OpenStack — deploying a private cloud with Kolla-Ansible

• Understand the containerized OpenStack model and the reference architecture.
• Prepare the infrastructure: nodes, disks, VLAN segmentation and addressing.
• Deploy the Ceph storage cluster and its object and file gateways.
• Configure the multi-node inventory, secrets and certificates.
• Run the deployment, validation and high availability setup.
• Operate the lifecycle: reconfiguration, upgrade and troubleshooting.

• Infrastructure engineers and cloud architects.
• Teams responsible for building a private cloud.
• Open source integrators and consultants.

• OpenStack Administration 1 or equivalent practice.
• Ansible basics and advanced Linux administration.

Day 1 — Principles and reference architecture

• Deployment methods, Kolla-Ansible positioning and image registry
• Reference architecture: node roles and sizing
• Infrastructure preparation: networking, disks and prerequisites

Day 2 — Networking and distributed storage

• VLAN segmentation, traffic isolation and addressing plan
• Multi-VLAN network configuration of the nodes
• Deploying the Ceph storage cluster and OSDs

Day 3 — Gateways and tooling

• Object gateway for the S3 and Swift APIs
• Distributed file system for shared storage
• Installing Kolla-Ansible and its execution environment

Day 4 — Configuration and deployment

• Generating TLS certificates and cluster passwords
• Global configuration, multi-node inventory and pre-flight checks
• Running the deployment and post-deployment validation

Day 5 — High availability and lifecycle

• Load balancing, virtual addresses and automatic failover
• Clustered messaging and database, configuration overrides
• Reconfiguration, upgrade, logging and troubleshooting