Book Image

Preparing for the Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam

By : Matt Dorn
Book Image

Preparing for the Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam

By: Matt Dorn

Overview of this book

This book provides you with a specific strategy to pass the OpenStack Foundation’s first professional certification: the Certified OpenStack Administrator. In a recent survey, 78% of respondents said the OpenStack skills shortage had deterred them from adopting OpenStack. Consider this an opportunity to increase employer and customer confidence by proving you have the skills required to administrate real-world OpenStack clouds. You will begin your journey by getting well-versed with the OpenStack environment, understanding the benefits of taking the exam, and installing an included OpenStack All-in-One Virtual Appliance to work through objectives covered throughout the book. After exploring the basics of the individual services, you will be introduced to strategies to accomplish the exam objectives relevant to Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Swift, Heat, and troubleshooting. Finally, you’ll benefit from the special tips section and a practice exam to put your knowledge to the test. By the end of the journey, you will be ready to become a Certified OpenStack Administrator!
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Summary

These tips and tricks will put you in a great position going into the exam. We reviewed the importance of project scope on the Horizon dashboard and CLI. Remember: if an objective can be completed on the Horizon dashboard, do it! It's typically faster than using the CLI unless you are a command-line pro! Time is extremely important and you only have about 4 to 5 minutes to complete each objective. With that said, don't waste your time with http://docs.openstack.org during the exam. Navigating the help in python-openstackclient is very useful in the event of forgetting some CLI arguments. Don't forget that older versions of python-swiftclient provide incorrect information on Swift ACLs, so use the syntax provided in this book or the http://docs.openstack.org/swift. And finally, be sure to check out other OpenStack books currently on the market! If this is...