Mastering OpenStack for Enterprise Cloud Architecture
You're under pressure. Your organisation is accelerating its cloud transformation, and OpenStack sits at the heart of its strategy – yet the complexity feels overwhelming. The skills gap is real, the risks are high, and the cost of misconfiguration can mean downtime, security exposure, or failed migrations that damage your credibility. You need more than theory. You need battle-tested, enterprise-grade clarity that turns OpenStack from a technical burden into a strategic advantage. A framework so precise it lets you design, deploy, and manage private and hybrid clouds with the confidence of a seasoned architect – not guesswork. That’s exactly what Mastering OpenStack for Enterprise Cloud Architecture delivers. This is not a generic tutorial. It’s a field manual engineered for senior infrastructure leads, cloud engineers, and IT architects who must deliver ROI, compliance, and scalability on time and under scrutiny. One learner, Maria T., Senior Cloud Architect at a Fortune 500 financial services firm, used the curriculum to redesign her company’s cloud foundation. Within six weeks, she led the migration of 140 critical workloads from legacy VMware to an OpenStack-driven hybrid environment, reducing annual infrastructure spend by 29% and earning recognition from the CTO office. This is about certainty. Predictability. Control. The ability to walk into any boardroom or technical review and own the conversation about cloud resilience, cost architecture, and long-term scalability – because you’ve followed a proven blueprint, not scattered blog posts. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Self-Paced Learning with Immediate Digital Access
This course is designed for professionals with full calendars and high stakes. It is 100% self-paced, with on-demand access to all materials from day one. You begin when you’re ready, progress at your own speed, and return to content whenever needed – no fixed schedules, no missed sessions. Most learners report seeing measurable progress within just 10 days, with full implementation readiness in 4 to 6 weeks depending on deployment scale. The curriculum is built for action, not passive consumption. Lifetime Access, Always Up to Date
Enrol once, gain lifetime access to all course materials. This includes every future update at no additional cost. OpenStack evolves rapidly – so does this course. You’ll always have access to the latest architectural patterns, security protocols, and integration methods without ever paying again. Access is available 24/7 from any device. Whether you’re reviewing cluster tuning parameters on your laptop or auditing network policies from your tablet on-site, the content is fully mobile-friendly and optimised for clarity in any environment. Expert Guidance and Dedicated Support
You are not alone. Every learner receives direct access to a team of OpenStack-certified architects who provide detailed, role-specific guidance. Whether you're troubleshooting Neutron configuration conflicts or validating your high-availability design patterns, support is built in and responsive. This course is backed by The Art of Service, a globally recognised authority in enterprise technology training. Upon completion, you will earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service, a credential respected across Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and global systems integrators. Zero-Risk Enrollment with Full Trust Assurance
We eliminate all financial risk with a 30-day “satisfied or refunded” guarantee. If the course doesn’t meet your expectations, simply request a full refund – no questions asked, no loops to jump through. Pricing is Simple, Transparent, and Accessible
The investment covers everything. There are no hidden fees, no recurring charges, and no surprise costs. Payment is accepted via Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal, ensuring smooth, secure transactions globally. This Works for You – Even If…
- You’ve tried OpenStack before and struggled with scaling or integration
- You’re transitioning from AWS/Azure and need to master on-prem hybrid control
- Your current team lacks consistency in deployment standards
- You’re accountable for uptime, audit logs, or compliance controls (SOC2, ISO 27001, etc)
This programme works even if your environment includes mixed hypervisors, legacy storage backends, or strict networking policies. It provides the structured methodology that turns fragmented knowledge into an enterprise-ready delivery system. After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details and login instructions will be delivered separately once the course environment is fully provisioned, ensuring a seamless onboarding experience. Your success is not left to chance. With structured outcomes, expert validation, and institutional credibility, this is the safest, highest-ROI path to mastering OpenStack at scale.
Module 1: Foundations of OpenStack and Enterprise Cloud Strategy - Understanding the evolution and strategic value of OpenStack in modern data centres
- Comparing OpenStack with public cloud providers and commercial distributions
- Identifying use cases where OpenStack delivers superior control, cost, and compliance
- Core components overview: Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone, Horizon
- Differentiating between private, public, and hybrid cloud models using OpenStack
- Aligning cloud architecture with business objectives: TCO, scalability, and operational resilience
- Overview of OpenStack release cycles and long-term support versions
- Choosing the right OpenStack distribution for enterprise requirements
- Understanding technical debt in cloud infrastructure and how to avoid it
- Defining success metrics for OpenStack adoption: uptime, performance, automation coverage
Module 2: Architectural Principles for Enterprise-Grade Deployments - Designing for high availability and fault tolerance across all services
- Implementing redundancy at the control plane, compute, storage, and network layers
- Planning for graceful service degradation and recovery
- Designing multi-region and multi-availability zone architectures
- Implementing disaster recovery and backup strategies for OpenStack environments
- Integrating business continuity planning into cloud architecture
- Designing for performance consistency under load
- Architecting for scalability: horizontal vs vertical scaling trade-offs
- Capacity planning methodologies for compute, storage, and network resources
- Creating modular, reusable architectural blueprints for faster deployments
Module 3: Identity and Access Management with Keystone - Configuring Keystone for multi-domain user management
- Implementing role-based access control (RBAC) across projects and services
- Integrating external identity providers (LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OIDC)
- Managing federated authentication and single sign-on (SSO) workflows
- Setting up service accounts with least-privilege principles
- Configuring token lifecycles and revocation mechanisms
- Securing Keystone endpoints with TLS and firewall rules
- Implementing audit logging for identity events and access attempts
- Validating access policies with policy file customisation
- Automating user and role provisioning via API scripts
Module 4: Compute Services with Nova and Hypervisor Integration - Deploying and configuring Nova compute services across large clusters
- Choosing and managing hypervisors: KVM, VMware, Hyper-V, Xen
- Configuring live migration and cold migration policies
- Implementing compute resource pools and host aggregates
- Using flavours effectively for workload standardisation
- Setting up reserved host memory and CPU pinning for latency-sensitive workloads
- Managing instance anti-affinity and affinity rules for HA
- Integrating Nova with external monitoring and telemetry systems
- Configuring evacuation policies for failed compute nodes
- Securing compute instances with Trusted Execution Environments (TEE)
Module 5: Networking Architecture with Neutron and SDN - Neutron core architecture: ML2 plugin, L2 and L3 agents
- Designing tenant networks with VLAN, VXLAN, or GRE segmentation
- Implementing provider networks for direct physical connectivity
- Configuring external network gateways for Internet egress
- Setting up distributed virtual routing (DVR) for scalability
- Integrating with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controllers: OpenDaylight, NSX, OVN
- Implementing Quality of Service (QoS) policies on virtual ports
- Configuring port security, anti-spoofing, and firewall groups
- Using Neutron service function chaining for advanced traffic steering
- Designing for network observability with sFlow, NetFlow, and packet mirroring
Module 6: Block and Object Storage with Cinder and Swift - Architecting Cinder for multi-backend storage configurations
- Integrating with enterprise storage arrays: NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, HPE
- Configuring volume types, QoS, and replication policies
- Snapshot and backup lifecycle management with Cinder
- Designing backend failover and storage path redundancy
- Deploying Swift for scalable object storage use cases
- Configuring Swift rings and managing storage policies
- Implementing data durability and replication strategies across zones
- Securing object access with temporary URLs and ACLs
- Integrating Swift with backup and archive workflows
Module 7: Image Management and Golden Templates with Glance - Designing standardised image creation processes for security and compliance
- Using Glance to store and distribute VM images, ISOs, and container images
- Implementing image signing and verification for integrity
- Configuring image caching and backend storage (file, Swift, Ceph)
- Creating immutable golden templates for production workloads
- Automating image validation and lifecycle management
- Setting up role-based access controls on image repositories
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for image version control
- Managing snapshot workflows from running instances
- Enforcing compliance policy checks during image upload
Module 8: Dashboard and API-Driven Operations with Horizon and CLI - Customising Horizon for enterprise branding and usability
- Restricting Horizon access based on roles and projects
- Using Horizon for troubleshooting, monitoring, and resource auditing
- Mastery of OpenStack CLI for automation and scripting
- Writing reusable bash and Python scripts for common operational tasks
- Using API endpoints for system integration and orchestration
- Handling authentication tokens and API rate limits
- Creating custom workflows using REST API calls
- Validating API responses and error codes in production
- Integrating API operations with enterprise service desks and ticketing systems
Module 9: Orchestration and Automation with Heat and Ansible - Designing repeatable infrastructure as code (IaC) using Heat templates
- Writing complex YAML templates for multi-tier application deployment
- Using parameters, conditions, and outputs for template flexibility
- Integrating Heat with external configuration management tools
- Automating environment spin-up and teardown for testing and staging
- Using Ansible for OpenStack node provisioning and service configuration
- Managing cloud-wide updates with rolling playbooks
- Integrating Ansible Tower/AWX for centralised control
- Version controlling infrastructure code using Git
- Implementing change validation and rollback procedures for orchestration
Module 10: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Designing zero-trust architectures within OpenStack environments
- Securing control plane services with encrypted communications
- Implementing network segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies
- Hardening compute hosts, storage nodes, and network agents
- Conducting regular security audits and configuration reviews
- Aligning OpenStack deployment with ISO 27001, SOC2, and NIST frameworks
- Configuring audit logging for all API and CLI operations
- Using OpenStack’s security compliance guides and CIS benchmarks
- Managing secrets with external vaults: HashiCorp Vault, Barbican integration
- Implementing endpoint protection and host intrusion detection
Module 11: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Visibility - Designing comprehensive monitoring for all OpenStack services
- Integrating with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager stacks
- Monitoring compute, storage, network, and control services in real time
- Setting up dashboards for capacity, utilisation, and performance trends
- Using OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer, Aodh) for metrics and alarms
- Aggregating logs with ELK or Loki stacks
- Correlating events across services to identify root cause
- Setting up escalation policies and alert routing
- Measuring MTTR and uptime SLAs with precision
- Conducting post-mortems and creating corrective action plans
Module 12: Backup, Recovery, and Data Protection Strategies - Designing backup strategies for instances, volumes, and databases
- Implementing application-consistent snapshots using Freezer or third-party tools
- Scheduling and validating backup jobs across large environments
- Testing recovery procedures under simulated failure conditions
- Recovering individual instances, projects, or entire regions
- Encrypting backup data at rest and in transit
- Integrating with enterprise backup solutions: Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik
- Complying with data retention and archiving policies
- Documenting recovery runbooks and escalation paths
- Measuring RPO and RTO across critical workloads
Module 13: High Availability and Fault Tolerance Implementation - Configuring active/active control services across multiple nodes
- Using Pacemaker and Corosync for cluster resource management
- Integrating HAProxy and Keepalived for load balancing API endpoints
- Setting up MySQL Galera clusters for database high availability
- Ensuring RabbitMQ clustering and message durability
- Validating failover procedures for all critical services
- Monitoring cluster health and quorum status
- Designing for split-brain avoidance and automatic recovery
- Testing HA configurations under real-world stress scenarios
- Documenting HA architecture for audit and operational readiness
Module 14: Scalability, Performance Tuning, and Load Optimisation - Analysing performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and network
- Tuning Nova scheduler filters for optimal resource placement
- Optimising Neutron agent performance under high load
- Scaling Cinder volume operations with backend concurrency tuning
- Configuring database connection pooling and query optimisation
- Using NUMA topology and CPU pinning for performance-critical VMs
- Implementing SR-IOV and DPDK for low-latency networking
- Monitoring and adjusting system I/O scheduler settings
- Right-sizing instances and avoiding resource over-provisioning
- Conducting benchmarking and load testing before go-live
Module 15: Integration with Container Platforms and Kubernetes - Understanding OpenStack’s role in containerised environments
- Deploying Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack using Kubespray or RKE
- Integrating Magnum for container orchestration as a service
- Using Nova to host Kubernetes worker and control plane nodes
- Providing persistent storage to containers via Cinder CSI drivers
- Exposing Kubernetes services through Neutron load balancers
- Managing networking consistency between VMs and pods
- Monitoring hybrid VM-container workloads together
- Scaling containerised apps using OpenStack auto-scaling groups
- Implementing service mesh integration with Istio in OpenStack clouds
Module 16: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Management - Designing hybrid architectures that connect OpenStack with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Using VPN and Direct Connect equivalents for secure interconnectivity
- Implementing consistent identity and policy across clouds
- Building federated trust models between on-prem and public cloud
- Orchestrating workload placement based on cost, latency, and compliance
- Replicating data between clouds using Cinder replication or Rsync
- Using cloud management platforms (CMP) to unify operations
- Designing for failover between data centre and public cloud
- Integrating with Terraform for multi-cloud IaC consistency
- Reporting unified cost and utilisation metrics across environments
Module 17: Cost Management and Financial Governance - Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Understanding the evolution and strategic value of OpenStack in modern data centres
- Comparing OpenStack with public cloud providers and commercial distributions
- Identifying use cases where OpenStack delivers superior control, cost, and compliance
- Core components overview: Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone, Horizon
- Differentiating between private, public, and hybrid cloud models using OpenStack
- Aligning cloud architecture with business objectives: TCO, scalability, and operational resilience
- Overview of OpenStack release cycles and long-term support versions
- Choosing the right OpenStack distribution for enterprise requirements
- Understanding technical debt in cloud infrastructure and how to avoid it
- Defining success metrics for OpenStack adoption: uptime, performance, automation coverage
Module 2: Architectural Principles for Enterprise-Grade Deployments - Designing for high availability and fault tolerance across all services
- Implementing redundancy at the control plane, compute, storage, and network layers
- Planning for graceful service degradation and recovery
- Designing multi-region and multi-availability zone architectures
- Implementing disaster recovery and backup strategies for OpenStack environments
- Integrating business continuity planning into cloud architecture
- Designing for performance consistency under load
- Architecting for scalability: horizontal vs vertical scaling trade-offs
- Capacity planning methodologies for compute, storage, and network resources
- Creating modular, reusable architectural blueprints for faster deployments
Module 3: Identity and Access Management with Keystone - Configuring Keystone for multi-domain user management
- Implementing role-based access control (RBAC) across projects and services
- Integrating external identity providers (LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OIDC)
- Managing federated authentication and single sign-on (SSO) workflows
- Setting up service accounts with least-privilege principles
- Configuring token lifecycles and revocation mechanisms
- Securing Keystone endpoints with TLS and firewall rules
- Implementing audit logging for identity events and access attempts
- Validating access policies with policy file customisation
- Automating user and role provisioning via API scripts
Module 4: Compute Services with Nova and Hypervisor Integration - Deploying and configuring Nova compute services across large clusters
- Choosing and managing hypervisors: KVM, VMware, Hyper-V, Xen
- Configuring live migration and cold migration policies
- Implementing compute resource pools and host aggregates
- Using flavours effectively for workload standardisation
- Setting up reserved host memory and CPU pinning for latency-sensitive workloads
- Managing instance anti-affinity and affinity rules for HA
- Integrating Nova with external monitoring and telemetry systems
- Configuring evacuation policies for failed compute nodes
- Securing compute instances with Trusted Execution Environments (TEE)
Module 5: Networking Architecture with Neutron and SDN - Neutron core architecture: ML2 plugin, L2 and L3 agents
- Designing tenant networks with VLAN, VXLAN, or GRE segmentation
- Implementing provider networks for direct physical connectivity
- Configuring external network gateways for Internet egress
- Setting up distributed virtual routing (DVR) for scalability
- Integrating with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controllers: OpenDaylight, NSX, OVN
- Implementing Quality of Service (QoS) policies on virtual ports
- Configuring port security, anti-spoofing, and firewall groups
- Using Neutron service function chaining for advanced traffic steering
- Designing for network observability with sFlow, NetFlow, and packet mirroring
Module 6: Block and Object Storage with Cinder and Swift - Architecting Cinder for multi-backend storage configurations
- Integrating with enterprise storage arrays: NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, HPE
- Configuring volume types, QoS, and replication policies
- Snapshot and backup lifecycle management with Cinder
- Designing backend failover and storage path redundancy
- Deploying Swift for scalable object storage use cases
- Configuring Swift rings and managing storage policies
- Implementing data durability and replication strategies across zones
- Securing object access with temporary URLs and ACLs
- Integrating Swift with backup and archive workflows
Module 7: Image Management and Golden Templates with Glance - Designing standardised image creation processes for security and compliance
- Using Glance to store and distribute VM images, ISOs, and container images
- Implementing image signing and verification for integrity
- Configuring image caching and backend storage (file, Swift, Ceph)
- Creating immutable golden templates for production workloads
- Automating image validation and lifecycle management
- Setting up role-based access controls on image repositories
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for image version control
- Managing snapshot workflows from running instances
- Enforcing compliance policy checks during image upload
Module 8: Dashboard and API-Driven Operations with Horizon and CLI - Customising Horizon for enterprise branding and usability
- Restricting Horizon access based on roles and projects
- Using Horizon for troubleshooting, monitoring, and resource auditing
- Mastery of OpenStack CLI for automation and scripting
- Writing reusable bash and Python scripts for common operational tasks
- Using API endpoints for system integration and orchestration
- Handling authentication tokens and API rate limits
- Creating custom workflows using REST API calls
- Validating API responses and error codes in production
- Integrating API operations with enterprise service desks and ticketing systems
Module 9: Orchestration and Automation with Heat and Ansible - Designing repeatable infrastructure as code (IaC) using Heat templates
- Writing complex YAML templates for multi-tier application deployment
- Using parameters, conditions, and outputs for template flexibility
- Integrating Heat with external configuration management tools
- Automating environment spin-up and teardown for testing and staging
- Using Ansible for OpenStack node provisioning and service configuration
- Managing cloud-wide updates with rolling playbooks
- Integrating Ansible Tower/AWX for centralised control
- Version controlling infrastructure code using Git
- Implementing change validation and rollback procedures for orchestration
Module 10: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Designing zero-trust architectures within OpenStack environments
- Securing control plane services with encrypted communications
- Implementing network segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies
- Hardening compute hosts, storage nodes, and network agents
- Conducting regular security audits and configuration reviews
- Aligning OpenStack deployment with ISO 27001, SOC2, and NIST frameworks
- Configuring audit logging for all API and CLI operations
- Using OpenStack’s security compliance guides and CIS benchmarks
- Managing secrets with external vaults: HashiCorp Vault, Barbican integration
- Implementing endpoint protection and host intrusion detection
Module 11: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Visibility - Designing comprehensive monitoring for all OpenStack services
- Integrating with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager stacks
- Monitoring compute, storage, network, and control services in real time
- Setting up dashboards for capacity, utilisation, and performance trends
- Using OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer, Aodh) for metrics and alarms
- Aggregating logs with ELK or Loki stacks
- Correlating events across services to identify root cause
- Setting up escalation policies and alert routing
- Measuring MTTR and uptime SLAs with precision
- Conducting post-mortems and creating corrective action plans
Module 12: Backup, Recovery, and Data Protection Strategies - Designing backup strategies for instances, volumes, and databases
- Implementing application-consistent snapshots using Freezer or third-party tools
- Scheduling and validating backup jobs across large environments
- Testing recovery procedures under simulated failure conditions
- Recovering individual instances, projects, or entire regions
- Encrypting backup data at rest and in transit
- Integrating with enterprise backup solutions: Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik
- Complying with data retention and archiving policies
- Documenting recovery runbooks and escalation paths
- Measuring RPO and RTO across critical workloads
Module 13: High Availability and Fault Tolerance Implementation - Configuring active/active control services across multiple nodes
- Using Pacemaker and Corosync for cluster resource management
- Integrating HAProxy and Keepalived for load balancing API endpoints
- Setting up MySQL Galera clusters for database high availability
- Ensuring RabbitMQ clustering and message durability
- Validating failover procedures for all critical services
- Monitoring cluster health and quorum status
- Designing for split-brain avoidance and automatic recovery
- Testing HA configurations under real-world stress scenarios
- Documenting HA architecture for audit and operational readiness
Module 14: Scalability, Performance Tuning, and Load Optimisation - Analysing performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and network
- Tuning Nova scheduler filters for optimal resource placement
- Optimising Neutron agent performance under high load
- Scaling Cinder volume operations with backend concurrency tuning
- Configuring database connection pooling and query optimisation
- Using NUMA topology and CPU pinning for performance-critical VMs
- Implementing SR-IOV and DPDK for low-latency networking
- Monitoring and adjusting system I/O scheduler settings
- Right-sizing instances and avoiding resource over-provisioning
- Conducting benchmarking and load testing before go-live
Module 15: Integration with Container Platforms and Kubernetes - Understanding OpenStack’s role in containerised environments
- Deploying Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack using Kubespray or RKE
- Integrating Magnum for container orchestration as a service
- Using Nova to host Kubernetes worker and control plane nodes
- Providing persistent storage to containers via Cinder CSI drivers
- Exposing Kubernetes services through Neutron load balancers
- Managing networking consistency between VMs and pods
- Monitoring hybrid VM-container workloads together
- Scaling containerised apps using OpenStack auto-scaling groups
- Implementing service mesh integration with Istio in OpenStack clouds
Module 16: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Management - Designing hybrid architectures that connect OpenStack with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Using VPN and Direct Connect equivalents for secure interconnectivity
- Implementing consistent identity and policy across clouds
- Building federated trust models between on-prem and public cloud
- Orchestrating workload placement based on cost, latency, and compliance
- Replicating data between clouds using Cinder replication or Rsync
- Using cloud management platforms (CMP) to unify operations
- Designing for failover between data centre and public cloud
- Integrating with Terraform for multi-cloud IaC consistency
- Reporting unified cost and utilisation metrics across environments
Module 17: Cost Management and Financial Governance - Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Configuring Keystone for multi-domain user management
- Implementing role-based access control (RBAC) across projects and services
- Integrating external identity providers (LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OIDC)
- Managing federated authentication and single sign-on (SSO) workflows
- Setting up service accounts with least-privilege principles
- Configuring token lifecycles and revocation mechanisms
- Securing Keystone endpoints with TLS and firewall rules
- Implementing audit logging for identity events and access attempts
- Validating access policies with policy file customisation
- Automating user and role provisioning via API scripts
Module 4: Compute Services with Nova and Hypervisor Integration - Deploying and configuring Nova compute services across large clusters
- Choosing and managing hypervisors: KVM, VMware, Hyper-V, Xen
- Configuring live migration and cold migration policies
- Implementing compute resource pools and host aggregates
- Using flavours effectively for workload standardisation
- Setting up reserved host memory and CPU pinning for latency-sensitive workloads
- Managing instance anti-affinity and affinity rules for HA
- Integrating Nova with external monitoring and telemetry systems
- Configuring evacuation policies for failed compute nodes
- Securing compute instances with Trusted Execution Environments (TEE)
Module 5: Networking Architecture with Neutron and SDN - Neutron core architecture: ML2 plugin, L2 and L3 agents
- Designing tenant networks with VLAN, VXLAN, or GRE segmentation
- Implementing provider networks for direct physical connectivity
- Configuring external network gateways for Internet egress
- Setting up distributed virtual routing (DVR) for scalability
- Integrating with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controllers: OpenDaylight, NSX, OVN
- Implementing Quality of Service (QoS) policies on virtual ports
- Configuring port security, anti-spoofing, and firewall groups
- Using Neutron service function chaining for advanced traffic steering
- Designing for network observability with sFlow, NetFlow, and packet mirroring
Module 6: Block and Object Storage with Cinder and Swift - Architecting Cinder for multi-backend storage configurations
- Integrating with enterprise storage arrays: NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, HPE
- Configuring volume types, QoS, and replication policies
- Snapshot and backup lifecycle management with Cinder
- Designing backend failover and storage path redundancy
- Deploying Swift for scalable object storage use cases
- Configuring Swift rings and managing storage policies
- Implementing data durability and replication strategies across zones
- Securing object access with temporary URLs and ACLs
- Integrating Swift with backup and archive workflows
Module 7: Image Management and Golden Templates with Glance - Designing standardised image creation processes for security and compliance
- Using Glance to store and distribute VM images, ISOs, and container images
- Implementing image signing and verification for integrity
- Configuring image caching and backend storage (file, Swift, Ceph)
- Creating immutable golden templates for production workloads
- Automating image validation and lifecycle management
- Setting up role-based access controls on image repositories
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for image version control
- Managing snapshot workflows from running instances
- Enforcing compliance policy checks during image upload
Module 8: Dashboard and API-Driven Operations with Horizon and CLI - Customising Horizon for enterprise branding and usability
- Restricting Horizon access based on roles and projects
- Using Horizon for troubleshooting, monitoring, and resource auditing
- Mastery of OpenStack CLI for automation and scripting
- Writing reusable bash and Python scripts for common operational tasks
- Using API endpoints for system integration and orchestration
- Handling authentication tokens and API rate limits
- Creating custom workflows using REST API calls
- Validating API responses and error codes in production
- Integrating API operations with enterprise service desks and ticketing systems
Module 9: Orchestration and Automation with Heat and Ansible - Designing repeatable infrastructure as code (IaC) using Heat templates
- Writing complex YAML templates for multi-tier application deployment
- Using parameters, conditions, and outputs for template flexibility
- Integrating Heat with external configuration management tools
- Automating environment spin-up and teardown for testing and staging
- Using Ansible for OpenStack node provisioning and service configuration
- Managing cloud-wide updates with rolling playbooks
- Integrating Ansible Tower/AWX for centralised control
- Version controlling infrastructure code using Git
- Implementing change validation and rollback procedures for orchestration
Module 10: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Designing zero-trust architectures within OpenStack environments
- Securing control plane services with encrypted communications
- Implementing network segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies
- Hardening compute hosts, storage nodes, and network agents
- Conducting regular security audits and configuration reviews
- Aligning OpenStack deployment with ISO 27001, SOC2, and NIST frameworks
- Configuring audit logging for all API and CLI operations
- Using OpenStack’s security compliance guides and CIS benchmarks
- Managing secrets with external vaults: HashiCorp Vault, Barbican integration
- Implementing endpoint protection and host intrusion detection
Module 11: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Visibility - Designing comprehensive monitoring for all OpenStack services
- Integrating with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager stacks
- Monitoring compute, storage, network, and control services in real time
- Setting up dashboards for capacity, utilisation, and performance trends
- Using OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer, Aodh) for metrics and alarms
- Aggregating logs with ELK or Loki stacks
- Correlating events across services to identify root cause
- Setting up escalation policies and alert routing
- Measuring MTTR and uptime SLAs with precision
- Conducting post-mortems and creating corrective action plans
Module 12: Backup, Recovery, and Data Protection Strategies - Designing backup strategies for instances, volumes, and databases
- Implementing application-consistent snapshots using Freezer or third-party tools
- Scheduling and validating backup jobs across large environments
- Testing recovery procedures under simulated failure conditions
- Recovering individual instances, projects, or entire regions
- Encrypting backup data at rest and in transit
- Integrating with enterprise backup solutions: Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik
- Complying with data retention and archiving policies
- Documenting recovery runbooks and escalation paths
- Measuring RPO and RTO across critical workloads
Module 13: High Availability and Fault Tolerance Implementation - Configuring active/active control services across multiple nodes
- Using Pacemaker and Corosync for cluster resource management
- Integrating HAProxy and Keepalived for load balancing API endpoints
- Setting up MySQL Galera clusters for database high availability
- Ensuring RabbitMQ clustering and message durability
- Validating failover procedures for all critical services
- Monitoring cluster health and quorum status
- Designing for split-brain avoidance and automatic recovery
- Testing HA configurations under real-world stress scenarios
- Documenting HA architecture for audit and operational readiness
Module 14: Scalability, Performance Tuning, and Load Optimisation - Analysing performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and network
- Tuning Nova scheduler filters for optimal resource placement
- Optimising Neutron agent performance under high load
- Scaling Cinder volume operations with backend concurrency tuning
- Configuring database connection pooling and query optimisation
- Using NUMA topology and CPU pinning for performance-critical VMs
- Implementing SR-IOV and DPDK for low-latency networking
- Monitoring and adjusting system I/O scheduler settings
- Right-sizing instances and avoiding resource over-provisioning
- Conducting benchmarking and load testing before go-live
Module 15: Integration with Container Platforms and Kubernetes - Understanding OpenStack’s role in containerised environments
- Deploying Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack using Kubespray or RKE
- Integrating Magnum for container orchestration as a service
- Using Nova to host Kubernetes worker and control plane nodes
- Providing persistent storage to containers via Cinder CSI drivers
- Exposing Kubernetes services through Neutron load balancers
- Managing networking consistency between VMs and pods
- Monitoring hybrid VM-container workloads together
- Scaling containerised apps using OpenStack auto-scaling groups
- Implementing service mesh integration with Istio in OpenStack clouds
Module 16: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Management - Designing hybrid architectures that connect OpenStack with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Using VPN and Direct Connect equivalents for secure interconnectivity
- Implementing consistent identity and policy across clouds
- Building federated trust models between on-prem and public cloud
- Orchestrating workload placement based on cost, latency, and compliance
- Replicating data between clouds using Cinder replication or Rsync
- Using cloud management platforms (CMP) to unify operations
- Designing for failover between data centre and public cloud
- Integrating with Terraform for multi-cloud IaC consistency
- Reporting unified cost and utilisation metrics across environments
Module 17: Cost Management and Financial Governance - Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Neutron core architecture: ML2 plugin, L2 and L3 agents
- Designing tenant networks with VLAN, VXLAN, or GRE segmentation
- Implementing provider networks for direct physical connectivity
- Configuring external network gateways for Internet egress
- Setting up distributed virtual routing (DVR) for scalability
- Integrating with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controllers: OpenDaylight, NSX, OVN
- Implementing Quality of Service (QoS) policies on virtual ports
- Configuring port security, anti-spoofing, and firewall groups
- Using Neutron service function chaining for advanced traffic steering
- Designing for network observability with sFlow, NetFlow, and packet mirroring
Module 6: Block and Object Storage with Cinder and Swift - Architecting Cinder for multi-backend storage configurations
- Integrating with enterprise storage arrays: NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, HPE
- Configuring volume types, QoS, and replication policies
- Snapshot and backup lifecycle management with Cinder
- Designing backend failover and storage path redundancy
- Deploying Swift for scalable object storage use cases
- Configuring Swift rings and managing storage policies
- Implementing data durability and replication strategies across zones
- Securing object access with temporary URLs and ACLs
- Integrating Swift with backup and archive workflows
Module 7: Image Management and Golden Templates with Glance - Designing standardised image creation processes for security and compliance
- Using Glance to store and distribute VM images, ISOs, and container images
- Implementing image signing and verification for integrity
- Configuring image caching and backend storage (file, Swift, Ceph)
- Creating immutable golden templates for production workloads
- Automating image validation and lifecycle management
- Setting up role-based access controls on image repositories
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for image version control
- Managing snapshot workflows from running instances
- Enforcing compliance policy checks during image upload
Module 8: Dashboard and API-Driven Operations with Horizon and CLI - Customising Horizon for enterprise branding and usability
- Restricting Horizon access based on roles and projects
- Using Horizon for troubleshooting, monitoring, and resource auditing
- Mastery of OpenStack CLI for automation and scripting
- Writing reusable bash and Python scripts for common operational tasks
- Using API endpoints for system integration and orchestration
- Handling authentication tokens and API rate limits
- Creating custom workflows using REST API calls
- Validating API responses and error codes in production
- Integrating API operations with enterprise service desks and ticketing systems
Module 9: Orchestration and Automation with Heat and Ansible - Designing repeatable infrastructure as code (IaC) using Heat templates
- Writing complex YAML templates for multi-tier application deployment
- Using parameters, conditions, and outputs for template flexibility
- Integrating Heat with external configuration management tools
- Automating environment spin-up and teardown for testing and staging
- Using Ansible for OpenStack node provisioning and service configuration
- Managing cloud-wide updates with rolling playbooks
- Integrating Ansible Tower/AWX for centralised control
- Version controlling infrastructure code using Git
- Implementing change validation and rollback procedures for orchestration
Module 10: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Designing zero-trust architectures within OpenStack environments
- Securing control plane services with encrypted communications
- Implementing network segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies
- Hardening compute hosts, storage nodes, and network agents
- Conducting regular security audits and configuration reviews
- Aligning OpenStack deployment with ISO 27001, SOC2, and NIST frameworks
- Configuring audit logging for all API and CLI operations
- Using OpenStack’s security compliance guides and CIS benchmarks
- Managing secrets with external vaults: HashiCorp Vault, Barbican integration
- Implementing endpoint protection and host intrusion detection
Module 11: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Visibility - Designing comprehensive monitoring for all OpenStack services
- Integrating with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager stacks
- Monitoring compute, storage, network, and control services in real time
- Setting up dashboards for capacity, utilisation, and performance trends
- Using OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer, Aodh) for metrics and alarms
- Aggregating logs with ELK or Loki stacks
- Correlating events across services to identify root cause
- Setting up escalation policies and alert routing
- Measuring MTTR and uptime SLAs with precision
- Conducting post-mortems and creating corrective action plans
Module 12: Backup, Recovery, and Data Protection Strategies - Designing backup strategies for instances, volumes, and databases
- Implementing application-consistent snapshots using Freezer or third-party tools
- Scheduling and validating backup jobs across large environments
- Testing recovery procedures under simulated failure conditions
- Recovering individual instances, projects, or entire regions
- Encrypting backup data at rest and in transit
- Integrating with enterprise backup solutions: Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik
- Complying with data retention and archiving policies
- Documenting recovery runbooks and escalation paths
- Measuring RPO and RTO across critical workloads
Module 13: High Availability and Fault Tolerance Implementation - Configuring active/active control services across multiple nodes
- Using Pacemaker and Corosync for cluster resource management
- Integrating HAProxy and Keepalived for load balancing API endpoints
- Setting up MySQL Galera clusters for database high availability
- Ensuring RabbitMQ clustering and message durability
- Validating failover procedures for all critical services
- Monitoring cluster health and quorum status
- Designing for split-brain avoidance and automatic recovery
- Testing HA configurations under real-world stress scenarios
- Documenting HA architecture for audit and operational readiness
Module 14: Scalability, Performance Tuning, and Load Optimisation - Analysing performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and network
- Tuning Nova scheduler filters for optimal resource placement
- Optimising Neutron agent performance under high load
- Scaling Cinder volume operations with backend concurrency tuning
- Configuring database connection pooling and query optimisation
- Using NUMA topology and CPU pinning for performance-critical VMs
- Implementing SR-IOV and DPDK for low-latency networking
- Monitoring and adjusting system I/O scheduler settings
- Right-sizing instances and avoiding resource over-provisioning
- Conducting benchmarking and load testing before go-live
Module 15: Integration with Container Platforms and Kubernetes - Understanding OpenStack’s role in containerised environments
- Deploying Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack using Kubespray or RKE
- Integrating Magnum for container orchestration as a service
- Using Nova to host Kubernetes worker and control plane nodes
- Providing persistent storage to containers via Cinder CSI drivers
- Exposing Kubernetes services through Neutron load balancers
- Managing networking consistency between VMs and pods
- Monitoring hybrid VM-container workloads together
- Scaling containerised apps using OpenStack auto-scaling groups
- Implementing service mesh integration with Istio in OpenStack clouds
Module 16: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Management - Designing hybrid architectures that connect OpenStack with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Using VPN and Direct Connect equivalents for secure interconnectivity
- Implementing consistent identity and policy across clouds
- Building federated trust models between on-prem and public cloud
- Orchestrating workload placement based on cost, latency, and compliance
- Replicating data between clouds using Cinder replication or Rsync
- Using cloud management platforms (CMP) to unify operations
- Designing for failover between data centre and public cloud
- Integrating with Terraform for multi-cloud IaC consistency
- Reporting unified cost and utilisation metrics across environments
Module 17: Cost Management and Financial Governance - Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Designing standardised image creation processes for security and compliance
- Using Glance to store and distribute VM images, ISOs, and container images
- Implementing image signing and verification for integrity
- Configuring image caching and backend storage (file, Swift, Ceph)
- Creating immutable golden templates for production workloads
- Automating image validation and lifecycle management
- Setting up role-based access controls on image repositories
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for image version control
- Managing snapshot workflows from running instances
- Enforcing compliance policy checks during image upload
Module 8: Dashboard and API-Driven Operations with Horizon and CLI - Customising Horizon for enterprise branding and usability
- Restricting Horizon access based on roles and projects
- Using Horizon for troubleshooting, monitoring, and resource auditing
- Mastery of OpenStack CLI for automation and scripting
- Writing reusable bash and Python scripts for common operational tasks
- Using API endpoints for system integration and orchestration
- Handling authentication tokens and API rate limits
- Creating custom workflows using REST API calls
- Validating API responses and error codes in production
- Integrating API operations with enterprise service desks and ticketing systems
Module 9: Orchestration and Automation with Heat and Ansible - Designing repeatable infrastructure as code (IaC) using Heat templates
- Writing complex YAML templates for multi-tier application deployment
- Using parameters, conditions, and outputs for template flexibility
- Integrating Heat with external configuration management tools
- Automating environment spin-up and teardown for testing and staging
- Using Ansible for OpenStack node provisioning and service configuration
- Managing cloud-wide updates with rolling playbooks
- Integrating Ansible Tower/AWX for centralised control
- Version controlling infrastructure code using Git
- Implementing change validation and rollback procedures for orchestration
Module 10: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Designing zero-trust architectures within OpenStack environments
- Securing control plane services with encrypted communications
- Implementing network segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies
- Hardening compute hosts, storage nodes, and network agents
- Conducting regular security audits and configuration reviews
- Aligning OpenStack deployment with ISO 27001, SOC2, and NIST frameworks
- Configuring audit logging for all API and CLI operations
- Using OpenStack’s security compliance guides and CIS benchmarks
- Managing secrets with external vaults: HashiCorp Vault, Barbican integration
- Implementing endpoint protection and host intrusion detection
Module 11: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Visibility - Designing comprehensive monitoring for all OpenStack services
- Integrating with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager stacks
- Monitoring compute, storage, network, and control services in real time
- Setting up dashboards for capacity, utilisation, and performance trends
- Using OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer, Aodh) for metrics and alarms
- Aggregating logs with ELK or Loki stacks
- Correlating events across services to identify root cause
- Setting up escalation policies and alert routing
- Measuring MTTR and uptime SLAs with precision
- Conducting post-mortems and creating corrective action plans
Module 12: Backup, Recovery, and Data Protection Strategies - Designing backup strategies for instances, volumes, and databases
- Implementing application-consistent snapshots using Freezer or third-party tools
- Scheduling and validating backup jobs across large environments
- Testing recovery procedures under simulated failure conditions
- Recovering individual instances, projects, or entire regions
- Encrypting backup data at rest and in transit
- Integrating with enterprise backup solutions: Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik
- Complying with data retention and archiving policies
- Documenting recovery runbooks and escalation paths
- Measuring RPO and RTO across critical workloads
Module 13: High Availability and Fault Tolerance Implementation - Configuring active/active control services across multiple nodes
- Using Pacemaker and Corosync for cluster resource management
- Integrating HAProxy and Keepalived for load balancing API endpoints
- Setting up MySQL Galera clusters for database high availability
- Ensuring RabbitMQ clustering and message durability
- Validating failover procedures for all critical services
- Monitoring cluster health and quorum status
- Designing for split-brain avoidance and automatic recovery
- Testing HA configurations under real-world stress scenarios
- Documenting HA architecture for audit and operational readiness
Module 14: Scalability, Performance Tuning, and Load Optimisation - Analysing performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and network
- Tuning Nova scheduler filters for optimal resource placement
- Optimising Neutron agent performance under high load
- Scaling Cinder volume operations with backend concurrency tuning
- Configuring database connection pooling and query optimisation
- Using NUMA topology and CPU pinning for performance-critical VMs
- Implementing SR-IOV and DPDK for low-latency networking
- Monitoring and adjusting system I/O scheduler settings
- Right-sizing instances and avoiding resource over-provisioning
- Conducting benchmarking and load testing before go-live
Module 15: Integration with Container Platforms and Kubernetes - Understanding OpenStack’s role in containerised environments
- Deploying Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack using Kubespray or RKE
- Integrating Magnum for container orchestration as a service
- Using Nova to host Kubernetes worker and control plane nodes
- Providing persistent storage to containers via Cinder CSI drivers
- Exposing Kubernetes services through Neutron load balancers
- Managing networking consistency between VMs and pods
- Monitoring hybrid VM-container workloads together
- Scaling containerised apps using OpenStack auto-scaling groups
- Implementing service mesh integration with Istio in OpenStack clouds
Module 16: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Management - Designing hybrid architectures that connect OpenStack with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Using VPN and Direct Connect equivalents for secure interconnectivity
- Implementing consistent identity and policy across clouds
- Building federated trust models between on-prem and public cloud
- Orchestrating workload placement based on cost, latency, and compliance
- Replicating data between clouds using Cinder replication or Rsync
- Using cloud management platforms (CMP) to unify operations
- Designing for failover between data centre and public cloud
- Integrating with Terraform for multi-cloud IaC consistency
- Reporting unified cost and utilisation metrics across environments
Module 17: Cost Management and Financial Governance - Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Designing repeatable infrastructure as code (IaC) using Heat templates
- Writing complex YAML templates for multi-tier application deployment
- Using parameters, conditions, and outputs for template flexibility
- Integrating Heat with external configuration management tools
- Automating environment spin-up and teardown for testing and staging
- Using Ansible for OpenStack node provisioning and service configuration
- Managing cloud-wide updates with rolling playbooks
- Integrating Ansible Tower/AWX for centralised control
- Version controlling infrastructure code using Git
- Implementing change validation and rollback procedures for orchestration
Module 10: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Designing zero-trust architectures within OpenStack environments
- Securing control plane services with encrypted communications
- Implementing network segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies
- Hardening compute hosts, storage nodes, and network agents
- Conducting regular security audits and configuration reviews
- Aligning OpenStack deployment with ISO 27001, SOC2, and NIST frameworks
- Configuring audit logging for all API and CLI operations
- Using OpenStack’s security compliance guides and CIS benchmarks
- Managing secrets with external vaults: HashiCorp Vault, Barbican integration
- Implementing endpoint protection and host intrusion detection
Module 11: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Visibility - Designing comprehensive monitoring for all OpenStack services
- Integrating with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager stacks
- Monitoring compute, storage, network, and control services in real time
- Setting up dashboards for capacity, utilisation, and performance trends
- Using OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer, Aodh) for metrics and alarms
- Aggregating logs with ELK or Loki stacks
- Correlating events across services to identify root cause
- Setting up escalation policies and alert routing
- Measuring MTTR and uptime SLAs with precision
- Conducting post-mortems and creating corrective action plans
Module 12: Backup, Recovery, and Data Protection Strategies - Designing backup strategies for instances, volumes, and databases
- Implementing application-consistent snapshots using Freezer or third-party tools
- Scheduling and validating backup jobs across large environments
- Testing recovery procedures under simulated failure conditions
- Recovering individual instances, projects, or entire regions
- Encrypting backup data at rest and in transit
- Integrating with enterprise backup solutions: Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik
- Complying with data retention and archiving policies
- Documenting recovery runbooks and escalation paths
- Measuring RPO and RTO across critical workloads
Module 13: High Availability and Fault Tolerance Implementation - Configuring active/active control services across multiple nodes
- Using Pacemaker and Corosync for cluster resource management
- Integrating HAProxy and Keepalived for load balancing API endpoints
- Setting up MySQL Galera clusters for database high availability
- Ensuring RabbitMQ clustering and message durability
- Validating failover procedures for all critical services
- Monitoring cluster health and quorum status
- Designing for split-brain avoidance and automatic recovery
- Testing HA configurations under real-world stress scenarios
- Documenting HA architecture for audit and operational readiness
Module 14: Scalability, Performance Tuning, and Load Optimisation - Analysing performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and network
- Tuning Nova scheduler filters for optimal resource placement
- Optimising Neutron agent performance under high load
- Scaling Cinder volume operations with backend concurrency tuning
- Configuring database connection pooling and query optimisation
- Using NUMA topology and CPU pinning for performance-critical VMs
- Implementing SR-IOV and DPDK for low-latency networking
- Monitoring and adjusting system I/O scheduler settings
- Right-sizing instances and avoiding resource over-provisioning
- Conducting benchmarking and load testing before go-live
Module 15: Integration with Container Platforms and Kubernetes - Understanding OpenStack’s role in containerised environments
- Deploying Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack using Kubespray or RKE
- Integrating Magnum for container orchestration as a service
- Using Nova to host Kubernetes worker and control plane nodes
- Providing persistent storage to containers via Cinder CSI drivers
- Exposing Kubernetes services through Neutron load balancers
- Managing networking consistency between VMs and pods
- Monitoring hybrid VM-container workloads together
- Scaling containerised apps using OpenStack auto-scaling groups
- Implementing service mesh integration with Istio in OpenStack clouds
Module 16: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Management - Designing hybrid architectures that connect OpenStack with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Using VPN and Direct Connect equivalents for secure interconnectivity
- Implementing consistent identity and policy across clouds
- Building federated trust models between on-prem and public cloud
- Orchestrating workload placement based on cost, latency, and compliance
- Replicating data between clouds using Cinder replication or Rsync
- Using cloud management platforms (CMP) to unify operations
- Designing for failover between data centre and public cloud
- Integrating with Terraform for multi-cloud IaC consistency
- Reporting unified cost and utilisation metrics across environments
Module 17: Cost Management and Financial Governance - Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Designing comprehensive monitoring for all OpenStack services
- Integrating with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager stacks
- Monitoring compute, storage, network, and control services in real time
- Setting up dashboards for capacity, utilisation, and performance trends
- Using OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer, Aodh) for metrics and alarms
- Aggregating logs with ELK or Loki stacks
- Correlating events across services to identify root cause
- Setting up escalation policies and alert routing
- Measuring MTTR and uptime SLAs with precision
- Conducting post-mortems and creating corrective action plans
Module 12: Backup, Recovery, and Data Protection Strategies - Designing backup strategies for instances, volumes, and databases
- Implementing application-consistent snapshots using Freezer or third-party tools
- Scheduling and validating backup jobs across large environments
- Testing recovery procedures under simulated failure conditions
- Recovering individual instances, projects, or entire regions
- Encrypting backup data at rest and in transit
- Integrating with enterprise backup solutions: Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik
- Complying with data retention and archiving policies
- Documenting recovery runbooks and escalation paths
- Measuring RPO and RTO across critical workloads
Module 13: High Availability and Fault Tolerance Implementation - Configuring active/active control services across multiple nodes
- Using Pacemaker and Corosync for cluster resource management
- Integrating HAProxy and Keepalived for load balancing API endpoints
- Setting up MySQL Galera clusters for database high availability
- Ensuring RabbitMQ clustering and message durability
- Validating failover procedures for all critical services
- Monitoring cluster health and quorum status
- Designing for split-brain avoidance and automatic recovery
- Testing HA configurations under real-world stress scenarios
- Documenting HA architecture for audit and operational readiness
Module 14: Scalability, Performance Tuning, and Load Optimisation - Analysing performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and network
- Tuning Nova scheduler filters for optimal resource placement
- Optimising Neutron agent performance under high load
- Scaling Cinder volume operations with backend concurrency tuning
- Configuring database connection pooling and query optimisation
- Using NUMA topology and CPU pinning for performance-critical VMs
- Implementing SR-IOV and DPDK for low-latency networking
- Monitoring and adjusting system I/O scheduler settings
- Right-sizing instances and avoiding resource over-provisioning
- Conducting benchmarking and load testing before go-live
Module 15: Integration with Container Platforms and Kubernetes - Understanding OpenStack’s role in containerised environments
- Deploying Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack using Kubespray or RKE
- Integrating Magnum for container orchestration as a service
- Using Nova to host Kubernetes worker and control plane nodes
- Providing persistent storage to containers via Cinder CSI drivers
- Exposing Kubernetes services through Neutron load balancers
- Managing networking consistency between VMs and pods
- Monitoring hybrid VM-container workloads together
- Scaling containerised apps using OpenStack auto-scaling groups
- Implementing service mesh integration with Istio in OpenStack clouds
Module 16: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Management - Designing hybrid architectures that connect OpenStack with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Using VPN and Direct Connect equivalents for secure interconnectivity
- Implementing consistent identity and policy across clouds
- Building federated trust models between on-prem and public cloud
- Orchestrating workload placement based on cost, latency, and compliance
- Replicating data between clouds using Cinder replication or Rsync
- Using cloud management platforms (CMP) to unify operations
- Designing for failover between data centre and public cloud
- Integrating with Terraform for multi-cloud IaC consistency
- Reporting unified cost and utilisation metrics across environments
Module 17: Cost Management and Financial Governance - Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Configuring active/active control services across multiple nodes
- Using Pacemaker and Corosync for cluster resource management
- Integrating HAProxy and Keepalived for load balancing API endpoints
- Setting up MySQL Galera clusters for database high availability
- Ensuring RabbitMQ clustering and message durability
- Validating failover procedures for all critical services
- Monitoring cluster health and quorum status
- Designing for split-brain avoidance and automatic recovery
- Testing HA configurations under real-world stress scenarios
- Documenting HA architecture for audit and operational readiness
Module 14: Scalability, Performance Tuning, and Load Optimisation - Analysing performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and network
- Tuning Nova scheduler filters for optimal resource placement
- Optimising Neutron agent performance under high load
- Scaling Cinder volume operations with backend concurrency tuning
- Configuring database connection pooling and query optimisation
- Using NUMA topology and CPU pinning for performance-critical VMs
- Implementing SR-IOV and DPDK for low-latency networking
- Monitoring and adjusting system I/O scheduler settings
- Right-sizing instances and avoiding resource over-provisioning
- Conducting benchmarking and load testing before go-live
Module 15: Integration with Container Platforms and Kubernetes - Understanding OpenStack’s role in containerised environments
- Deploying Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack using Kubespray or RKE
- Integrating Magnum for container orchestration as a service
- Using Nova to host Kubernetes worker and control plane nodes
- Providing persistent storage to containers via Cinder CSI drivers
- Exposing Kubernetes services through Neutron load balancers
- Managing networking consistency between VMs and pods
- Monitoring hybrid VM-container workloads together
- Scaling containerised apps using OpenStack auto-scaling groups
- Implementing service mesh integration with Istio in OpenStack clouds
Module 16: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Management - Designing hybrid architectures that connect OpenStack with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Using VPN and Direct Connect equivalents for secure interconnectivity
- Implementing consistent identity and policy across clouds
- Building federated trust models between on-prem and public cloud
- Orchestrating workload placement based on cost, latency, and compliance
- Replicating data between clouds using Cinder replication or Rsync
- Using cloud management platforms (CMP) to unify operations
- Designing for failover between data centre and public cloud
- Integrating with Terraform for multi-cloud IaC consistency
- Reporting unified cost and utilisation metrics across environments
Module 17: Cost Management and Financial Governance - Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Understanding OpenStack’s role in containerised environments
- Deploying Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack using Kubespray or RKE
- Integrating Magnum for container orchestration as a service
- Using Nova to host Kubernetes worker and control plane nodes
- Providing persistent storage to containers via Cinder CSI drivers
- Exposing Kubernetes services through Neutron load balancers
- Managing networking consistency between VMs and pods
- Monitoring hybrid VM-container workloads together
- Scaling containerised apps using OpenStack auto-scaling groups
- Implementing service mesh integration with Istio in OpenStack clouds
Module 16: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Management - Designing hybrid architectures that connect OpenStack with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Using VPN and Direct Connect equivalents for secure interconnectivity
- Implementing consistent identity and policy across clouds
- Building federated trust models between on-prem and public cloud
- Orchestrating workload placement based on cost, latency, and compliance
- Replicating data between clouds using Cinder replication or Rsync
- Using cloud management platforms (CMP) to unify operations
- Designing for failover between data centre and public cloud
- Integrating with Terraform for multi-cloud IaC consistency
- Reporting unified cost and utilisation metrics across environments
Module 17: Cost Management and Financial Governance - Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Tracking cloud resource usage by project, department, and team
- Using Ceilometer and Aodh for granular billing data collection
- Generating chargeback and showback reports for internal stakeholders
- Integrating with financial systems for SAP, Oracle, or Workday alignment
- Setting up budget alerts and overspending prevention
- Identifying underutilised resources and rightsizing recommendations
- Optimising costs via spot instances, reserved compute pools, and storage tiers
- Measuring ROI of OpenStack vs legacy or public cloud alternatives
- Creating dashboards for CFO and procurement visibility
- Aligning cloud spend with capital and operational expenditure models
Module 18: Lifecycle Management and Continuous Upgrades - Planning for rolling upgrades with minimal downtime
- Understanding OpenStack’s upgrade compatibility matrix
- Using Kolla-Ansible or OpenStack-Ansible for upgrade automation
- Validating service interoperability after version updates
- Backing up databases and configurations pre-upgrade
- Testing upgrades in staging environments first
- Managing kernel and hypervisor updates alongside OpenStack
- Handling configuration drift and configuration drift detection
- Using blue-green deployment techniques for control plane updates
- Documenting upgrade playbooks and rollback procedures
Module 19: Real-World Implementation Projects and Case Studies - Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems
Module 20: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key concepts for OpenStack certification exams
- Practicing scenario-based architectural decision questions
- Preparing for hands-on troubleshooting and design challenges
- Building a professional portfolio of OpenStack design documents
- Positioning OpenStack expertise on your resume and LinkedIn
- Using the Certificate of Completion to demonstrate verified skills
- Leveraging The Art of Service credential in job interviews and promotions
- Gaining recognition as a recognised OpenStack authority within your organisation
- Accessing alumni networks and expert peer communities
- Planning your next career move: cloud architect, principal engineer, or CTO track
- Designing a full-scale private cloud for a healthcare provider
- Building a secure finance cloud compliant with SOX and PCI-DSS
- Creating an R&D sandbox environment with self-service provisioning
- Deploying edge computing clusters for a telecom operator
- Migrating from VMware to OpenStack with zero-downtime cutover
- Implementing automated scaling for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
- Developing a disaster recovery site using a secondary OpenStack region
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines for DevOps automation
- Designing network policies for multi-tenant service providers
- Analyzing real-world architecture diagrams and failure post-mortems