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Course Outline
1. Introduction to OpenStack
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The history of cloud computing and OpenStack
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Key cloud characteristics
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Cloud service models
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Private, public, and hybrid clouds
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On-premise, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
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Public and private cloud deployments utilizing OpenStack
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Open-source and commercial OpenStack distributions
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OpenStack deployment strategies
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The OpenStack ecosystem
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Core modules
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Underlying tools
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Integrations
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OpenStack lifecycle management
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OpenStack certification pathways
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Dedicated OpenStack lab (VM) for this course
2. Hands-on OpenStack Administration Workshop
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Familiarization with OpenStack
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Core OpenStack components (Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Swift, Heat)
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Interacting with the OpenStack cloud
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OpenStack daemons and API communication flows
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Keystone - Identity Management Service
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Keystone architecture
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Authentication methods and available backends
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Token types and management
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Authorization in OpenStack using roles and oslo.policy
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Keystone resources: domains, projects, and users
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Configuring CLI clients via Openrc and clouds.yaml
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The OpenStack service catalog
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Integrating new OpenStack services
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The quota system within OpenStack
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Glance - Image Service
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Images tailored for the cloud environment
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Image attributes (properties, metadata, format, container)
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Uploading and downloading images
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Sharing images across projects
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Glance image storage options
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Protected images
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Managing image service quotas
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Validating Glance services
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Neutron - Networking
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Neutron architecture and services
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The ML2 plugin
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Networking analysis on compute nodes
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Networking concepts and tools utilized by Neutron
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Fundamental Neutron network resource types
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Managing tenant networks and subnets
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Managing security groups and rules
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East-West routing
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Network namespaces
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Managing external and provider networks
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North-South routing
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Floating IP management
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Role-based access control within Neutron
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Managing network quotas
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Internals of SDN and NFV (iptables, ip route, OVS)
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Basic network troubleshooting (namespaces, tcpdump, etc.)
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Networking quota configuration
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Verification of Neutron services
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Nova - Compute Service
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Hypervisor interfaces
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Keypair management
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Flavour management
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Flavors and CPU topology
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Instance parameters
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Creating instances
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Validating spawned instances
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Snapshot creation
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Instance administration
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Resizing instances
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Assigning floating IPs
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Interactive console and console logging
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Applying security groups
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Internals of security groups and port security features (iptables)
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Internals of L3 routers
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Compute quota management
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Retrieving statistics from Nova
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Placement API and Nova Cells v2
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Placement API and instance scheduling
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Placement API client commands
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Verification of Nova services
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Cinder - Block Storage
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Volume parameters
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Creating volumes
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Volume administration
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Attaching volumes to Nova instances
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Managing volume snapshots
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Managing volume backups
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Internals of snapshots and backups in Cinder
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Transferring volumes between projects
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Restoring from backups
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Managing volume quotas
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Adding new storage backends
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QoS implementation in Cinder
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LVM, storage array, and Ceph storage backends
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Ceph integration in OpenStack
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Integrating Ceph with Cinder
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Best practices for Ceph deployments
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Verification of Cinder services
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Barbican - Key Management Service
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Barbican architecture
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Storing passphrases
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Generating and storing symmetric encryption keys
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Volume encryption mechanisms
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Configuring Cinder storage types for volume encryption
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Limitations of volume encryption
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Storing X.509 certificate bundles
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Swift - Object Storage
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Swift components and processes
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Managing containers and objects
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Managing access control lists
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Configuring object expiration
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The Ring and storage policies
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Monitoring available storage capacity
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Configuring quotas
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Verification of Swift services
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Heat - Orchestration
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Heat Orchestration Templates and their components
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Creating Heat stacks
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Validating Heat stacks
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Updating Heat stacks
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Verification of Heat services
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Basic Troubleshooting
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Analyzing log files
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Centralized logging
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Debugging OpenStack client queries
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Managing the OpenStack database
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Extracting information from service databases
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Backing up OpenStack
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Analyzing compute node status
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Analyzing instance status
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Troubleshooting instances on compute nodes (libvirt)
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Analyzing the AMQP broker (RabbitMQ)
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Troubleshooting RabbitMQ
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Metadata services
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General methodologies for diagnosing OpenStack issues
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Troubleshooting network issues
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Troubleshooting network performance
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Instance backup and recovery
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3. Advanced Topics
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Octavia - Load Balancing-as-a-Service
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Architecture
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Objects and request flows
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Octavia flavors
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Octavia Availability Zones
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Creating HTTP load balancers
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Creating TCP load balancers
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Creating HTTPS passthrough load balancers
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Listeners, Pools, and Health Monitors
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Layer 7 load balancing in Octavia
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Building Amphora images
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LB Failover
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Networking and monitoring details
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Troubleshooting Octavia
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Hardware considerations and capacity planning
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Compute hardware requirements
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Network design
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Storage design
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Flavor sizing
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Resource overcommitment strategies
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Highly Available Control Plane
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HA for OpenStack services
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HA database configuration
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HA message queue setup
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Active-Active vs. Active-Passive deployments
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Multi-region deployments
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Cloud partitioning and scheduler filters
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Implementing cloud partitions (host-aggregates): rationale and methods
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Nova scheduler filters
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In-depth analysis of filter code
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Workload migration
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Cold and live migration
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Optimizing live migration
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Migration exercises and troubleshooting
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Policies and authorization in OpenStack
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Oslo.policy
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Creating meaningful roles using policy files
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Verifying API access for specific users
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In-depth OpenStack Networking (SDN) (2-3 hours)
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Network types (local, flat, vlan, vxlan, gre)
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Detailed network flow and architecture in various Neutron deployments
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East-West traffic in tenant networks
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North-South traffic in tenant networks
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Traffic in provider-only deployments
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Neutron plugins
- Linux Bridge
- Open vSwitch
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OVS troubleshooting and exercises
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Troubleshooting security groups (iptables, tcpdump)
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Port-security adjustments and vIP management
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Distributed Virtual Routers
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LBaaS and the Octavia project
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VPNaaS
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OpenStack monitoring and telemetry
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Ceilometer service
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External monitoring solutions
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Advanced cloud and hypervisor features
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CPU pinning and NUMA architecture
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SR-IOV
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Cloud-init and image customization
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Metadata Service
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Retrieving information from the metadata service
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Block storage backends
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LVM
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Ceph RBD
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Physical appliances
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Storage network considerations
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Upgrading OpenStack
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Upgrade strategies and procedures
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Zero-downtime upgrades
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Bare-metal provisioning with OpenStack
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Ironic module
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Undercloud and overcloud concepts
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Various exercises on troubleshooting OpenStack clusters
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Sample examination tasks
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The future of OpenStack
Requirements
- Fundamental Linux administration skills
- Essential networking knowledge
- Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts
35 Hours
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