OpenNebula - Cloud Administration (NBL1)

Virtualization, Management

OpenNebula is an open-source platform for flexible cloud management. This practical course is designed for administrators with little or no prior OpenNebula experience and explains core architecture, deployment steps, and basic cloud operations including VM provisioning and lifecycle tasks.

Through hands-on labs you will operate the system via the Web UI and CLI, manage users, networks and storage, and prepare VM images and contextualization. The course also covers host setup, security, upgrades, orchestration and hybrid cloud patterns.

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  • Introduction
    1. Overview of the OpenNebula project and its history
    2. Supported technologies and key features
    3. Add-on and extension projects
    4. Commercial support options
    5. Comparison with similar cloud projects
  • Architecture
    1. Reference deployment architectures
    2. Focus on the basic reference architecture (filesystem-backed storage, bridged/802.1Q networking)
  • Frontend
    1. Overview of frontend components
    2. Core components: oned, scheduler, Sunstone, OneFlow, OneGate
    3. APIs: XML-RPC, econe, rOCCI
    4. Installation and basic configuration
    5. Upgrades and maintenance
  • Host
    1. Host operating system requirements and recommendations
    2. KVM virtualization and working with libvirt
    3. Configuration for the basic reference architecture
    4. Advanced host security (SELinux, AppArmor)
  • Cloud management (Web UI, CLI)
    1. Users, groups and ACLs
    2. Hosts, storage, networking, clusters and virtual routers
    3. UI views and dashboards
    4. Installing, configuring and using the CLI
  • Virtual machines
    1. VM lifecycle management
    2. Contextualization techniques
    3. Preparing custom images (Linux and Windows)
    4. Working with libguestfs
    5. OpenNebula Marketplace usage
  • Advanced techniques
    1. Cloud orchestration and service composition (OneFlow)
    2. Hybrid cloud patterns and CloudBursting
Assumed knowledge:
Basic Linux administration and experience with Linux virtualization.
Schedule:
2 days (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM )
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