Course description
This two-day course on cluster administration in Proxmox VE provides participants with in-depth knowledge of cluster configuration, high availability and security measures, clustering, architecture, resource management, storage, troubleshooting and migration from VMware to Proxmox VE. The course is ideal for technical professionals who want to effectively manage and optimize a virtualized environment with an emphasis on redundancy, security and high availability.
Course content
Day 1: Clustering basics and high availability
Setting up a Proxmox VE cluster: concepts / architecture / technology
- Introduction to clustering in Proxmox VE.
- Cluster architecture, roles and communication between nodes.
- CRUSH maps and their importance for load distribution.
Hardware requirements for cluster installation
- Specification of the necessary hardware for a cluster solution.
- Redundant hardware and its configuration for failover.
Proxmox VE cluster: features / settings / configuration / administration
- Installation and basic cluster configuration.
- Cluster resource management and conflict resolution.
Synchronization and consistency of data between nodes.
- High Availability (HA) - HA Manager Proxmox VE and corosync.
- HA Manager configuration and Corosync role in the cluster.
- Failover scenarios and strategies to minimize downtime.
- Creating HA groups and prioritizing services.
Advanced authentication methods and user management
- Integration with LDAP, Active Directory, and Kerberos.
- Create and manage user profiles and permissions at the cluster level.
Security enhancement concepts
- Cluster security using firewalls, VLANs and VPNs.
- Communication and storage encryption (LVM, ZFS).
Day 2: Storage solution, troubleshooting and migration
Hyper-converged infrastructure with Ceph
- Explaining hyper-converged infrastructure and the role of Ceph.
- Configuration of Ceph RBD, CephFS and object storage.
- Performance optimization and storage scaling.
Proxmox VE framework for storage replication
- Set up and manage storage replication between clusters.
- Security and monitoring of replication processes.
- Resolving common replication issues.
Proxmox VE API
- Automation of tasks using the Proxmox API.
- Integration with external systems and development of own applications.
- Examples of using the cluster management API.
Troubleshooting (for simple node setup and cluster installations)
- Diagnostic tools and methods for problem identification.
- Solving specific cluster conflicts and failure modes.
- Best practices for maintaining cluster health.
Determining node performance (networks and clusters)
- Monitoring network performance and resources in the cluster.
- Using tools like Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus.
- Analysis and interpretation of performance data.
Migrating from VMware to Proxmox VE
- Tools and procedures for efficient transfer of data and configurations.
- Case studies and common migration pitfalls.
- Overview of the virtual machine migration process.
Certification
After the workshop, you will receive a certificate of completion.
Materials
Electronic materials in the English language are part of the training.
