Overview
VMware Video on Demand offers a powerful alternative to traditional classroom training, delivering modular videos that can be accessed anytime, anywhere, and from any device.
VMware On Demand is a robust, self-paced learning solution delivering modular training combined with hands-on practice labs, giving you a powerful alternative to traditional classroom training.
- Compelling: Interactive modules with labs that build as you progress
- Official e-courseware
- Comprehensive: Rich content equivalent to classroom training that meets certification course requirements, including final assessments. Some courses also include bonus items like exam vouchers*
- Convenient: 30 days to access the content multiple times at your pace
*Exam vouchers only available where VMware include within the VOD bundle. Please contact us to find out if this bundle includes an exam voucher.
Overview:
This course provides you with the skills to build private cloud using VMware® Integrated OpenStack on VMware-proven SDDC. This course builds your VMware Integrated OpenStack installing, configuring, and managing skills through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You will learn how to offer IaaS and PaaS with advanced networking and security features to end users using VMware Integrated OpenStack.
This course is also available in an Instructor-Led Training (ILT) format. For more information, select this link: VMware Integrated Openstack: Install, Configure, Manage [V5].
Product Alignment
- VMware Integrated OpenStack 5.0
Intended Audience:
- Cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in a service provider or managed services environment.
Prerequisites
This course requires the completion of the following course:
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7] or equivalent knowledge
- VMware Integrated OpenStack Fundamentals
- VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals
Substantial knowledge of Linux administration and TCP/IP networking is helpful.
Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Describe how VMware Integrated OpenStack fits into the VMware SDDC and its use cases
- List the deployment options and how to install VMware Integrated OpenStack
- Describe the architecture of VMware Integrated OpenStack and its components
- Configure tenancy and manage user authentication
- Integrate with VMware NSX® for vSphere® and VMware NSX-T™ networking platforms
- Deploy and manage virtual machine instances
- Manage containers using VMware Integrated OpenStack with Kubernetes
- Monitor VMware Integrated OpenStack with built-in tools and integrate with VMware vRealize® Operations™ and VMware vRealize® Log Insight™
- Design an auto-scale, multitier application using built-in automation tools
- List the commands, configuration files, log files, and database tables used by VMware Integrated OpenStack components
Outline
1 Course Introduction
- Review course goals
- Review course objectives
2 Introduction to VMware Integrated OpenStack
- Describe what OpenStack is
- Describe the services that make up OpenStack
- Describe what VMware Integrated OpenStack is
- Describe what NFV is and how VMware Integrated OpenStack fits in
- Understand the licensing model of VMware Integrated OpenStack
- Understand the features of VMware Integrated OpenStack
3 VMware Integrated OpenStack Deployment
- Understand the roles of OpenStack Management Server and Ansible
- List the deployment models
- Prerequisites for installing VMware Integrated OpenStack
- Perform a VMware Integrated OpenStack high-availability deployment
- Patch and upgrade a VMware Integrated OpenStack environment
4 VMware Integrated OpenStack Architecture
- List the VMs deployed after a VMware Integrated OpenStack high-availability installation
- Understand the overall architecture of a VMware Integrated OpenStack high-availability setup
- List the VMware Integrated OpenStack services running within each VM
- Understand the role of each VMware Integrated OpenStack service
- Understand SSL certificates in VMware Integrated OpenStack
5 Keystone Authentication
- Understand Keystone use cases and services
- List the features offered by Keystone
- How to integrate Keystone with LDAP
- Configuration files, log files, and database tables related to keystone
6 Glance Images
- Understand Glance use cases and services
- List the features offered by Glance
- Create flavors and images
- List the configuration files, log files, and database tables related to Glance
7 Networking with Neutron
- Understand Neutron use cases and services
- Integrate Neutron with VMware vSphere® Distributed SwitchTM
- Integrate Neutron with NSX for vSphere
- Integrate Neutron with NSX-T
- List the configuration files, log files, and database tables related to Neutron
8 Managing Instances with Nova
- Understand Nova use cases and services
- Understand availability zones and host aggregates
- Understand the concept of tenant VDCs
- Deploy and manage instances using Nova
- Resize an instance and view its console logs
- Configuration and log files related to Nova services
9 Cinder Block Storage
- Understand Cinder use cases and services
- List the features of Cinder
- Add a persistent volume to an instance
- Snapshot and backup Cinder volume
- List the configuration files, log files, and database tables related to Cinder
10 Monitoring with Ceilometer
- List the Telemetry use cases and services
- Enable Ceilometer in VMware Integrated OpenStack
- Monitor instances using Ceilometer
- Configuration and log files related to Ceilometer service
11 Automating with Heat
- Define Heat use cases and services
- Build a Heat orchestration template
- Deploy resources using a Heat orchestration template
12 Kubernetes Integration
- Introduction to Docker and Kubernetes
- Deploy VMware Integrated OpenStack with Kubernetes
- Manage containers using Kubernetes
13 Troubleshooting Concepts
- Common issues in VMware Integrated OpenStack
- Tools used to troubleshoot VMware Integrated OpenStack
14 Advanced Features
- LBaaS and its use cases
- FWaaS and its use cases
- DNSaaS and its use cases
- Auto-scaling using Heat
- Using hardware passthrough
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