2 Days Course
Cloud 
Course Details
Overview
This two-day course will take students through an in depth look at the OpenStack Network service Neutron. The result will be the skills to design and build a scalable extensible network within an OpenStack environment. The students will get hands-on lab experience of many of the course topics in a dedicated, pre-built OpenStack environment. This course assists in preparing students to pass introductory level OpenStack certification exams.
Objectives
At the conclusion of the course you should be able to:
- Understand the OpenStack networking components and how they work together
- Understand the architecture and extensibility of an OpenStack based network
- Troubleshoot an OpenStack based network
- Helps prepare you for OpenStack certification exams including the Mirantis OpenStack Administrator Certification Associate Level (MCA100).
Outline
Module 1 – Course overview
- Set out the course objectives
Module 2 – Overview of an OpenStack network based on Neutron
- Architecture
- Neutron Components
- Different network types and purposes
- Implementation Scenarios
- Single tenant
- Multi-tenant
- Removing Nova networking
Module 3 – Installation and configuration of Neutron components
- Installing the controller components
- Installing the network node components
- Installing the compute node components
- Configuring the components to work together
- Using the OpenStack Dashboard Horizon to manage networking
- The networking command line
Module 4 – Some other technologies used by Neutron
- Using plugins to extend the network
- Software Defined Networking primer
- OpenDaylight overview
- Discuss the ML2 plugin
- Look at Open vSwitch and OpenFlow
- Establish the need for overlay networks
- The overlay protocols available
- Configuring and managing overlay networks
Module 5 – Layer 3 services
- DHCP
- NAT
- Floating IP addresses
- Security
Module 6 – High Availability and scale
- Building resilient into a Neutron based OpenStack network
- Service resilience
- DHCP resilience
- Network resilience
- Scaling the network
- Effect on controller and network nodes
- Adding compute nodes
Module 7 – Troubleshooting Neutron based networks
- Tools available
- Log locations and use
- Techniques to employ
- Example problems and resolution
Target Audience
- Network Administrators
- Network Architects
- Solution Architects
- Sales Engineers
- Technical Marketing Staff
- OpenStack Administrators
- OpenStack Architects
Prerequisites
Have a good grasp on networking fundamentals:
- TCP/IP
- Ethernet
- Routing, Firewalls etc.
And attendance of the following courses, or possessing equivalent skills:
- OpenStack Foundations (H6C68S)
- Linux Fundamentals (U8583S)
- HP Cloud Overview (HK917AAE)