Course Level
Junos Cloud Fundamentals (JCF) is an introductory-level course.
Intended Audience
The primary audiences for this course include:
Individuals responsible for planning and coordinating cloud-enabled networks and services in data center, private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud, service provider, and enterprise WAN environments.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites for this course include:
- Basic TCP/IP skills
- Basic network understanding
- General understanding of data center environments
- General understanding of enterprise WAN environments
- Basic understanding of virtualization
- Attended the Getting Started with Cloud eLearning course
Objectives
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
- Identify fundamental cloud concepts
- Identify the concepts of Linux virtualization
- Identify the concepts of Linux namespaces
- Identify the concepts of containerization
- Identify the basics of Network Virtualization
- Introduction to SDN and NFV
- Introduction to OpenStack
- Identify the key concepts of OpenStack configuration
- Identify the basics of OpenStack networking
- Identify the basics of Kubernetes
- Identify the key concepts of Kubernetes configuration
- Introduction to Juniper Cloud Native Contrail Networking
- Identify the basics of Cloud Native Contrail Networking configuration
Course Contents
Day 1
Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Fundamental Cloud Concepts
- Identify key cloud concepts
- Describe components of cloud architecture
- Identify Juniper solutions for cloud infrastructure
Module 3: Linux Virtualization
- Overview of the Linux architecture
- Describe the concept of Linux virtualization
- Lab 1: Linux Virtualization
Module 4: Linux Namespaces
- Overview of the Linux containment features
- Describe the concept of network namespaces
- Describe the concept of Linux bridging
- Lab 2: Linux Namespaces
Module 5: Containerization
- Describe containerization using Docker
- Describe Docker networking
- Lab 3: Containerization
- Lab 4: cSRX
Module 6: Network Virtualization
- Describe concepts of virtual networks
- Describe how to extend virtual network
- Lab 5: Network Virtualization
Day 2
Module 7: Network Functions Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking
- Describe the concepts of software-defined networking (SDN)
- Describe the concepts of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
Module 8: Introduction to OpenStack
- Describe the OpenStack fundamentals
- Describe OpenStack UI
- Lab 6: OpenStack Web UI Configuration
Module 9: OpenStack Configuration
- Identify the OpenStack interfaces
- Describe the OpenStack orchestration concepts
- Describe how to create instances in OpenStack
- Lab 7: OpenStack CLI Configuration
Module 10: OpenStack Networking
- Describe OpenStack networks and security groups
- Describe OpenStack routing
- Describe the concept of floating IP addresses and load balancing
- Lab 8: OpenStack Networking
Day 3
Module 11: Introduction to Kubernetes
- Overview of Kubernetes fundamentals
- Describe Kubernetes interfaces
- Lab 9: Kubernetes Basic
Module 12: Kubernetes Networking
- Describe how to provision a Kubernetes cluster
- Describe Kubernetes networking
- Lab 10: Kubernetes Networking
Module 13: Introduction to Cloud Native Contrail Networking
- Overview of Contrail Networking
- Describe the features of Contrail Networking
Module 14: Contrail Basic Configuration
- Overview of the installation requirements
- Explore the Contrail UI
- Describe how to create a virtual network in Contrail
- Describe how to create basic security controls
- Lab 11: Contrail Basic Configuration