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OpenStack: Design and Implement Cloud Infrastructure

Name: OpenStack: Design and Implement Cloud Infrastructure
Rating: 3.8 (218 reviews)

Design and implement custom clouds with OpenStack

Created byPackt Publishing

Last updated 1/2020

English

What you'll learn

Get an introduction to the core concepts in easy-to-digest segments.
Master the dreaded subject of OpenStack networking.
Focus on fulfilling today's business needs through real-world examples of OpenStack.
Explore the various design choices available for cloud architects within an OpenStack deployment.

Course content

10 sections • 38 lectures • 5h 51m total length

Introduction4:37
What is virtualization and cloud computing?5:42
Welcome to the first video of this course! Cloud will no more be cloudy after this section and we will also learn quickly just enough to get started on the OpenStack journey. In this video, we will cover the following topics:

Understand standard industry definition of what cloud is and how it is not the same as virtualization
Understand how OpenStack fits into the definition of the cloud
Prepare the environment to deploy OpenStack to play with it in the next video
What is OpenStack? When and why?4:55
In this video, we will be tying the learnings of the cloud into the context of OpenStack. We will cover the following topics:

See what is OpenStack in the light of a definition of the cloud
Why an enterprise would build a private cloud and use OpenStack
Different distributions of OpenStack
Getting started to play with OpenStack5:43
In this video, we need an environment to deploy OpenStack cloud. We will cover the following topics:

Get a machine or install a hypervisor to get a virtual machine
Install an operating system on machine
Connect to the machine on the terminal and update it
Installing OpenStack all-in-one7:07
In this video, we will build a cloud using OpenStack on the environment. We will cover the following topics:

Get the automation script to install OpenStack on our environment
Trigger the script and see how automation takes over and checks out OpenStack from the source and deploys it
Confirm that the installation was successful by seeing if OpenStack is working
Appreciating the cloud we just built7:26
In this video, we will use the cloud we built in last video. We will cover the following topics:

Log into the OpenStack web dashboard and explore it
Place a request for the first VM
Trace the spawning of the VM and log into it
Common OpenStack use cases12:58
Quiz Time!

OpenStack architecture3:12
In this video, we will cover the following topics:

Introduce the various components in OpenStack by speaking about the components on the higher plane
While navigating through the OpenStack dashboard to keep it hands-on
Trace their interaction with each other
OpenStack components9:42
In this video, we will get to know all the components of OpenStack by tracing the flow of a request for VM. We will cover the following topics:

Login to the dashboard and place a request for a VM
Trace the flow of a request and learn about all the components involved
The end result is a VM that would have come into existence using the services of all the components
Planning for failure (and success)25:31
Quiz Time!

Preparing the basic environment14:43
In this video, we will get a deeper understanding of every component of OpenStack. Let’s build the OpenStack cloud component by component, service by service. We will cover the following topics:

Start off by first preparing the environment to deploy OpenStack
Install services and couple them so that they can interact with each other
Take your first flight and see if it flies by launching the first instance
Keystone9:39
In this video, we will be adding the first OpenStack service, that is, Keystone, for identity service. We will cover the following topics:

Prepare the environment for Keystone deployment
Install and configure Keystone
Test to see whether it works
Glance6:08
In this video, we will be adding the image service into the OpenStack ecosystem. We will cover the following topics:

Prepare the environment for the introduction of the image service
Install and configure Glance
Test our work
Nova10:46
In this video, we will deploy OpenStack Compute service into the existing OpenStack ecosystem. We will cover the following topics:
Prepare the environment for Nova
Install and configure Nova to interact with other services
Verify that it’s successfully deployed
Networking 10111:43
It is imperative that the fundamentals of networking are known before proceeding to learn OpenStack Neutron. A lot of struggle is on Neutron mainly due to the lack of knowledge of the networking domain. In this video, we will cover the following topics:

Get a deeper perspective on the commonly used networking terminologies
Think systematically to resolve any networking related issues using the OSI model
Implement the learnings in the context of OpenStack networking
Neutron16:28
In this video, we will be adding the self-service networking service to the OpenStack ecosystem. We will cover the following topics:

Configure a node for OpenStack networking
Install and configure Neutron
Verify whether Neutron is up and running
Horizon4:39
In this video, we will be adding the last essential OpenStack service and testing our setup end to end. We will cover the following topics:
Prepare the environment
Install and configure Horizon
Integration test for testing all the services added so far
Quiz Time!

Cinder13:31
In this video, we will learn how to add persistent storage to the OpenStack ecosystem. We will cover the following topics:

Prepare the environment
Install and configure Cinder
Verify its working
Swift10:58
In this video, we will be introducing the Swift object storage into the OpenStack ecosystem. We will cover the following topics:

Configure nodes
Add the Swift node
Test the setup
Heat8:21
In this video, we will be introducing the Orchestration service. We will cover the following topics:

Prepare the environment
Install and configure
Test the overall setup
Quiz Time!

OpenStack Ceilometer8:15
In this video, we will try out the latest services that have been integrated into OpenStack with every new release. We will cover the following topics:

Start off with adding Ceilometer for telemetry
Understand the need for this service and what it can do
Show how to use the newly added services
OpenStack Trove6:19
In this video, we will get started with OpenStack Trove. We will cover the following topics:

Understand the need for this kind of service
Play with Trove
Confirm that it’s working
OpenStack Magnum8:44
In this video, we will try out the OpenStack Container as a Service. We will cover the following topics:

What is OpenStack Magnum and why is it used?
Install Magnum
Play with Magnum
OpenStack Murano8:14
Other OpenStack services7:37
There are several OpenStack services added with every release. In this video, we will cover the following topics:

Take a look at some more of these OpenStack services
Learn what they can do
Know where to get information about the new services that are being added
Quiz Time!

API request workflow and authentication5:09
In this video, we will get acquainted with the developer resources available for OpenStack and learn how to get started using them. We will cover the following topics:

Things available for automation
Take a look at API request workflow
Explore how the authentication mechanism works
Programming OpenStack5:17
In this video, we will study the internals of programming OpenStack. We will cover the following topics:

Learn about the friendly clients already available
Work in a Python interactive session
Learn to get methods for our purpose
Programming your way to an instance4:55
In this video, we will launch a VM and conduct operations on it. We will cover the following topics:

Understand what we want to do
Go through the code
Confirm the launch of an instance
Quiz Time!

OpenStack deployment at scale6:39
In this video, we will take designs for a new OpenStack physical deployment. We will cover the following topics:

An approach to the industrial trends of OpenStack deployments
Take a look at the other trends such as heterogeneity
Scale up versus scale down
Making room for the elephant11:20
In this video, we will be putting OpenStack into production needs some planning in terms of the minimum hardware that is required, the network topology, and such. We will cover the following topics:

Know how to draw estimates for a real-world scenario
Deduce the server specs for an MVP
Server specs for the network topology
DevOps OpenStack4:53
In this video, we will deploy OpenStack services automatically in a production environment. We will cover the following topics:

Learn to deploy nodes using configuration management tools
Know the methods to use deployment scripts
PechaKucha7:11
In this video, we will quickly learn all the other important OpenStack topics related to the production environment. We will cover the following topics:
What does PechaKucha mean?
Know the main principle behind designing a production system
Explore the cloud segregation method — cells
Quiz Time!

Deployment issues7:05
In this video, we will look at the common installation issues. We will cover the following topics:

Learn what’s wrong
Analyze the cause
Fix it
Where are the logs?9:10
In this video, we will give directions on where to find information about the reason some services are having trouble. We will cover the following topics:

Attach to a screen
Use logrotate
Check the logs
Troubleshooting pre-boot issues2:33
In this video, we will detect the cause of pre-boot issues and fix them. We will cover the following topics:

Know why to run the commands
Take a look at some interesting articles
Troubleshooting post-boot issues8:40
In this video, we will troubleshoot post-boot issues.
Quiz Time!

Requirements

No prior knowledge of OpenStack is required to take this course. You should be familiar with cloud computing.
Machine with 16GB of memory and 16 units of CPU.

Description

OpenStack is an open source cloud computing platform that is rapidly gaining popularity in enterprise data centres. It is one of the most used cloud infrastructures to support software development and Big Data analytics.

This Integrated Course will get you started with OpenStack, showing you how to build and operate a virtual computing environment and deploy OpenStack to build a private cloud.

Starting off with the fundamentals, we'll gently build on them and move towards advanced topics. Through this course, you'll acquire all the skills you need to manage a cloud platform using OpenStack. We'll not only demystify the cloud, but you'll also take a big leap from being a cloud user to being able to build your own cloud.
You'll develop your skills in OpenStack development by learning how to automate tasks. Work on any vendor's OpenStack software or be vendor-neutral and work on any cloud platform. You will learn to integrate OpenStack with your organization's identity management, provisioning, and billing systems. Then, you will move on to use enterprise security guidelines for your OpenStack deployment.
We will conclude by covering techniques to scale, monitor, and troubleshoot issues that might come up on this journey.

By the end of this course, you will be able to build your own custom cloud with OpenStack.

What am I going to get from this course?

Launch a mini cloud with the installation of OpenStack
Review the components of OpenStack networking and take a look at how they work together to coordinate network operations
Explore storage services and horizontal scaling to support the expected load of a cloud platform
Be comfortable working on any cloud service provider, be it AWS, Rackspace, and so on
Integrate OpenStack with your organization's identity management, provisioning, and billing systems
Automate tasks via the OpenStack Python REST API
Resolve issues in your application by troubleshooting
Use enterprise security guidelines for your OpenStack deployment

What’s special about this course?

We've spent the last decade working to help developers stay relevant. The structure of this course is a result of deep and intensive research into what real-world developers need to know in order to be job-ready. We don't spend too long on theory, and focus on practical results so that you can see for yourself how things work in action.

We have combined the best of the following Packt products:

Learning OpenStack [Video] by Venu Murthy
OpenStack for Architects by Michael Solberg and Ben Silverman

Meet your expert instructors:

Venu Murthy has been fortunate to ride the cloud for more than half a decade now with a total of 13 years of rich experience in the field of IT, playing various roles from systems engineer to developer.

Ben Silverman, as the Principal Cloud Architect for OnX Enterprise Solutions, is responsible for providing strategic and tactical cloud leadership to OnX’s customers.

Michael Solberg, as a chief architect, is responsible for helping Red Hat customers achieve their key business transformation initiatives through open source architectures and technologies.

Meet your managing editor:

This course has been planned and designed for you by me, Tanmayee Patil. I'm here to help you be successful every step of the way, and get maximum value out of your course purchase. If you have any questions along the way, you can reach out to me and our author group via the instructor contact feature on Udemy.

Who this course is for:

This course is for Linux administrators and cloud developers who are new to OpenStack and are looking to deploy private cloud with OpenStack.

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Let's Deploy OpenStack Now?7 lectures • 48min

Bird's-Eye View of OpenStack3 lectures • 38min

Deploying OpenStack Cloud Brick by Brick - a Deep Dive7 lectures • 1hr 14min

Now for OpenStack's Magic3 lectures • 33min

Bells and Whistles of OpenStack5 lectures • 39min

OpenStack APIs – Development3 lectures • 15min

OpenStack in Production4 lectures • 30min

IdM Integration1 lecture • 18min

Troubleshooting4 lectures • 27min

Securing the Cloud1 lecture • 28min

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