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Virtualization and Openstack

Certification Program Curriculum

Certification Rules: All mandatory assignments/course work must be completed for participant to be eligible for certification exam. Mandatory
assignments/course work is marked in orange.

Communication Channels: All updates regarding study materials, assignments, due dates, classroom sessions, etc., will be shared via the ACP HIVE group
and via emails (where possible). Classroom sessions will be announced in the monthly learning calendars.

SME and Mentor: Subhankar Pal, Shamik Mishra, Kapil Dhaka, Pawan Kumar, Abhishek Joshi and Yadav Ram Sharma

L&D Lead: Soma Tiwari

Module Topic Covered Learning Objective Course Work

1 Pretest Assess baseline understanding Pretest


Linux System admin basics and knowledge of Terminal
based text editors like vi
Foundations for Basic L2 - Switching and VLAN (L2/L3, IP Networking,
2 Openstack Routing/ Switching) Study Material
Virtualization
Significance of Virtualization
Types of Virtualization
Hypervisor (Hypervisor domain, vCPU, vDisk, Hypervisor
management. All examples of KVM. Some overview of
ESXi
Introduction to Cloud Computing. Why Cloud,
Introduction to Characteristics of Cloud Study Material
Cloud Computing Understanding Cloud: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. Quiz for Self-Assessment
3 and Virtualization IaaS: Compute, Storage, Networking Assignment
Openstack evolution: different releases of openstack,
and how these are evolving.
Overview of OpenStack, OpenStack
Components/Services & Architecture
OpenStack Overview of OpenStack Networking: Neutron: Study Material
Introduction & Architecture, Components, Features, Management, Quiz for Self-Assessment
4 Networking OVS, Plugins Assignment
Identity Management(Keystone):Overview and key
components
How it handles authentication Study Material
Openstack Identity User and tenant relationships Assignment
Management and User authorization Graded Assignment on
5 dashboard Dashboard(Horizon):Overview topic 3,4 and 5
Nova Architecture / Components
Object Storage (Swift): Components, Rings/Partitions,
Containers, Objects, Security
Block Storage (Cinder) :Block Storage properties,
architecture and features
OpenStack Image Storage (Glance): Overview, Images: Supported Study Material
Compute & image types, creation and changing the image formats Quiz for Self-Assessment
6 Storage for use on openstack Assignment

Study Material
Introduction to Heat: Templates, Format, examples Quiz for Self-Assessment
Orchestration & Introduction to Ceilometer: Metering, Statistics, Alarms Graded Assignment on
7 Monitoring Introduction to Database as a service: Trove topic 6 and 7

OpenStack:
Designing,
Deploying Designing and Deployment Considerations
8 Applications Overview of the OpenStack Community and Processes Study Material
Examination for
9 Certification Assess learning Certification Exam

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