Online OpenStack Training in Botswana

This course is designed to familiarise participants with the OpenStack environment from both operational and administrative perspectives. Following a concise introduction to cloud computing principles, learners will be provided with their own OpenStack instance to perform practical operational and administrative tasks. The curriculum encompasses all fundamental components of OpenStack, ranging from high-level architecture to hands-on cloud administration. The instructional format comprises approximately 75% practical workshops conducted within a real OpenStack environment.

This course offers comprehensive training in OpenStack. It begins with an introduction to the system, proceeds through hands-on workshops that provide practical knowledge on managing OpenStack-based private clouds, and concludes with troubleshooting and advanced architectural topics. The primary objective is to familiarise participants with the OpenStack ecosystem while establishing a solid foundation for further expansion and refinement of OpenStack clouds. The curriculum covers all topics required for the OpenStack Administrator certification exam. Seventy-five percent of the course consists of hands-on workshops conducted in a real OpenStack training environment.

This intensive OpenStack training offers practical, hands-on experience in deploying, managing, troubleshooting, and optimizing private cloud environments based on OpenStack. Designed as an extended bootcamp, the course covers core administration topics, real-world troubleshooting scenarios, and advanced architectural concepts aligned with the Certified OpenStack Administrator exam objectives. With seventy-five percent workshop-based learning in a live OpenStack lab, participants build the skills needed to confidently administer and further develop enterprise OpenStack infrastructures.

This course offers in-depth training on OpenStack networking. It begins by introducing OpenStack and its architecture, then clarifies core OpenStack projects such as the Identity service (Keystone), Image service (Glance), Compute service (Nova), and Block storage (Cinder) to describe the network surroundings within OpenStack, mainly focusing on the Networking project (Neutron). The virtual network infrastructure is described, focusing on the Open Virtual Network project, Open vSwitch, and OpenFlow. The goal of the course is to understand the basic operations and architecture of OpenStack as well as to familiarize participants with various networking technologies behind OpenStack, extending information about OVN and underlying flows, resources and tools.

Customization options

The training can be contracted to 2 days, focusing on core aspects relevant for the customer. The training can be also extended regarding administrative, design, networking and/or troubleshooting topics concerning OpenStack deployments. It is possible to describe other underlying SDN solutions like Linux Bridge or OvS.

This course is a comprehensive training on OpenStack. It begins with an introduction to the
system, followed by practical workshops that provide hands-on knowledge for managing private
clouds built on OpenStack. Finally, it covers troubleshooting and advanced architectural topics. The aim of this course is to acquaint participants with the OpenStack ecosystem and to build a strong foundation for further expansion and refinement of OpenStack clouds.
The course includes all topics required to complete the Certificate OpenStack
Administrator exam.

This instructor-led, live training in (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators and infrastructure engineers who wish to design, deploy, and manage private OpenStack cloud infrastructure for enterprise environments.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to understand OpenStack architecture, deploy private cloud infrastructure, manage compute and storage resources, implement security with Keystone, and apply enterprise best practices.