OpenStack: Getting to Know OpenStack and the COA
by Andrew Mallett
OpenStack is one of the most widely adopted environments used in public/private clouds. Having built the the cloud, you now need to be introduced to managing it.
What you'll learn
Having built the OpenStack Cloud, you need to learn how to manage it. Learning to manage the OpenStack Cloud is going to provide you with the skills needed for the Certified OpenStack Administrator. In this course, OpenStack: Getting to Know OpenStack and the COA, you will explore the exam and the practical format that shapes it. In addition to this, you will learn to the basics of Cloud Administration, forming a platform to move on with more detailed administrative tasks. Finally, you'll learn about working with both the CLI and Dashboard, and you will work with major OpenStack Services including Nova and Neutron. By the end of the course, you will have an OpenStack Cloud where you have connectivity from the host network to the internal virtual machines.
About the author
Andrew is an all around Linux professional with in depth knowledge of the OS and this is supported with scripting in bash, perl, python and ruby and application development in C, C++ and Java.
Having worked for many years in training, Andrew has developed automated course build systems after endless time wasted on Friday nights. The first build system he built was aptly named
"Friday nights." This has inspired his interest in all things deployment related. He has authored training courses on M... moreicrosoft Deployment Toolkit as well as countless bespoke PXE solutions
to training organizations.
His commitment to the community shows in the amount of content that he has uploaded to his YouTube channel since theurbanpenguin was founded in 2009, as well as more recently helping with the
Google / Raspberry Pi CoderDojo project. He also teaches Linux in schools.
Over the years Andrew has taught Novell, Microsoft, Lotus Notes, Citrix, Solaris as well as Linux. It is Linux, though, where his love is. Andrew is able to help you understand how the product will fit into your organization and understand the heterogeneous environment we all work in.