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VMware Integrated Openstack: Install, Configure, Manage

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This advanced course is delivered by VMware directly.

Please Note:The acquisition of Broadcom has optimized the VMware course portfolio for the revised go-to-market strategy. In future, the focus will be on the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) portfolio. All courses that do not belong to this portfolio will be transferred to "End of Availability" (EOA) status on March 1, 2024. This means that this course will only be available until March.

This five-day course provides you with the skills to build a private cloud using VMware® Integrated OpenStack on a proven VMware SDDC. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs, this course builds your skills in installing, configuring, and managing VMware Integrated OpenStack. You learn how to offer IaaS and PaaS with advanced networking and security features to end users using VMware Integrated OpenStack.

Course Contents

  • Course Introduction
  • Introduction to VMware Integrated OpenStack
  • VMware Integrated OpenStack Deployment
  • VMware Integrated OpenStack Architecture
  • Keystone Authentication
  • Glance Images
  • Networking with Neutron
  • Managing Instances with Nova
  • Cinder Block Storage
  • Monitoring with Ceilometer
  • Automating with Heat
  • Troubleshooting Concepts
  • Advanced Features

Target Group

Cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in a service provider or managed services environment.

Knowledge Prerequisites

This course requires the completion of the following courses:
•  VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge
•  VMware Integrated OpenStack Fundamentals
•  VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals

Substantial knowledge of Linux administration and TCP/IP networking is helpful.

1 Course Introduction
 
- Introductions and course logistics
 
- Course objectives
 
- References and resources
2 Introduction to VMware Integrated OpenStack
 
- Describe what an OpenStack is
 
- Describe the services that make up VMware Integrated OpenStack
 
- Describe what VMware Integrated OpenStack is
 
- Describe what is NFV and how does VIO fit in
 
- Understand the licensing model of VIO
 
- Understand the use cases of VMware Integrated OpenStack
3 VMware Integrated OpenStack Deployment
 
- Understand the role of Kubernetes in the VIO control plane
 
- List the VMware Integrated OpenStack deployment models
 
- How to perform VIO high-availability deployment
 
- How to perform VIO compact installation
 
- Pre-requisites for installing VMware Integrated OpenStack
 
- How to use the HTML5 web UI / VIOCLI to check the deployment configurations and deployment running status
 
- Explain steps involved in patching VIO high availability setup
4 VMware Integrated OpenStack Architecture
 
- List the VMs deployed after a VMware Integrated OpenStack high-availability installation
 
- Describe the overall architecture of the VIO HA setup
 
- List the VIO services running within Kubernetes pods
 
- Describe the role of each service
 
- Understand SSL certificates in VIO
5 Keystone Authentication
 
- Understand keystone use cases and services
 
- List the features offered by keystone in VIO
 
- How to integrate keystone with LDAP
 
- List the configuration, view logs, and database tables related to keystone
6 Glance Images
 
- Understand Glance use case and its services
 
- List the features offered by Glance in VIO
 
- Explain how to create flavors and images
 
- Describe how to set up metadata, for example SPBM storage policy
 
- List the custom resources/logs and database tables related to Glance
7 Networking with Neutron
 
- Understand the Neutron use case and its services
 
- Integrate Neutron with NSX-T Data Center
 
- List the custom resources, logs, and database tables related to Neutron
8 Managing Instances with Nova
 
- Understand Nova use cases and services
 
- Understand regions, availability zones, and host aggregates
 
- Understand the concept of tenant VDC
 
- Nova support for multiple vCenter instances
 
- How to deploy an instance using Nova
 
- How to resize an instance and view the console logs
 
- Configuration and logs related to Nova service
9 Cinder Block Storage
 
- Understand Cinder use cases and services
 
- List the features offered by Cinder
 
- Adding a persistent volume to an instance
 
- Explain the Snapshot of a Cinder volume and attach it to another instance
 
- List the custom resources, log files, and database tables related to Cinder
10 Monitoring with Ceilometer
 
- List the Telemetry use cases and services
 
- How to enable Ceilometer in VIO
 
- How to monitor the VIO environment using Ceilometer
 
- Configuration and log files related to Ceilometer service
11 Automating with Heat
 
- Define Heat use cases, templates, and services
 
- Describe use cases of Heat
12 Troubleshooting Concepts
 
- List common issues in VMware Integrated OpenStack
 
- Use troubleshooting tools
 
- Describe simple troubleshooting procedures
 
- List and explain Day-2 operations
13 Advanced Features
 
- Describe Load Balancer as a Service (Octavia)
 
- Explain Firewall as a Service
 
- Describe Designate (DNS as a Service)
 
- Describe automating scaling
 
- Describe selective vCPU pinning
 
- Explain SRIOV network redundancy support
 
- Describe network trunk services support
 
- Describe Live resize
 
- Describe hardware passthrough (GPU pass through)
 
- Describe external REST API

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.

This advanced course is delivered by VMware directly.

Please Note:The acquisition of Broadcom has optimized the VMware course portfolio for the revised go-to-market strategy. In future, the focus will be on the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) portfolio. All courses that do not belong to this portfolio will be transferred to "End of Availability" (EOA) status on March 1, 2024. This means that this course will only be available until March.

This five-day course provides you with the skills to build a private cloud using VMware® Integrated OpenStack on a proven VMware SDDC. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs, this course builds your skills in installing, configuring, and managing VMware Integrated OpenStack. You learn how to offer IaaS and PaaS with advanced networking and security features to end users using VMware Integrated OpenStack.

Course Contents

  • Course Introduction
  • Introduction to VMware Integrated OpenStack
  • VMware Integrated OpenStack Deployment
  • VMware Integrated OpenStack Architecture
  • Keystone Authentication
  • Glance Images
  • Networking with Neutron
  • Managing Instances with Nova
  • Cinder Block Storage
  • Monitoring with Ceilometer
  • Automating with Heat
  • Troubleshooting Concepts
  • Advanced Features

Target Group

Cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in a service provider or managed services environment.

Knowledge Prerequisites

This course requires the completion of the following courses:
•  VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge
•  VMware Integrated OpenStack Fundamentals
•  VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals

Substantial knowledge of Linux administration and TCP/IP networking is helpful.

1 Course Introduction
 
- Introductions and course logistics
 
- Course objectives
 
- References and resources
2 Introduction to VMware Integrated OpenStack
 
- Describe what an OpenStack is
 
- Describe the services that make up VMware Integrated OpenStack
 
- Describe what VMware Integrated OpenStack is
 
- Describe what is NFV and how does VIO fit in
 
- Understand the licensing model of VIO
 
- Understand the use cases of VMware Integrated OpenStack
3 VMware Integrated OpenStack Deployment
 
- Understand the role of Kubernetes in the VIO control plane
 
- List the VMware Integrated OpenStack deployment models
 
- How to perform VIO high-availability deployment
 
- How to perform VIO compact installation
 
- Pre-requisites for installing VMware Integrated OpenStack
 
- How to use the HTML5 web UI / VIOCLI to check the deployment configurations and deployment running status
 
- Explain steps involved in patching VIO high availability setup
4 VMware Integrated OpenStack Architecture
 
- List the VMs deployed after a VMware Integrated OpenStack high-availability installation
 
- Describe the overall architecture of the VIO HA setup
 
- List the VIO services running within Kubernetes pods
 
- Describe the role of each service
 
- Understand SSL certificates in VIO
5 Keystone Authentication
 
- Understand keystone use cases and services
 
- List the features offered by keystone in VIO
 
- How to integrate keystone with LDAP
 
- List the configuration, view logs, and database tables related to keystone
6 Glance Images
 
- Understand Glance use case and its services
 
- List the features offered by Glance in VIO
 
- Explain how to create flavors and images
 
- Describe how to set up metadata, for example SPBM storage policy
 
- List the custom resources/logs and database tables related to Glance
7 Networking with Neutron
 
- Understand the Neutron use case and its services
 
- Integrate Neutron with NSX-T Data Center
 
- List the custom resources, logs, and database tables related to Neutron
8 Managing Instances with Nova
 
- Understand Nova use cases and services
 
- Understand regions, availability zones, and host aggregates
 
- Understand the concept of tenant VDC
 
- Nova support for multiple vCenter instances
 
- How to deploy an instance using Nova
 
- How to resize an instance and view the console logs
 
- Configuration and logs related to Nova service
9 Cinder Block Storage
 
- Understand Cinder use cases and services
 
- List the features offered by Cinder
 
- Adding a persistent volume to an instance
 
- Explain the Snapshot of a Cinder volume and attach it to another instance
 
- List the custom resources, log files, and database tables related to Cinder
10 Monitoring with Ceilometer
 
- List the Telemetry use cases and services
 
- How to enable Ceilometer in VIO
 
- How to monitor the VIO environment using Ceilometer
 
- Configuration and log files related to Ceilometer service
11 Automating with Heat
 
- Define Heat use cases, templates, and services
 
- Describe use cases of Heat
12 Troubleshooting Concepts
 
- List common issues in VMware Integrated OpenStack
 
- Use troubleshooting tools
 
- Describe simple troubleshooting procedures
 
- List and explain Day-2 operations
13 Advanced Features
 
- Describe Load Balancer as a Service (Octavia)
 
- Explain Firewall as a Service
 
- Describe Designate (DNS as a Service)
 
- Describe automating scaling
 
- Describe selective vCPU pinning
 
- Explain SRIOV network redundancy support
 
- Describe network trunk services support
 
- Describe Live resize
 
- Describe hardware passthrough (GPU pass through)
 
- Describe external REST API

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses

PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.