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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>+1 on Devstack; it’s a great learning (labbing) tool in itself… You can even do a multi-node installation with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Do check out the recent OpenStack Operations Guide at <a href="http://docs.openstack.org/ops/OpenStackOperationsGuide.pdf">http://docs.openstack.org/ops/OpenStackOperationsGuide.pdf</a> -- it’s a good resource to get you going on a real implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Finally, (haven’t yet used them but) Mirantis does hold OpenStack training classes – see <a href="http://www.mirantis.com/openstack-training/">http://www.mirantis.com/openstack-training/</a> for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please keep the list updated on what else you find – I’m a OS newb as well and looking for all the training sources I can find :) I’m sure they’re a lot of us out here as well…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Openstack [mailto:openstack-bounces+willarddennis=live.com@lists.launchpad.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Griffith<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> chris@christopherbartels.com<br><b>Cc:</b> openstack@lists.launchpad.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack] OpenStack Training<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Chris Bartels <<a href="mailto:chris@christopherbartels.com" target="_blank">chris@christopherbartels.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>My experience with virtualization has been limited to the ProxmoxVE platform, and with it I’m quite adept after working with it for a few years, however I’m looking forward to migrating to OpenStack & would like to find a way to learn as much about it as I can, in as efficient a manner as possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’m currently in the process of selling my laptop on eBay so that I can buy a cheap used server with which to tinker with the new OpenStack Grizzly release so I can start to learn first-hand about working with the software, so I have that to look forward to, but I’m also on the lookout for more opportunities to soak up information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Today I found the ‘OpenStack Foundation’ YouTube channel, and have been watching videos all morning. I’m happy with this to a degree. One in particular entitled “Solving The OpenStack Talent Gap” turned me on to a resource called ‘Cloud Academy’, which seemed promising at first, but after getting registered with them- as far as I can tell they don’t have training content up & available yet, as their project is in its infancy apparently.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>So I come to you all here on the list for suggestions as to whether there exists reputable formal online training that I can sign up for somewhere- free is better however I don’t mind spending a thousand dollars for top-notch training if it provides an industry recognized certification at the end such as the CompTIA A+ (which I’m signed up for this fall, btw- because it’s the closest I can get to what I’m after at the local community college).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>What do people here know that I don’t know about OpenStack learning & training? Do any programs stand out as being great that you know of?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please advise.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Kindest Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-Chris<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Mailing list: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~openstack" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~openstack</a><br>Post to : <a href="mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net">openstack@lists.launchpad.net</a><br>Unsubscribe : <a href="https://launchpad.net/~openstack" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~openstack</a><br>More help : <a href="https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp" target="_blank">https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Hey Chris,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Welcome, I don't have much input regarding your questions on the best training resources other than docs and diving in to OpenStack.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That being said, you might want to reconsider selling your laptop, you can run OpenStack in a VM on your laptop just fine, and in fact checkout: <a href="http://devstack.org">http://devstack.org</a> for a very easy way to get started and experimenting with OpenStack.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good Luck,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>