OpenStack

Openstack Neutron Course Blueprint

Module-1

Introduction to Data Centre Operations and data centre networks
A walkthrough in Data centre delivery models from traditional approaches to cloud
Introducing various cloud platforms – AWS, Azure, Rackspace
How to build such a cloud platform from scratch – Introducing the Openstack ecosystem
Operating System basics with Linux on Ubuntu and its relation to cloud – Introducing the Openstack Components.

Lab : Basic Linux commands and linux networking.

Module-2

Openstack Architecture and components deep dive – Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Swift, Horizon, Heat and Ceilometer and explaining the lab scenario

Lab:

1. Installing and configuring Openstack Mitaka – 1 Controller node having nova, neutron server, glance server, keystone and the dashboard – horizon, 2 compute nodes running nova compute, 1 network node running neutron l3 agent, 2 nodes running swift object storage

2. Creating a tenant in openstack, create a user within the tenant, create a network in that tenant and boot an instance and connect it to this network

3. Making the instance talk to the external World through floating IP

Neutron Architecture deep dive – Plugins, Agents, Linux bridges and Linux network namespaces
Introduction to Openflow, OpenVSwitch and understanding the packet flow through the Openstack Neutron network

Lab:

1. Implement an Openflow Environment using Mininet.

2. Read and understand the flow rules created by neutron while booting the instance in Day 2 Lab 1.

Module-3

Advanced Neutron Networking – LBaaS (Load Balancer as a Service), FWaaS (Firewall as a Service), VPNaaS (VPN as a Service)

Lab : Configuring LBaaS, FWaaS and VPNaaS

Doing Routing HA through DVR (Distributed Virtual Routing)

Lab: Configuring DVR

Overcoming the shortcomings of default LBaaS by integrating the Array LB as the Load balancer in LBaaS

Lab: Integrating Array Load Balancer in LBaaS