register your interest in joining a course in your area.
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