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» Designing an OpenStack Cloud

• Benefits and features of a cloud. Types of clouds: Saas, Paas, Iaas, public, private.
• The OpenStack project. Organization and structure.
• Architecture of the platform. Overview of the various bricks.
• Installation methods.
• Hands-on work ¤Comparing and selecting an installation method, and installing.

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» Managing virtual machines

• Overview of the Nova brick. Implementation and configuration.
• Managing images and instances. Managing the virtual network.
• Managing multiple hypervisors (Hyper-V, ESXi, KVM).
• Hands-on work ¤Creating a virtual machine from Nova.

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» Storage management

• Overview of SWIFT.
• Implementation and configuration.
• Managing storage pools.
• Implementing storage in block mode with Cinder.
• Backends supported by Cinder.
• Hands-on work ¤Managing storage with Cinder.

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» Image management

• What is an image?
• The Glance image management brick.
• Creating the database. Implementation and configuration.
• Image storage management. EC2 image management (AMI).
• Hands-on work ¤Creating and configuring images.

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» Network management

• Overview of the Quantum brick.
• Virtual switches with Openvswitch.
• Cloud network topologices.
• Routing daemon (L3).
• Implementation and configuration.
• Hands-on work ¤Creating and configuring a virtual network.

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» Authentication and authorizations

• Overview of the Keystone brick.
• Preparng the SQL base.
• User creation, projects, and roles.
• Implementation and configuration.
• User configuration, projects, and roles.
• Hands-on work ¤Managing users and services.

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» Administering the cloud

• Overview of the Web Horizon client.
• Automation with the REST API.
• Overview of the Amazon EC2 and S3 APIs.
• Automating the cloud with Cloud-init and Puppet.
• Hands-on work ¤OpenStack administration from Horizon. Using Cloud-init and Puppet.