Certified OpenStack Administrator Study Guide: Get Everything You Need for the COA Exam

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Chapter 1: Getting Started
	What Is the Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam?
	Tips for COA Exam Preparation
	Other OpenStack Certifications (Red Hat)
	Understanding the Components That Make up the Cloud
	The History of the OpenStack Project
	Summary
Chapter 2: How to Build Your Own Virtual Test Environment
	Installing Vanilla OpenStack with the DevStack Tool
	Installing RDO OpenStack Distribution with PackStack
	Installing Ubuntu OpenStack with MicroStack
	Summary
Chapter 3: OpenStack APIs
	Using the OpenStack CLI
	Horizon’s Architecture
	Verifying the Operation of the Dashboard
	Creating and Managing RC Files to Authenticate with Keystone for Command-Line Use
	Summary
	Review Questions
		Answers
Chapter 4: Identity Management
	Managing Keystone Catalog Services and Endpoints
	Managing/Creating Domains, Projects, Users, and Roles
	Managing and Verifying the Operation of the Identity Service
	Summary
	Review Questions
		Answers
Chapter 5: Image Management
	Glance’s Architecture and Main Components
	Deploying a New Image to an OpenStack Instance
	Managing Images
	Managing Image Back Ends
	Verifying Operation of the Image Service
	Summary
	Review Questions
		Answers
Chapter 6: OpenStack Networking
	Neutron’s Architecture and Components
	Opening vSwitch’s Architecture
	Opening Virtual Networking (OVN)
	Managing Network Resources
	Managing Project Security Group Rules
	Managing Quotas
	Verifying the Operation of the Network Service
	Summary
	Review Questions
		Answers
Chapter 7: OpenStack Compute
	Nova’s Architecture and Components
	Managing Flavors
	Managing and Accessing an Instance Using a Key Pair
	Launching, Shutting Down, and Terminating the Instance
	Managing Instance Snapshots
	Managing Quotas
	Getting Nova Stats
	Verifying the Operation and Managing Nova Compute Servers
	Summary
	Review Questions
		Answers
Chapter 8: OpenStack Object Storage
	Overview of Swift Object Storage
	Managing Permissions on a Container in Object Storage
	Using the cURL Tool for Working with Swift
	Managing Expiring Objects
	Swift Cluster Monitoring
	Summary
	Review Questions
		Answers
Chapter 9: Block Storage
	Cinder’s Architecture and Components
	Managing Volume and Mount It to a Nova Instance
	Creating Volume Group for Block Storage
	Managing Quotas
	Backing up and Restoring Volumes and Snapshots
	Managing Volume Snapshots
	Setting up Storage Pools
	Summary
	Review Questions
		Answers
Chapter 10: Troubleshooting
	The Main Principles of Troubleshooting
	Checking the OpenStack Version
	Finding and Analyzing Log Files
	Backing up the Database Used by an OpenStack Instance
	Analyzing Host/Guest OS and Instance Status
	Analyzing Messaging Servers
	Analyzing Network Status
	Digesting the OpenStack Environment
	Summary
	Review Questions
		Answers
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Appendix A: OpenStack Orchestration
	Heat’s Architecture and Components
	Introducing the Heat OpenStack Template
	Launching a Stack Using a HOT
	Using CLI and the Dashboard for Heat Service Operations
Index