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## Workshop ##
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* [Detailed Workshop Agenda](agenda.html) (includes links to presentations and schedule)
* [Lab Access](http://ws.nsrc.org) (workshop only)
* [Participants](participants.html)
* [Instructors](instructors.html)
* [Reference Materials](references.html)
* [Sponsors](sponsors.html)
* Workshop Survey
* [Photos](https://photos.nsrc.org/)
* [NSRC training videos](https://learn.nsrc.org)
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## Workshop Description ##
**_Practical Virtualization Workshop_**
During this three-day technical workshop, we will discuss the realities
among the many aspects of selecting a virtualization solution for your
organization, with a focus on a local self-managed platform using Proxmox.
During three days, we will present, demonstrate, and complete labs on the
virtualization themes of:
* **Hypervisors** (including Proxmox with KVM)
* **Containers** (Proxmox/Incus system containers and Docker application containers)
* **Block storage** (HDD and SSD, LVM, RAID, iSCSI)
* **File storage** (consistency, ZFS, snapshots, and replication, NFS/CIFS)
* **Object storage** (Amazon's S3 API)
* **Distributed storage** (Scalable/Replicated. Ceph: rbd, cephfs, radosgw)
* **Networking** (Bridges, VLANs, firewalls)
* **Provisioning and deployment** (config management: cloud-init, ansible;
stack management: terraform; container management: kubernetes)
* **Data and risk management** (backups and recovery, monitoring, security)
* **Choosing the right strategy for your organization:** (cloud, self-hosting, or hybrid)
Instructors have experience in these areas and will share their practical,
hands-on experiences with both locally hosted and public cloud-based
solutions. The workshop will use a virtual training platform where numerous
concepts can be installed, configured, used, and reviewed hands-on to
provide some practical experience with possible solutions you may be
considering or already have.
The goal of this workshop is to provide knowledge to assist with possible
decisions you or your organization may be working towards, as well as share
with everyone practical knowledge of solutions already implemented by the
instructors and others in the class. Knowledge shared among peers greatly
benefits in-person, interactive workshops like this one.
By the end of this workshop, you should better understand possible solutions
you could implement for your particular organizational needs, resources, and
location.
## Pre-requisites ##
__Required__
The one key pre-requisite is that participants should have some experience
with a virtualization environment, whether it be local with solutions like
VMWare, VirtualBox, KVM, QEMU, libvirt, Hyper-V or with at least one cloud
solution like AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, or many others.
__Minimum Experience__
This workshop assumes a fundamental understanding of network protocols and
terms, such as TCP/IP, as well as understanding of operating systems like
Linux/Unix and/or Windows and how they are implemented and run.
Introductory sessions in these areas are not part of the workshop.
__Useful Experience__
After this here are some useful experiences to better give participants an
idea of the type of system, security, and network topics that will be
covered while discussing the many areas involved in a practical
virtualization workshop.
* System administration or use of operating systems like Unix, Linux, Windows, and/or macOS (Unix).
* Understanding of core functionality of operating system file systems.
* Experience with or understanding of the concepts of RAID (RAID 1, 5, 1+0, etc.)
* Understanding of TCP/IP as well IPv4 and IPv6 and basic understanding of how packets are routed on the Internet.
* Understanding of the core concepts of encryption, why it is used, and how it is used, including the use of SSH and configuration of SSL.
* Use of or knowledge about databases such as some form of SQL or other relational or non-relational data stores.
* Programming experience of some kind and preferably some shell scripting or understanding of how shell scripts work.
* Use of or understanding how an API works.
**Please note: participants are required to bring laptops**
## Technical Requirements ##
Participants laptops/PCs must have:
* A modern web browser installed (Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Opera/Edge)
