This two day course provides System Administrators with the skills and knowledge to deploy a basic cloud installation in an enterprise setting. The Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) course is aimed at junior level System administrators with prior Ubuntu and Linux experience. Instructor demonstration and hands-on activities lead students through the basics of hardware, software and networking requirements, installation of management tools and their configuration and use.

After completing this course students should be able to:

• Explain the difference between cloud computing and virtualization
• State the advantages and constraints of an Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud
• Describe the architecture of a UEC including:
• Front end (Cloud controller and Cluster controller)
• Node controllers
• Install, setup and configure a private UEC (Eucalyptus on Ubuntu)
• Setup user accounts
• Start and terminate instances
• Create Associated Computer Images (AMIs) including using and configuring the following additional services:
• Persistant storage (Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Block Service (EBS))
• Networking (Elastic IP)
• Explain the following networking modes:
• SYSTEM
• STATIC
• MANAGED
• MANAGED-NOVLAN
• Troubleshoot setup issues and common problems in Eucalyptus
• Find commercial and community support resources such as Canonical, mailing list, wikis, etc.

Day 1

• Welcome and Course Overview
• Introduction to Cloud Computing
• UEC Advantages and Constraints
• UEC Architecture
• Commercial and Community Support Resources
• Establishing a private UEC
• User Management
• Managing images

Day 2

• Creating AMIs
• Networking Modes
• Troubleshooting Setup
• Issues and Common Problems with Configuration Management
• Course Review