Certified OpenStack Administrator

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Overview:

The course is designed based on official certification training program from Opensack foundation .however without exam fee included. Each student will be able to deploy a private cloud on Ubuntu server using Openstack in distributed mode with 3 Ubuntu server (server –A : controller node, Server –B : Network node, Server-C : KVM node ) and perform OpenStack administration activities

Program Duration:

4 Days

Prerequisite Skills:

Linux server basics knowledge

Who should attend:

Targeted for Cloud Engineers, Centre of excellence team, Window Server Administrators, Unix/Linux Administrator, Storage Admins, Network Administrators, Virtualization Administrators

Agenda:

Module 1 : OpenStack Ecosystem Overview

• OpenStack Releases
• OpenStack Project Overview Part-1
• Openstack-project-overview-Part-2
• Role-of-openstack-Projects
 

Module 2 : Prepare Your Setup for OpenStack Deployment


• System Requirements
• Deploy 3 ubuntu servers
 

Module 3 : Prepare Your OS for OpenStack Nodes


• Prepare Contoller Node
• Prepare Network Node
• Prepare Compute Node
 

Module 4 : Prepare Your Network OpenStack Nodes


• Prepare networking on Contoller Node
• Prepare Networking on Network Node
• Prepare Networking Compute Node
• Verify your node communication
• NTP and Sysctl.conf
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 5 : MySQL


• MySql -Server Overview
• Role of MySql DB in OpenStack
• Install and configure MySql-Server
• Mysql Management CLI based
• MySql Management GUI based
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 6 : Rabbitmq-Server


• RabbitMq-Server Overview
• Role of Rabbit-mq Server in OpenStack
• Install and Configure RabbitMq-Server
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 7 : Keystone


• Keystone – An Overview
• Role of Keystone in OpenStack
• Keystone – Terms and terminologies
• Install and Configure Keystone
• Create Projects,Users ,Service,Endpoints Roles
• Keystone CLI Operations
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 8 : Horizon


• Horizon an overview
• Install and configure Horizon dashboard
• Add your logo to dashboard
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 9 : Glance


• Glance and its Role in Openstack
• Glance Components
• Create Glance service user and endpoint
• Install and Configure Glance
• Glance CLI , verify operation and Manage Images (add,update,remove)
• Manage image types and backends
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 10 : Nova – Controller Node


• Nova and its Role in Openstack
• Nova Components
• How VM provisioning happens
• Create Nova service, user and endpoint
• Install and Configure Nova on Controller
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 11 : Nova- Compute Node


• Install and configure KVM and Libvirt
• Install and Configure Nova-compute
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 12: OpenvSwitch


• OpenvSwitch – An Overview
• Openvswitch Components
• Role of Openvswitch in OpenStack
• OVS cli operations
• Install and configure Openvswitch on Neutron Node
• Install and configure Openvswitch on Compute Node
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 13 : Neutron -controller Node


• Neutron and its Role in OpenStack
• Create Neutron user,service and endpoints
• Install and configure Neutron server
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 14: Neutron- Network Node


• Overview of neutron agents and their roles
• Configure neutron DHCP,L3 and metadata agent
• Configure Openvswitch agent
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 15: Neutron- OVS agent on Compute Node


• Install and Configure Openvswitch agent
• Openvswitch peering and Tunneling
• Where are we in the lab
 

Module 16: Compute –Operations Part-01


• OpenStack Dashboard overview
• Create a tenant and user
• Manage compute quotas
• Manage flavors
 

Module 17 Networking – Operations


• Verify operation of network service
• Manage project security group rules
• Manage network quotas
• Create project networks
• Create project routers
• Create external networks
 

Module 18 : Compute Operations Part-02


• Manage Nova user keypairs
• Launch a new instance
• Assign security group to Instance
• Assign, Attach and detach a floating IP address to Instance
• Access an Instance using a keypair
• VM operations-shutdown and terminate
• Troubleshoot network issues for a tenant network (enter namespace, run tcpdump, etc)
• Manage instance snapshots
• Launch instance using snapshot
 

Module 19 : Cinder – Controller node


• Cinder and its role in OpenStack
• Cinder Components
• Create cinder service, user and endpoint
• Install and Configure cinder
• Create volume group for block storage
• Set up storage pools
• Manage volumes quotas
• Create a new Block Storage Volume and mount it to a Nova Instance
• Manage volume snapshots (e.g, take, list, recover, verify)
• Manage,backup and restore volumes backups
• Manage volumes encryption
 

Module 20 : Heat/Orchestration – 6% ( Hands On Lab by Students)


• Heat – and its Role in OpenStack
• Verify Heat/Orchestration stack is working
• Use Heat Orchestration CLI and Launch a Stack ( VM instance launch)
• Use Heat Orchestration CLI and Launch a Stack in default network ( VM instance launch)
• Create a Heat/Orchestration template that matches a specific scenario
• Use Heat/Orchestration dashboard
• Obtain detailed information about a stack
 

Module 21 : Troubleshooting – 13% (Hands On Lab by Students)


• Analyze log files e.g.,/var/log/COMPONENT_NAME,DB,web,syslog,messaging)
• Backup the database(s) used by an OpenStack instance
• Analyze database servers
• Analyze Host/Guest OS and Instance status
• Analyze messaging servers
• Analyze storage status (local, block & object)
• Manage OpenStack Services
• Digest OpenStack environment (Controller, Compute, Storage and Network nodes)
• Backup and restore an OpenStack instance
 

Module 22 : Object Storage – 10% ( HandsOn Lab by Students)


• Swift and its role in OpenStack
• Swift Components
• Access Swift through Horizon
• Manage access to object storage
• Manage expiring objects
• Manage storage policies
• Monitor space available for object store
• Manage permissions on a container in object storage
 

On Completion of this program:

Participant should able to use deploy a private cloud in distributed mode and also provide ability to showcase for Proof of concept of OpenStack.It also prepares them to appear for the certification exam.

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