Nova & Cinder (OpenStack Compute and Block Storage Service)

Nova & Cinder (OpenStack Compute and Block Storage Service)

Course Summary

This course offers in-depth, hands-on training in Nova (Compute) and Cinder (Block Storage)—two of the most critical components in the OpenStack ecosystem. Nova is responsible for provisioning and managing virtual machines, while Cinder provides persistent storage volumes for compute instances.

Participants will learn how to deploy, configure, and operate compute and storage resources in OpenStack environments. The course is built for Linux system administrators, cloud engineers, and DevOps professionals seeking real-world skills in cloud infrastructure.

Why Choose This Course

As enterprises increasingly adopt OpenStack for private and hybrid cloud environments, understanding how to efficiently manage compute and block storage resources is essential. This course gives you the operational knowledge to manage virtual machines, instances, storage volumes, and cloud automation, all backed by hands-on lab work.

What sets this course apart:

  • Taught by instructors with real-world OpenStack deployment experience

  • Strong focus on Linux-based automation and command-line administration

  • Includes troubleshooting practices, monitoring techniques, and integration with other core OpenStack services

  • Tailored for professionals from Linux, virtualization, or cloud-native backgrounds

Who Should Enroll

This course is ideal for:

  • Linux system administrators working toward OpenStack roles

  • IT professionals transitioning into private or hybrid cloud infrastructure

  • Cloud and DevOps engineers managing virtual compute/storage environments

  • Professionals preparing for OpenStack certification tracks

  • Students looking to gain in-demand skills in cloud provisioning

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand the architecture and roles of Nova and Cinder within OpenStack

  • Launch and manage compute instances using CLI and dashboard

  • Configure scheduling, flavors, key pairs, and availability zones

  • Create and attach persistent block storage volumes to instances

  • Automate instance creation and storage provisioning

  • Diagnose and troubleshoot performance or connectivity issues

  • Manage quotas, snapshots, backups, and volume types

  • Integrate Nova and Cinder with services like Glance, Keystone, and Horizon

Skills You Will Gain

  • OpenStack VM provisioning and orchestration

  • Storage volume lifecycle management

  • Hypervisor and compute node configuration

  • Image handling and volume attachment

  • CLI and Horizon-based resource administration

  • Practical troubleshooting and logging analysis

  • Real-world exposure to Nova-Cinder integrations

Career Benefits

Completing this course will position you for roles such as:

  • OpenStack Cloud Administrator

  • Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

  • Virtualization/Compute Specialist

  • Storage and Backup Engineer (OpenStack)

  • DevOps Engineer – Cloud Platforms

You will also be better prepared for OpenStack certification exams and enterprise cloud projects that rely on open-source IaaS platforms.

Take the Next Step

Master the core services behind OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure. Learn to manage virtual machines, provision persistent storage, and build scalable environments with confidence.

Nova & Cinder (OpenStack Compute and Block Storage Service) Syllabus

Modules

Chapter 1 :
Introduction
Introduction to Linux
Linux admin commands
Introduction to Cloud
Comparison with Amazon AWS and RackSpace cloud
Other Cloud frameworks
Introduction to OpenStack and its components
Virtualization techniques

Chapter 2 :
What is nova
Supported hypervisors
Xen, LXC, KVM, Qemu, VMWare
Architecture & features
Control Flow
Building a Platform as a Service using Docker/LXC?

Chapter 3 :
What is Glance
Supported image formats
Creating, uploading and using an image
Architecture & features
Control flow.

Chapter 4 :
What is Cinder
Block Storage properties
Architecture & features
Control flow.

Chapter 5 :
What is Swift
Object storage properties
Object security, permissions and metadata
Architecture & components
Features
Control flow
Building a Content Delivery Network.

Chapter 6 :
Software defined networking (Neutron), What is Neutron, Architecture & features, Control flow, Creating VPN, Open vSwitch.

Cloud Security, Cloud security groups, Instance access (SSH Keys), Virtual private clouds, DMZs.

Identity & Access Management (Keystone), RBAC, Users, Roles, Groups, Domains, Projects.

OpenStack dashboard (Horizon), What is Horizon, Architecture & features, Control flow

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