Overview

Cisco CloudCenter Administration is a three-day ILT course is for Data Center Engineers who want to take control of their applications using Cisco CloudCenter. This course introduces CloudCenter, walking the student through the system architecture and common tasks. Students will build and manage real applications on multiple live public cloud resources.

Prerequisites:

    •    Familiarity with Public Cloud environments
    •    Familiarity with Private Cloud environments
    •    Basic Linux System administration

Target Audience:

Data Center Engineers and Operations Teams who plan to manage and deploy applications using Cisco CloudCenter.

Course Objectives:

After the course attendees will be able to:
    •    Understand CloudCenter architecture and concepts
    •    Describe the use cases for CloudCenter
    •    Configure Cisco CloudCenter in a production environment
    •    Deploy, Manage and Monitor Applications
    •    Demonstrate proficiency with hands-on labs on live cloud resources

Course Outline:

Module 1: Use Cases & Architecture
    •    Agenda
    •    Logistics
    •    Why CloudCenter
    •    The CloudCenter Solution
    •    CloudCenter CloudCenter Architecture
    •    Lifecycle Management
    ◦    Model
    ◦    Deploy
    ◦    Manage
    ◦    Administer and Govern

Module 2: CloudCenter Administration
    •    Architecture Review
    •    Workflows
    •    Administration Objects & Terminology
    •    Cloud Configuration
    •    Repository Configuration
    •    Deployment Environments
    •    Usage and Fees
    •    User Administration
    •    Sub-Tenant Configuration
    •    Lab 1: Cloud Configuration
    •    Lab 2: Repository Configuration
    •    Lab 3: Deployment Environments
    •    Lab 4: Usage & Fees
    •    Lab 5: User Administration
    •    Lab 6: Tenant & Sub-Tenant Configuration

Module 3: Application Modeling and Deployment
    •    Modeling an App
    •    What Makes CloudCenter…. Click
    •    Modeling Step-by-Step
    •    Topology Modeler- Deep Dive
    •    Deployment
    •    View Deployment Status
    •    Lab 1: Model an Application
    •    Lab 2: Model an Application with Existing Data
    •    Lab 3: Running Applications on Different Clouds
    •    Lab 4: Application Runtime Management

Module 4: Application Management
    •    Benchmarking
    •    Scheduling
    •    Sharing
    •    CICD Project Board
    •    Policies
    •    Tagging and Governance
    •    Security Profiles
    •    Lab 1: Benchmarking
    •    Lab 2: Scheduling
    •    Lab 3: Sharing an App
    •    Lab 4: The Marketplace
    •    Lab 5: CICD
    •    Lab 7: Governance
    •    Lab 6: Policies