Introductory discussion and demonstration of the “core” OpenStack services

Exploration of the origins of OpenStack and its usage

Introduction to the Identity service

Behind-the-scenes

Minimal hardware and network requirements for a “proof of concept” deployment of OpenStack

Creation of Keystone domains, projects, users, and roles

Discussion of the logical architecture of the Image service

Image management from creation to administration to deletion

Overview of the Networking Service and its relationship to other OpenStack core services

Installation and initial configuration based on a variety of deployment scenarios

Discussion on key differences between Networking service with private and provider networks

Install and configure a centralized dashboard for all OpenStack services

Utilize built-in mechanisms for access control

Provide a GUI for a variety of users

Provide end users with a self-service API to request and consume block storage

Virtualize the management of block storage devices

Implement and configure a block storage service that provides resources for other OpenStack services

Provide an autoscaling service that integrates with Telemetry

Describe the infrastructure for a cloud application in a text file that is readable and writable by humans

Create a human- and machine-accessible service for managing the entire lifecycle of infrastructure and applications within OpenStack clouds

Create, modify, and get and metadata by using the Object Storage API

Implement a service that store lots of data efficiently, safely, and cheaply

Build a highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store