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Introduction to Openstack, the Cloud Datacenter
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Introduction to Openstack, the Cloud Datacenter

Learn high level knowledge of Openstack including terms, definitions and the major components of Openstack
Created byMohammed Arafa
Last updated 4/2015
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What you'll learn

  • Have good high level knowledge and background on Openstack including concepts, terms and definitions as well as major components of OpenStack

Course content

4 sections • 27 lectures • 1h 10m total length

  • Introduction0:54

    Meet the instructor and learn the course objective: a high-level introduction to OpenStack and cloud datacenter concepts, drawing on Linux and OpenStack experience.

  • What is Cloud Computing?2:42

    Cloud computing is a web-based, remote service accessed through a browser that lets users provision virtual or physical servers with an operating system, while providers manage infrastructure and shared resources.

  • Advantages of Cloud Computing3:54

    Cloud computing enables provisioning of servers in minutes, meeting end-user demand during launches and sales events, while reducing costs through better resource utilization and faster time to market.

  • Types of Clouds1:44

    Explore the types of clouds: public cloud on the internet, private cloud in your data center, community clouds for shared departments, and hybrid clouds that mix these models.

  • Cloud Software1:50

    Let's learn about our options. What are the more common commercial and open source cloud software out there?

  • Virtual machines1:41

    In this lecture, we will learn what a virtual machine is

Requirements

  • There are no requirements to this course. No software is needed. No prior knowledge beyond the basics of computing. Just bring yourself :)
  • This course is _NOT_ a technical course as much as an introduction to the history, organisation and high level concepts of Openstack

Description

You want to understand the basic concepts of Openstack for either general knowledge or to fulfill a desire to further yourself in the current hottest technology or to prepare yourself for an upcoming project.

At the end of this course you will have a good grounding in the concept of cloud computing as well as OpenStack terms used in the OpenStack world.

You will also have learned the answers to the following questions:

  • What is OpenStack?
  • Why OpenStack?
  • Who uses OpenStack?
  • Where is OpenStack used?
    • and finally
  • When is OpenStack used?

    • Who this course is for:

    • This course is designed for those interested in learning the basic concepts of Openstack. You could be a sysop, a VMware engineer or a software developer.

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