openstack neutron troubleshooting and tuning

By attending OpenStack Neutron Troubleshooting and Tuning workshop, Participants will learn to:

  • Describe the architecture, high availability, and extensibility of the Neutron service in an OpenStack based network
  • Implement Open vSwitch
  • Manage an OpenStack based network by using Neutron plug-ins and extensions
  • Use logging and other tools to perform advanced troubleshooting in an OpenStack environment

The OpenStack Neutron Troubleshooting and Tuning training course gives participants an in-depth look at complex networking in OpenStack using Neutron. The objective is to teach the skills to design, build, manage, and troubleshoot a scalable, extensible, and highly available network within an OpenStack environment.

Have a good grasp on networking fundamentals:

  • TCP/IP
  • Ethernet
  • Routing, Firewalls etc.

And attendance of the following courses, or possessing equivalent skills:

  • OpenStack
  • Linux Fundamentals
  • Cloud Overview
  • OpenStack using Neutron

  • Network Administrators
  • Network Architects
  • Solution Architects
  • Sales Engineers
  • Technical Marketing Staff
  • OpenStack Administrators
  • OpenStack Architects

COURSE AGENDA

  • Neutron plug-ins and extensions overview
  • Modular Layer 2
  • Open vSwitch architecture
  • DHCP
  • Overlay networks
  • Load-Balancer-as-a-Service (LBaaS) and Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS)
  • Namespaces, security groups, and iptables
  • OpenStack architecture
  • Basic implementation with Open vSwitch
  • High availability
  • High availability using distributed virtual routing
  • Representational State Transfer (REST)
  • Managing Neutron
  • The HP Troubleshooting methodology
  • Managing logging levels and examining log files
  • Using Neutron troubleshooting tools
    • The ip command
    • Network namespaces
    • Debugging tools
    • Ping and SSH
    • The traceroute command
    • The dig command
    • Tcpdump
    • Wireshark
    • Nagios
    • RabbitMQ