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Course description
This two-day course on cluster administration in Proxmox VE provides participants with in-depth knowledge of cluster configuration, high availability and security measures, clustering, architecture, resource management, storage, troubleshooting and migration from VMware to Proxmox VE. The course is ideal for technical professionals who want to effectively manage and optimize a virtualized environment with an emphasis on redundancy, security and high availability.
Day 1: Clustering basics and high availability
Setting up a Proxmox VE cluster: concepts / architecture / technology
Introduction to clustering in Proxmox VE.
Cluster architecture, roles and communication between nodes.
CRUSH maps and their importance for load distribution.
Hardware requirements for cluster installation
Specification of the necessary hardware for a cluster solution.
Redundant hardware and its configuration for failover.
Proxmox VE cluster: features / settings / configuration / administration
Installation and basic cluster configuration.
Cluster resource management and conflict resolution.
Synchronization and consistency of data between nodes.
High Availability (HA) - HA Manager Proxmox VE and corosync.
HA Manager configuration and Corosync role in the cluster.
Failover scenarios and strategies to minimize downtime.
Creating HA groups and prioritizing services.
Advanced authentication methods and user management
Integration with LDAP, Active Directory, and Kerberos.
Create and manage user profiles and permissions at the cluster level.
Security enhancement concepts
Cluster security using firewalls, VLANs and VPNs.
Communication and storage encryption (LVM, ZFS).
Day 2: Storage solution, troubleshooting and migration
Hyper-converged infrastructure with Ceph
Explaining hyper-converged infrastructure and the role of Ceph.
Configuration of Ceph RBD, CephFS and object storage.
Performance optimization and storage scaling.
Proxmox VE framework for storage replication
Set up and manage storage replication between clusters.
Security and monitoring of replication processes.
Resolving common replication issues.
Proxmox VE API
Automation of tasks using the Proxmox API.
Integration with external systems and development of own applications.
Examples of using the cluster management API.
Troubleshooting (for simple node setup and cluster installations)
Diagnostic tools and methods for problem identification.
Solving specific cluster conflicts and failure modes.
Best practices for maintaining cluster health.
Determining node performance (networks and clusters)
Monitoring network performance and resources in the cluster.
Using tools like Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus.
Analysis and interpretation of performance data.
Migrating from VMware to Proxmox VE
Tools and procedures for efficient transfer of data and configurations.
Case studies and common migration pitfalls.
Overview of the virtual machine migration process.
Certification
After the workshop, you will receive a certificate of completion.
Materials
Electronic materials in the English language are part of the training.
Lecturers
Jiří Snopek
Jirka's passion for imparting experience and knowledge to perfectly developed courses and trainings. He improves his teaching skills with foreign lecturers. He uses modern technology, new approaches, visualizations, labs for his courses.
Jirka is an expert in open source and shares his knowledge in our Linux, Ansible, containerization, OpenShift, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Grafana, Proxmox courses.
Jiří leads a team focused on the development and operation of web and mobile applications. He is a Linux system administrator and information technology and banking infrastructure architect. Experienced in automation, optimization, infrastructure architecture and application design.
His certifications: Red Hat Certified Trainer of the Year (2019) EMEA - DevOps, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Hybrid Cloud Management, Red Hat Certified Architect Level III, Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development
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