Who should attend
- IT professionals with Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)-level skills and knowledge
- System and VM administrators seeking to deploy systems in cloud environments
- System and VM administrators whose organizations already have a cloud deployment and want to expand to other private or public clouds
Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
Prerequisites
- RHCSA or equivalent system administration skills
- Knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, vSphere, or EC2 is helpful, but not required
Course Objectives
Learn how to configure:
- System Engine to provide software repositories and system templates.
- Cloud Engine to deploy instances in a local Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment and in Amazon EC2.
- Configuration Server to provide post-boot configuration.
- A proxy to provide access to system engine when System Engine is behind a network address translation (NAT) firewall.
- CloudForms to manage machines in a private cloud, then transition to a public cloud to deploy machines in a hybrid cloud.
Detailed Course Outline
Introduction to Clouds and CloudForms
- Understand the Red Hat® CloudForms architecture.
System Engine: installation and repositories
- Install, configure, and access System Engine. Enable Red Hat repositories and create custom repositories.
System Engine: system templates
- Create and manage system templates in System Engine. Monitor and maintain System Engine.
Cloud Engine configuration
- Install, configure, and access Cloud Engine.
Cloud Engine management
- Manage instances using CloudForms in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Amazon EC2.
Configuration Server
- Install, configure, and access Configuration Server. Configure a proxy to allow remote instances to access System Engine behind a network address translation (NAT).
Advanced Configuration Server
- Deploy a multi-instance application using Configuration Server.
Advanced CloudForms
- Manage organizations, GPG keys, and user accounts in System Engine.
Comprehensive review
- Review the installation and configuration of CloudForms.
Course Content
The Deploying Systems in Cloud Environments (CL260) course teaches you how to deploy virtual machines (VMs) in a public, private, or hybrid cloud using Red Hat® CloudForms through hands-on labs.