Cloud Computing Training Course

Objectives

At the end of Cloud Computing training course, the participants will:

• Learn what cloud is computing
• Be able to assess the architectures, components, operation and tools of cloud computing
• Understand various frameworks/technology options available w.r.t. SaaS, PaaS and IaaS (in context of java technology) - vFabric, Google, Amazon, Rackspace, Cloud Foundry, Eucalyptus etc.
• Also understand how to leverage these in the cloud
• Discuss/Create a cloud implementation strategy that minimizes the risk for your organization

Suggested Audience - Application engineers with good exposure to Java.

Duration - 5 Days

Prerequisites

• Should have strong understanding of Computer Science concepts like Operating Systems, Networking and Web services.
• Should have experience in atleast one Programming language like Java, Python

Outline

Day 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing Basic Building blocks of Cloud Computing Understanding Virtualization Understanding Infrastructure as a Service Amazon Web Services Rackspace, Gogrid and others Understanding Platform as a Service Google App Engine Cloud Foundry Understanding Software as a Service Sales Force Understanding Private Clouds Eucalyptus Openstack Vmware	Day 2: Public Clouds - Amazon Web Services & Microsoft Azure Amazon Web Services (AWS) Understanding Basic Components of AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Simple Storage Service (S3) Elastic Block Storage(EBS) Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) Understand the usage of the components using APIs Setup a Development Environment in Eclipse for Java Deploy a sample application on Amazon AWS
Day 3: Platform-as-a-Service - Google App Engine & Cloud Foundry Platform as a Service Google App Engine Understand Components of Google App Engine(GAE) Understand Google App Engine Datastores. Setup Eclipse to use GAE. Develop a Sample Application in Java or Python for GAE Host Application for free on GAE Understanding environment limitations Cloud Foundry Understand components of Cloud Foundry Setup local development environment for Cloud Foundry Develop a Spring-Application for Cloud Foundry Host Application on Cloud Foundry Understand envirorment limitations	Day 4: Private Clouds Understanding Private Clouds vs Public Clouds Eucalyptus, Openstack and Cloud.com Understand Core Components - Compute, Storage Using Eucalytus Private Cloud Eucalyptus Architecture Elastic IPs and Security Groups Image Management Working with Instances Working with Volumes and Snapshots Understanding euca-tools
Day 5: Programming for the Cloud Programming for the Cloud Understanding Multi-tenancy Exposing APIs Consuming APIs Design for Failure Design for Economics Understanding jclouds