Certified OpenStack Administrator Study Guide

Product Description

Teaches you how and what to study in order to be best prepared for the Certified OpenStack Administrator exam. This fast-growing technology is creating a market that needs more qualified IT specialists with proven skills. This book covers 100% of the exam requirements for both The OpenStack Foundation and the Mirantis OpenStack Certification Exam.
Each theme is taught using practical exercises and instructions for the command line and for the graphical client (Horizon). Each chapter is followed by review questions, complete with answers. Even after you have taken and passed your OpenStack exam, this book will remain a useful reference.
What You Will Learn
Understand the components that make up the cloud. Install and make an OpenStack distribution from Mirantis, Red Hat or another community version. Work with OpenStack Identity Management, Dashboard, CLI, Object Storage, Block Storage, Networking, Telemetry, Orchestration, and Image Services. Learn how to troubleshoot all the main OpenStack services. Understand where to find information for future work with OpenStack.

Who This Book Is For
Certified OpenStack Administrator Study Guide is for Cloud and Linux engineers looking for a better understanding of how to work with the modern OpenStack IaaS Cloud, and wants to prove their knowledge by passing a Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam.

From the Back Cover

This guide teaches you how and what to study in order to be best prepared for the Certified OpenStack Administrator exam. This fast-growing technology is creating a market that needs more qualified IT specialists with proven skills. Certified OpenStack Administrator Study Guide covers 100% of the exam requirements for The OpenStack Foundation and will be very helpful for the Mirantis OpenStack Certification Exam.Each theme is taught using practical exercises and instructions for the command line and for the graphical client (Horizon). Each chapter is followed by review questions, complete with answers. Even after you have taken and passed your OpenStack exam, this book will remain a useful reference.


About the Author

Andrey Markelov is an experienced Linux and Cloud architect who has worked for large Russian and International companies (LANIT, Red Hat and Ericsson, currently). He has written and published more than fifty articles about Linux and Unix systems services, virtual systems and open source (Linux Format RE, Сomputerra, PCWeek/RE and others). Andrey is the author of the only Russian OpenStack book. He has been teaching Microsoft and Red Hat authorized courses for over 10 years. Andrey is a Red Hat Certified Architect since 2009, and is also a Microsoft Certified System Engineer, Sun Certified System Administrator, Novell Certified Linux Professional, Mirantis Certified OpenStack Administrator, and VMware Certified Professional.