Course Code: cloudforms
Duration: 21 hours
Prerequisites:
  • An understanding of virtualization
  • Experience with system administration

Audience

  • System administrators
  • DevOps engineers
  • Developers
Overview:

Red Hat CloudForms is a centralized management platform for virtual machines, private cloud, and public cloud. It can integrate seamlessly with different platforms (Amazon EC2, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware, etc.), making it ideal for hybrid environments.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at sysadmins, DevOps, and developers who wish to use CloudForms to manage virtual infrastructures in a centralized interface.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  • Install and configure CloudForms on different virtual machine and cloud platforms (OpenStack, OpenShift, and VMware).
  • Create a centralized management interface for monitoring multiple clusters.
  • Enhance the security control and configuration policies of an entire infrastructure.
  • Transform a distributed virtual infrastructure into a unified hybrid environment.
  • Optimize workload performance and efficiency by automating orchestration and workflows.

Format of the Course

  • Interactive lecture and discussion.
  • Lots of exercises and practice.
  • Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

  • This course focuses on CloudForms, but other software platforms (OpenStack, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware, etc.) may be used. Please let us know if you have any specific requirements.
  • To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline:

Introduction

  • CloudForms vs ManageIQ vs other cloud management platforms
  • Overview of CloudForms features and architecture

Getting Started

  • Understanding the virtual hardware requirements
  • Installing Red Hat CloudForms
  • Setting up regions and roles
  • Configuring the load balancer and database
  • Analyzing capacity and utilization

Configuring CloudForms with OpenStack and VMware VSphere

  • Obtaining and setting up the appliance
  • Accessing the appliance console
  • Setting up the database
  • Configuring the worker appliance
  • Installing VMware VDDK
  • Optimizing appliance performance
  • Logging in to CloudForms

Integrating CloudForms with Red Hat OpenShift

  • Deploying CloudForms on OpenShift
  • Enabling OpenShift metrics
  • Retrieving the management token
  • Configuring capacity and utilization
  • Adding OpenShift as a container provider
  • Managing container images

Managing an Infrastructure

  • Setting up policies and profiles
  • Collecting information from the clusters
  • Managing infrastructure, cloud, and container providers
  • Configuring authentication methods
  • Provisioning virtual machines
  • Managing workload and orchestration

Performing Administration Tasks

  • Assigning custom analysis profiles to virtual machines
  • Enhancing the security of CloudForms appliances
  • Configuring and tuning global settings
  • Implementing automation scripts
  • Monitoring alerts and reports
  • Using the CloudForms Self Service feature

Troubleshooting

Summary and Next Steps

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