Red Hat Ceph Storage for OpenStack

• This course is intended for storage administrators and cloud operators who want to learn how to deploy and manage Red Hat Ceph Storage for use by servers in an enterprise data center or within a Red Hat OpenStack Platform environment.
• Developers writing applications who use cloud-based storage will learn the distinctions of various storage types and client access methods.

• Deploy and manage a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster on commodity servers.
• Perform common management operations using the web-based management interface.
• Create, expand, and control access to storage pools provided by the Ceph cluster.
• Access Red Hat Ceph Storage from clients using object, block, and file-based methods.
• Analyze and tune Red Hat Ceph Storage performance.
• Integrate Red Hat OpenStack Platform image, object, block, and file storage with a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
• Integrate OpenShift Container Platform with a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.

Introducing Red Hat Ceph Storage Architecture

Describe Red Hat Ceph Storage architecture, including data organization, distribution and client access methods.

Deploying Red Hat Ceph Storage

Deploy a new Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster and expand the cluster capacity.

Configuring a Red Hat Ceph Storage Cluster

Manage the Red Hat Ceph Storage configuration, including the primary settings, the use of monitors, and the cluster network layout.

Creating Object Storage Cluster Components

Create and manage the components that comprise the object storage cluster, including OSDs, pools, and the cluster authorization method.

Creating and Customizing Storage Maps

Manage and adjust the CRUSH and OSD maps to optimize data placement to meet the performance and redundancy requirements of cloud applications.

Providing Block Storage Using RADOS Block Devices

Configure Red Hat Ceph Storage to provide block storage for clients by using RADOS block devices (RBDs).

Providing Object Storage Using a RADOS Gateway

Configure Red Hat Ceph Storage to provide object storage for clients by using a RADOS Gateway (RGW).

Providing File Storage Using CephFS

Configure Red Hat Ceph Storage to provide file storage for clients using the Ceph File System (CephFS).

Managing a Red Hat Ceph Storage Cluster

Manage an operational Ceph cluster using tools to check status, monitor services, and properly start and stop all or part of the cluster.  Perform cluster maintenance by replacing or repairing cluster components, including MONs, OSDs, and PGs.

Tuning and Troubleshooting Red Hat Ceph Storage

Identify the key Ceph cluster performance metrics and use them to tune and troubleshoot Ceph operations for optimal performance.

Managing Cloud Platforms with Red Hat Ceph Storage

Manage Red Hat cloud infrastructure to use Red Hat Ceph Storage to provide image, block, volume, object, and shared file storage.

Comprehensive review

Review tasks from Cloud Storage with Red Hat Ceph Storage.

• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation certification, or equivalent experience.
• Some experience with storage administration is recommended but not required.

Technology considerations

• This course does not have any special technical requirements.
• This course is not intended for BYOD.
• Internet access is recommended.