Red Hat Ceph Storage for OpenStack Training in Finland

This Red Hat Ceph Storage for OpenStack Training in Finland builds the skills to deploy, manage, and scale Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters for both enterprise datacenters and Red Hat OpenStack Platform infrastructures.

By the end of this Red Hat Ceph Storage for OpenStack Training in Finland, you will have gained knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Provide hybrid storage resources (object, block, file)

• Use Amazon S3 and OpenStack Swift-compatible object storage

• Configure RADOS Block Devices (RBD) and iSCSI-based block storage

• Manage shared file storage with CephFS

• Monitor, tune, and troubleshoot Ceph performance

Individual Impact

• Deploy and operate Ceph clusters in production

• Select appropriate storage type (object, block, file) for different scenarios

• Integrate Ceph with OpenStack to provide scalable enterprise storage

Organizational Impact

• Flexible, software-defined storage solution

• Cost-effective scaling with commodity hardware

• Fault-tolerant, cloud-ready storage integrated with OpenStack

• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or equivalent experience

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation recommended

• Some experience in storage administration helpful but not required

1. Ceph Architecture

• Data organization, distribution, and replication

• Client access methods (object, block, file)

2. Deploying Ceph

• Install a new Ceph cluster

• Expand cluster capacity

3. Cluster Configuration

• MONs, OSDs, and network layout

• Primary configuration settings

4. Object Storage

• Create OSDs, pools, and manage cluster auth

• Provide object storage with RADOS Gateway (RGW)

5. Block Storage

• Configure RADOS Block Devices (RBD)

• iSCSI integration

6. File Storage

• Provide shared storage with CephFS

7. CRUSH & OSD Maps

• Adjust placement policies

• Optimize for performance and redundancy

8. Cluster Management

• Check cluster status & monitor services

• Maintenance: replace/repair MONs, OSDs, PGs

• Start/stop cluster components

9. Performance & Troubleshooting

• Key performance metrics

• Tuning techniques

• Troubleshooting Ceph operations

10. OpenStack Integration

• Use Ceph with OpenStack to provide:

  • Image, block, object, and file storage

11. Comprehensive Review

• Lab-driven recap of all major skills