Managing a hybrid cloud infrastructure requires deep operational expertise. This course trains participants to monitor, troubleshoot, and automate Red Hat OpenStack environments with a focus on service containerisation, network flows, storage back ends, and compute node operations. By leveraging tools like Red Hat Identity Management and Ansible Automation, they will be equipped to maintain high-performance, scalable cloud platforms.
Learning Outcomes:
Operate and manage Red Hat OpenStack Platform control plane services
Implement secure user and service configurations
Monitor infrastructure performance and troubleshoot operations
Manage Red Hat Ceph Storage and OVN-based networking
Automate cloud deployments and policy configurations
Scale compute and storage resources in hybrid environments
Key Topics:
Undercloud and overcloud architecture
Service containerisation and infrastructure hardening
Identity and access management with external IdM
Ceph Storage back ends and block/object storage
Compute node tuning and monitoring framework
Automation using Ansible for scalable deployments
Navigate the Red Hat OpenStack Platform architecture
Describe the undercloud and overcloud architecture and service components.
Operate the control plane
Describe and manage the critical core services of the Red Hat OpenStack Platform control plane.
Manage infrastructure security
Protect the Red Hat OpenStack Platform infrastructure by securing service component files and endpoints.
Manage user security
Configure secure user privileges using domain-based identity management, scoped roles, and project organization.
Manage application deployment resources
Create and manage the common, shared deployment resources including custom images, flavors, and metadata services.
Manage storage
Describe and manage storage architecture and components, with an emphasis on Red Hat Ceph Storage back ends.
Manage networking
Create, manage, and troubleshoot data center and virtual network infrastructure.
Manage compute node operations
Describe the architecture and management processes for normal and hyperconverged compute nodes. Perform common operational tasks for compute nodes to support workload uptime and scaling.
Monitor Red Hat OpenStack Platform operations
Describe the monitoring framework and architecture to gather, store, and use operational metrics.
Automate cloud applications
Implement and deploy complex and scalable applications using automation technologies.
Troubleshoot operations
Describe and practice the tools and methods for diagnosing and troubleshooting issues encountered during deployment and management operations.
Comprehensive review
Review tasks from Red Hat OpenStack Platform Administration II: Day 2 Operations for Cloud Operators.