Overview

This course is appropriate for students seeking to learn more about OpenStack. OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed through a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface. In this online training course we’ll be introducing OpenStack and its key products, how to install them and how to set up the initial configuration.

Course Instructor: Dan Goodman

Course Outline

01. OpenStack Fundamentals

  • Exploration of the origins of OpenStack and its usage
  • Introductory discussion and demonstration of the “core” OpenStack services

02. Keystone

  • Behind-the-scenes
  • Introduction to the Identity service
  • Minimal hardware and network requirements for a “proof of concept” deployment of OpenStack
  • Creation of Keystone domains, projects, users, and roles

03. Glance

  • Discussion of the logical architecture of the Image service
  • Image management from creation to administration to deletion

04. Nova

  • Identification and discussion of the core Nova components and Nova’s role in an OpenStack environment
  • In-depth discussion on block device mapping and its relevance to instance management
  • Exploration of the recently developed Cell and Conductor functionality
  • Launching a Nova instance

05. Neutron

  • Overview of the Networking Service and its relationship to other OpenStack core services
  • Installation and initial configuration based on a variety of deployment scenarios
  • Discussion on key differences between Networking service with private and provider networks

06. Horizon

  • Install and configure a centralized dashboard for all OpenStack services
  • Utilize built-in mechanisms for access control
  • Provide a GUI for a variety of users

07. Cinder

  • Implement and configure a block storage service that provides resources for other OpenStack services
  • Virtualize the management of block storage devices
  • Provide end users with a self-service API to request and consume block storage

08. Heat

  • Create a human- and machine-accessible service for managing the entire lifecycle of infrastructure and applications within OpenStack clouds
  • Describe the infrastructure for a cloud application in a text file that is readable and writable by humans
  • Provide an autoscaling service that integrates with Telemetry

09. Swift

  • Build a highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store
  • Implement a service that store lots of data efficiently, safely, and cheaply
  • Create, modify, and get and metadata by using the Object Storage API

Skills Learned

After completing this online training course, students will be able to:

  • Keystone for identity services
  • Glance for image services
  • Nova for compute resources
  • Neutron for networking service
  • Horizon for a management dashboard
  • Cinder for block storage service
  • Heat for orchestration service
  • Swift for object storage service