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Course Outline
1. Introduction to OpenStack
- History of cloud computing and OpenStack
- Core cloud features
- Cloud deployment models
- Private, public, and hybrid clouds
- On-premise, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
- Public and private cloud deployments utilizing OpenStack
- Open-source and commercial OpenStack distributions
- OpenStack deployment models
- OpenStack ecosystem
- Core modules
- Underlying tools
- Integrations
- OpenStack lifecycle management
- OpenStack certification paths
2. Cloud security and OpenStack
Security domains within private clouds
Threat classification and common attack vectors
System and network documentation standards
System management practices
Vulnerability management
Configuration management and policy enforcement
System backup and recovery strategies
Server hardening techniques
OpenStack Management interfaces
Dashboard (Horizon)
REST API
SSH access
Out-of-Band (OOB) management
Secure communication protocols
TLS and HTTPS implementation
Reference architectures
3. OpenStack architecture and security
Keystone - Identity Service
Keystone architecture overview
Authentication mechanisms and backend options
Token types and token lifecycle management
Authorization in OpenStack - roles and oslo.policy
Keystone resources - domains, projects, and users
Configuring CLI clients with Openrc and clouds.yaml
OpenStack service catalog
Quota systems in OpenStack
Glance - Image Service
Glance architecture overview
Cloud-optimized images
Procedure for adding new images
Securing the image service deployment
Image metadata management
Neutron - Networking Service
Neutron architecture overview
Neutron service distribution
Network configurations in OpenStack deployments
Network isolation strategies in Neutron
Core Neutron resources
Compute node networking setup
Tenant (self-service) networks and subnets
Routing for tenant networks (East-West routing)
Provider networks
Accessing external resources (North-South routing)
Network namespaces
Physical traffic flow in Neutron nodes
Floating IPs
Security Groups
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Nova - Compute Service
Nova architecture overview
Hypervisors within the compute service
QEMU vs. KVM
Keypair management
Flavor management
Instance metadata
Instance features
Creating, verifying, and managing virtual instances
Inspecting VMs at the compute node
Assigning Security Groups and Floating IPs
Tapping into instance ports
Anti-spoofing (port security) in OpenStack
L3 virtual resources (router functions for instance traffic)
Nova-scheduler - compute node selection
Metadata service and configuration drives
Instance migration
Hardening the compute service
Cinder - Block Storage Service
Cinder architecture overview
Volume features
Creating a volume
Attaching and accessing volumes
Storage backends - iSCSI, Ceph
Volume wipe procedures
Barbican - Key Management Service
Barbican architecture overview
Storing passphrases
Generating and storing symmetric encryption keys
Volume encryption mechanisms
- Configuring Cinder storage types for volume encryption
- Limitations of volume encryption
- Storing X.509 certificate bundles
4. Other aspects related to architecture & security
- Tenant data privacy
- Instance security
- Oslo.policy - creating custom roles and API authorization
- High Availability in OpenStack
Requirements
- Fundamental networking knowledge
- Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts
- Practical experience administering Linux operating systems
14 Hours
Testimonials (3)
I found new things.
Cristian
Course - OpenStack Security
Depth of knowledge. A true SME in Openstack. Patient and very helpful. Explained complex topics in an understandable and digestible way.
Jake McIlwaine - Gamma
Course - OpenStack Security
The trainer was extremely knowledgable and helpful. While walking through the exercises, I wasn't rushed and was allowed to make mistakes (to a point) and then help was given to correct to them where needed.
