Certified OpenStack Administrator Study Guide

Gain a better understanding of how to work with the modern OpenStack IaaS Cloud platform. This updated book is designed to help you pass the latest “Yoga” version of the Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA) exam from the Open Infrastructure Foundation. OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of computer storage and networking resources throughout a datacenter.

All exercises have been updated and re-written for the current version of the exam using the modern CLI tool. This book covers 100% of the exam requirements and each topic is taught using practical exercises and instructions for the command line and for the Horizon dashboard. All chapters are followed by review questions and answers.

Even after you have taken and passed the COA exam, this book will remain a useful reference to come back to time after time.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

* Understand the components that make up the Cloud
* Install OpenStack distribution from Red Hat, Canonical or community versions
* Run OpenStack in a virtual test environment
* Understand where to find information for to further work with OpenStack

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

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Cloud and Linux engineers who want to pass the Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam.

ANDREY MARKELOV is an experienced Linux and Cloud architect who has worked for large Russian and International companies (LANIT, Red Hat and Ericsson, currently). He has written and published more than fifty articles about Linux and Unix systems services, virtual systems and open source (Linux Format RE, Сomputerra, PCWeek/RE and others). Andrey is the author of the only Russian OpenStack book. He has been teaching Microsoft and Red Hat authorized courses for over 10 years. Andrey is a Red Hat Certified Architect since 2009, and is also a Microsoft Certified System Engineer, Sun Certified System Administrator, Novell Certified Linux Professional, Mirantis Certified OpenStack Administrator, and VMware Certified Professional.

CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED with Certified OpenStack

What is Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam?

Tips for COA Exam Preparation

Other OpenStack Certifications

Understanding the Components That Make Up the Cloud

History of OpenStack Project

OpenStack Distribution and Vendors

CHAPTER 2: HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN VIRTUAL TEST ENVIRONMENT

Installing Vanilla OpenStack with the DevStack Tool

Installing RDO OpenStack Distribution with PackStack

Installing Ubuntu OpenStack with Microstack

CHAPTER 3: OPENSTACK APIS

Using the OpenStack CLI

Create and manage RC files to authenticate with Keystone for command line use

Architecture of Horizon

Verify Operation of the Dashboard

Review Question

Answer to Review Question

CHAPTER 4: IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

Architecture and Main Components of Keystone

Managing Keystone Catalog Services and Endpoints

Managing/Creating Domains, Projects, Users, and Roles

Create and manage policy files and user access rules

Managing and Verifying Operation of the Identity Service

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

CHAPTER 5: IMAGE MANAGEMENT

Architecture and Main Components of Glance

Deploying a New Image to an OpenStack Instance

Managing Images

Managing Image Back Ends

Verifying Operation of the Image Service

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

CHAPTER 6: OPENSTACK NETWORKING

Architecture and Components of Neutron

Architecture of Open vSwitch

Manage Network Resources

Manage Project Security Group Rules

Manage Quotas

Manage network interfaces on compute instances

Verify Operation of Network Service

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

CHAPTER 7: OPENSTACK COMPUTE

Architecture and Components of Nova

Managing Flavors

Managing and Accessing an Instance Using a Keypair

Launching, Shutting Down, and Terminating the Instance

Configure an instance with a floating IP

Managing Instance Snapshots

Managing Quotas

Getting Nova Stats

Manage Nova host consoles (VNC, NOVNC, spice)

Verifying Operation and Managing Nova Compute Servers

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

CHAPTER 8: OPENSTACK OBJECT STORAGE

Overview of Swift Object Storage

Managing Permissions on a Container in Object Storage

Using the cURL Tool for Working with Swift

Managing Expiring Objects

Monitoring Swift Cluster

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

CHAPTER 9: BLOCK STORAGE

Architecture and Components of Cinder

Manage Volume and Mount It to a Nova Instance

Create Volume Group for Block Storage

Manage Quotas

Back Up and Restore Volumes and Snapshots

Manage Volume Snapshots

Manage Volumes Encryption

Set Up Storage Pools

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

CHAPTER 10: TROUBLESHOOTING

The Main Principles of Troubleshooting

How to Check the OpenStack Version

Where to Find and How to Analyze Log Files

Back Up the Database Used by an OpenStack Instance

Analyze Host/Guest OS and Instance Status

Analyze Messaging Servers

Analyze Network Status

Digest the OpenStack Environment

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

CHAPTER 11: CONCLUSION

ANNEX: ORCHESTRATION OF OPENSTACK WITH HEAT