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Duration 21 hours
Course Outline
Introduction to OpenStack
- Defining OpenStack and its role.
- Differentiating between private, public, and hybrid clouds.
- An overview of OpenStack architecture.
- Key services: Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone, and Swift.
- Navigating the broader OpenStack ecosystem.
OpenStack Architecture and Components
- The distinction between control plane and data plane.
- The role of the message queue (RabbitMQ).
- Database backends such as MariaDB/Galera.
- Common service architecture patterns.
- Considerations for high availability.
Planning OpenStack Deployment
- Hardware requirements and capacity planning.
- Designing network topologies.
- Selecting appropriate storage backends.
- Comparing single-node versus multi-node deployments.
- Overview of deployment tools like Packstack, Kolla-Ansible, OpenStack-Ansible, and TripleO.
Core Services - Compute (Nova)
- Nova’s architecture and constituent components.
- Support for hypervisors including KVM, VMware, and Hyper-V.
- Managing the lifecycle of instances.
- Configuring flavors and quotas.
- Live migration and scheduling mechanisms.
Core Services - Networking (Neutron)
- Overview of Neutron’s architecture.
- Network types such as Local, Flat, VLAN, VXLAN, and GRE.
- Creating and managing networks, subnets, and routers.
- Managing Floating IPs and security groups.
- Load balancing as a service.
Core Services - Block Storage (Cinder)
- Cinder’s architecture and storage backend options.
- Creating and managing volumes.
- Defining volume types and QoS policies.
- Managing volume snapshots and backups.
- Integration workflows with Nova.
Image and Object Storage
- The Glance image service.
- Creating and managing virtual machine images.
- Swift object storage architecture.
- Creating containers and storing objects.
- Configuring access control and policies.
Identity and Security Management (Keystone)
- Keystone architecture and core concepts.
- Managing users, projects, and roles.
- Authentication and authorization processes.
- Token management and multi-factor authentication (MFA).
- Integration with LDAP or Active Directory.
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Monitoring strategies for OpenStack services.
- Log analysis and debugging techniques.
- Addressing common issues and their solutions.
- Basics of performance tuning.
- Backup and recovery strategies.
Best Practices for Enterprise Deployments
- Design patterns for high availability.
- Security hardening measures.
- Considerations for scaling.
- Strategies for upgrades and version management.
- Documentation and operational procedures.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in Linux system administration.
- A solid grasp of networking fundamentals, including VLANs, subnets, and routing.
- Working knowledge of virtualization technologies such as KVM, VMware, or Hyper-V.
- Familiarity with storage systems, including SAN, NAS, or distributed storage solutions.
Target Audience
- System administrators.
- Infrastructure engineers.
- Cloud architects.
- IT managers responsible for planning private cloud initiatives.
- DevOps engineers.
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