Red Hat Ceph Storage for OpenStack Training in Sweden

This course is ideal for:

• Storage administrators and cloud operators managing Ceph in data centers or hybrid cloud environments.

• Developers working on applications that leverage cloud storage and need to understand various storage models and client access methods.

• Deploy and manage Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters using standard hardware.

• Perform key management operations through the web-based dashboard.

• Create, expand, and manage storage pools and define access policies.

• Connect clients via object, block, or file-based protocols.

• Analyze and tune Ceph performance metrics.

• Integrate Ceph with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and OpenShift for unified storage management.

Impact on the Organization

Reliable, high-performance storage is the foundation of modern enterprise infrastructure.
Red Hat Ceph Storage provides:

• Scalability — grow capacity without downtime using commodity hardware.

• Flexibility — support object, block, and file storage workloads.

• Resilience — achieve redundancy and fault tolerance across distributed systems.

Organizations completing this course can deploy and operate software-defined storage clusters that support modern, cloud-native workloads efficiently.

Impact on the Individual

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Deploy, manage, and scale Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
• Configure object, block, and file storage for various enterprise use cases.
• Integrate Ceph with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and OpenShift.
• Analyze and optimize performance for large-scale deployments.
• Manage day-to-day operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

1. Introduction to Ceph Architecture
Understand Ceph’s core architecture, data distribution model, and client access methods.

2. Deploying Red Hat Ceph Storage
Install and scale a new Ceph cluster across commodity servers.

3. Configuring Ceph Clusters
Manage configuration files, monitor nodes, and network layouts.

4. Creating Object Storage Components
Set up and manage OSDs, pools, and cluster authorization mechanisms.

5. Customizing Storage Maps
Adjust CRUSH and OSD maps to optimize performance and redundancy.

6. Providing Block Storage (RADOS Block Devices)
Configure Ceph to deliver block storage via RBDs for virtual and physical workloads.

7. Providing Object Storage (RADOS Gateway)
Enable S3/Swift-compatible object storage using the RADOS Gateway (RGW).

8. Providing File Storage (CephFS)
Configure and mount Ceph File System (CephFS) for shared storage access.

9. Managing Ceph Clusters
Monitor and maintain cluster health, replace faulty components, and optimize operations.

10. Tuning and Troubleshooting Ceph
Identify performance metrics, fine-tune cluster behavior, and resolve operational issues.

11. Integrating with Cloud Platforms
Use Ceph as the backend for OpenStack (Cinder, Glance, Swift) and OpenShift environments.

12. Comprehensive Review
Review and reinforce course concepts through real-world practice exercises.