Certified OpenStack Administrator Study Guide : Get Everything You Need for the COA Exam

Table of Contents About the Author About the Technical Reviewer Chapter 1: Getting Started What Is the Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam? Tips for COA Exam Preparation Other OpenStack Certifications (Red Hat) Understanding the Components That Make up the Cloud The History of the OpenStack Project Summary 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 Summary Chapter 3: OpenStack APIs Using the OpenStack CLI Horizon’s Architecture Verifying the Operation of the Dashboard Creating and Managing RC Files to Authenticate with Keystone for Command-Line Use Summary Review Questions Answers Chapter 4: Identity Management Managing Keystone Catalog Services and Endpoints Managing/Creating Domains, Projects, Users, and Roles Managing and Verifying the Operation of the Identity Service Summary Review Questions Answers Chapter 5: Image Management Glance’s Architecture and Main Components Deploying a New Image to an OpenStack Instance Managing Images Managing Image Back Ends Verifying Operation of the Image Service Summary Review Questions Answers Chapter 6: OpenStack Networking Neutron’s Architecture and Components Opening vSwitch’s Architecture Opening Virtual Networking (OVN) Managing Network Resources Managing Project Security Group Rules Managing Quotas Verifying the Operation of the Network Service Summary Review Questions Answers Chapter 7: OpenStack Compute Nova’s Architecture and Components Managing Flavors Managing and Accessing an Instance Using a Key Pair Launching, Shutting Down, and Terminating the Instance Managing Instance Snapshots Managing Quotas Getting Nova Stats Verifying the Operation and Managing Nova Compute Servers Summary Review Questions Answers 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 Swift Cluster Monitoring Summary Review Questions Answers Chapter 9: Block Storage Cinder’s Architecture and Components Managing Volume and Mount It to a Nova Instance Creating Volume Group for Block Storage Managing Quotas Backing up and Restoring Volumes and Snapshots Managing Volume Snapshots Setting up Storage Pools Summary Review Questions Answers Chapter 10: Troubleshooting The Main Principles of Troubleshooting Checking the OpenStack Version Finding and Analyzing Log Files Backing up the Database Used by an OpenStack Instance Analyzing Host/Guest OS and Instance Status Analyzing Messaging Servers Analyzing Network Status Digesting the OpenStack Environment Summary Review Questions Answers Chapter 11: Conclusion Appendix A: OpenStack Orchestration Heat’s Architecture and Components Introducing the Heat OpenStack Template Launching a Stack Using a HOT Using CLI and the Dashboard for Heat Service Operations Index 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 Cloud and Linux engineers who want to pass the Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam.