Virtualisation Workshop Synopsis

This workshop will provide an overview of virtualization technology with a series of hands-on practical exercises.

Target Audience

Engineers who desire or require an in-depth knowledge of building and maintaining virtualised environments.

Pre-requisites

Good knowledge of the UNIX/Linux command line environment is an absolute requirement. Basic understanding of L2/L3 technologies TCP/IP networking and VLANs is essential.

PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING A LAPTOP - (Windows/Linux?/OSX) with wireless, 1GB+ RAM, and 5GB+ free disk space

Class Size

The workshop can accommodate up to 30 participants

Workshop Topics

• Virtualization overview
• Desktop Virtualization (VirtualBox?)
• KVM and libvirt
• lvm and scripted install
• Migration and shared storage
• Ganeti
• Instance creation using ISO images
• Live migration
• Instance creation using VMDK images
• Ganeti settings
• Automated Instance creation
• Networks and VLANs
• Failure handling
• Cloud computing

Objectives

At the end of the workshop students will be able to:

• Explain concepts of Virtualization as it relates to modern computer systems
• Explain and demonstrate Desktop Virtualization using VirtualBox?
• Explain and demonstrate System Virtualization using KVM and libvirt
• Explain and demonstrate Migration and shared storage
• Explain and configure a Linux system to use Ganeti
• Demonstrate how to create an instance using ISO images
• Demonstrate live migration with Ganeti instances
• Demonstrate how to create an instance using VMDK images
• Explain and configure various Ganeti advanced settings
• Demonstrate how to create automated Ganeti instances using synnefo
• Explain and configure virtualisation networks and VLANs to provide networks to customer VMs
• Explain and demonstrate techniques for dealing with Ganeti failure handling
• Explain some basic concepts relating to Cloud computing