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Talk at OpenStack Minnesota Meetup about the OpenStack Training Project
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OpenStack TrainingLowering the barrier to entry for OpenStack
Colin McNamara CCIE#18233
Chief Cloud Architect
OPEN@NEXUS
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My Perspective
CCIE / VCP / OpenStack Contributor
Serial instigator for OpenStack Community
Core - OpenStack Manuals
Co-Founder – OpenStack Training
Linux user since 98
VMware user since 99
Big fan of beards and old photo’s
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OpenStack Training - Goals
Lower the barrier to entry of OpenStack
Increase accuracy and usability of docs
Create survivable, usable content in the world of a 6 month release cycle
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OpenStack Training - Goals
Align to the upcoming Certification program
Increase the hiring pool of talented engineers
enable underrepresented & econnomically disadvantaged groups to develop marketable skills
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Program Structure
Openstack associate engineer
Openstack operations engineer
Openstack development engineer
Openstack DevOps architect
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Current focus – Associate Guide Full Lifecycle
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Skill Goals - Associate
basic knowledge of core OpenStack components (Compute, Block, Network, Dashboard)
create an instance
understand conf and log files
understand basics of APIs and framework architecture
understand shared components
work off a single node OpenStack implementation
get on IRC, mailing lists
able to deploy applications to OpenStack clouds
able to leverage basic functions including pools IPs and multiple disks
able to deploy multi-tier applications to OpenStack clouds
advanced knowledge of OpenStack components including new and incubated projects
able to create complicated network topologies
able to leverage advanced application topologies
able to operate and manage projects and elements via Horizon, and some CLI
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Methods
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Delivery Methods
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Self Paced Book
Corporate Instructor Led
Community Instructor Led
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Methods – Avoid Content going stale
6M release cycle kills books
Create structure for surviving that cycle
Re-Use Code
Engage End-Users
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Methods – Open Source Training
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Methods – Treat training like source code
Run it like it’s own project
Continuously Integrated
Using same XML as docs
Focus on code re-use
Using Agile Methodologies Scrum-ban Trello
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Status – Current Supporters
Community
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Status (pre-oct burndown not shown properly)
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Challenges
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Challenges / Lessons Learned - Politics
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Challenges / Lessons Learned - Infrastructure
Project infrastructure Repositories CI Systems Standards Wiki's Kanban tools Meeting structure / Schedules
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Challenges / Lessons Learned
Corporate Support is essential
OpenStack – 92% Corporate
Training – 80% Individual
9-5 work is critical
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What’s Next?
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Call to Action – Contributors Count
Always need more contributors Small work matters 2 cards a week = 1 week
less work
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Call to Action – Associate Course Alpha
Need Proctors
Need Students
Need quality bugs and feedback
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Open DiscussionThank you
@colinmcnamara
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