This course is designed to provide IT professionals with the skills and knowledge to manage the Control Plane components of OpenStack. It covers installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of services like Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, and Horizon. The course is ideal for system administrators, cloud engineers, and DevOps professionals looking to manage cloud infrastructure using OpenStack.
Key Learnings:
- Understand OpenStack architecture and control plane components
- Deploy and manage Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, and Horizon services
- Manage users, roles, tenants, and policies
- Troubleshoot and optimize control plane services
- Secure and monitor OpenStack environments
- Integration with identity, network, and storage services
Course Content:
Module 1: Introduction to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
- Overview of Red Hat OpenShift and OpenStack integration
- Understand OpenShift architecture and resource model
- Navigating the web console and CLI (oc, openstack, kubectl)
- Retrieving resource and command documentation
Module 2: Inspecting OpenStack Services on OpenShift
- OpenStack services managed via OpenShift Operators
- Health checks and status of OpenStack operators
- Troubleshooting failed deployments and pods
- Logs and metrics access via OpenShift
Module 3: Customizing OpenStack Services
- Enabling/disabling specific OpenStack services
- Editing CRs (Custom Resources) for configuration changes
- Rolling updates and changes propagation
- Validation of customized configurations
Module 4: Verifying OpenStack API Connectivity
- API endpoints and roles in control/data plane integration
- Keystone and Nova API validation
- Connectivity test via CLI and internal pod networking
- Firewall and service exposure considerations
Module 5: Verifying Connectivity to OpenStack Cell Services
- Understanding OpenStack Cells architecture
- Verifying connections to databases and RabbitMQ
- Ensuring compute node registration and availability
- Inspecting service logs for inter-component communication
Module 6: Accessing Storage Resources in OpenStack
- Overview of OpenStack storage components (Cinder, Swift, Glance)
- Verifying backend storage integrations (Ceph, NFS)
- Inspecting PVCs, PVs, and associated storage classes
- Health and performance diagnostics of storage services
Module 7: Verifying Reliable OpenStack Services
- Concepts of high availability in OpenStack
- Ensuring HAProxy, Keepalived, and clustered DB services
- Control plane failure simulation and response validation
- Using OpenShift probes and monitoring tools for HA status
Module 8: Verifying Network Encryption for OpenStack Services
- TLS/SSL in OpenStack API communication
- Validating certificate-based encryption (x.509)
- Inspecting OpenShift secrets and certificates
- Auditing communication channels and transport security
Module 9: Inspecting Data Plane Services and Compute Nodes
- Identifying and managing compute nodes (Nova, Libvirt)
- Assessing health of dataplane services via OpenShift
- Resource usage, limits, and node tuning
- Scheduling, placement, and failure scenarios
Module 10: Customizing an OpenStack Data Plane
- Defining custom configurations using node set specs
- Applying tuned profiles and kernel parameters
- Overriding default configurations (cloud-init, systemd)
- Validation of applied changes and rollback mechanisms
Career Path:
- OpenStack Cloud Administrator
- OpenShift and OpenStack Hybrid Cloud Engineer
- Cloud Infrastructure Architect
- DevOps Engineer (Cloud Platforms)
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift/OpenStack Administration
International Student Fees:USD 650$
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