OpenInfra Foundation Courses

Bringing Availability Zones up to Par - OpenStack Implementation Challenges and Solutions

Explore challenges and solutions for implementing Availability Zones across OpenStack projects with maintainers and operators discussing parity issues.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Good AI Policy is a Widely Used AI Policy

Explore how the Open Infra Foundation's AI policy for code and documentation contributions can improve community health through widespread adoption and practical implementation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Sunbeam OpenStack Disaster Recovery Using Masakari and Consul

Discover how to implement automated VM evacuation in Sunbeam OpenStack using Masakari and Consul for enhanced high availability and disaster recovery in private cloud deployments.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Digging Through the Toolbox - Ten Years of Ironic Features

Explore ten years of Ironic's evolution and discover powerful bare metal management features you may have missed in this comprehensive OpenInfra overview.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hands-On - Infrastructure Provision with Terraform or OpenTOFU

Master infrastructure as code with Terraform/OpenTOFU on OpenStack through hands-on practice, covering installation, templates, variables, state management, and debugging techniques.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

From Zero to Code - How to Get Started in OpenStack

Discover how to contribute to OpenStack from identifying bugs to submitting code changes, with hands-on guidance from seasoned core maintainers through the entire development process.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beyond Neutron's Core - Building Your Own L3 Plugin

Discover how to build custom Layer 3 service provider plugins for OpenStack Neutron using the Service Type Framework to integrate external systems without modifying Neutron's core.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

So Long and Thanks for All the Nodes - New Tools for Managing Test Resources in Zuul

Discover how Zuul's latest features enable self-managed virtual and physical test resources, replacing Nodepool with integrated workflows for scalable CI operations.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building OpenDev - A Zuul for Operations Story

Discover how OpenDev uses Zuul for continuous integration and deployment, eliminating traditional staging environments by testing production-like setups and deploying directly.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building a Kubernetes Distribution for Workday using Zuul

Discover how Workday's Private Cloud team leveraged Zuul to build a Kubernetes distribution, featuring modern operator deployment, testing strategies, and upstream contributions.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Digital Public Infrastructure - Government Clouds Based on Open Source

Discover how countries implement digital sovereignty through OpenStack-based government clouds, exploring GovStack building blocks and federated infrastructure solutions.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Universe from Nothing - A Hands-On Introduction to OpenStack

Discover how to deploy containerised OpenStack from scratch on bare metal through hands-on practice, covering core concepts and building a fully functioning cloud infrastructure.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

OpenStack Deployments Made Easy - Kolla Ansible Workshop

Master containerized OpenStack deployment with Kolla-Ansible through hands-on practice, covering core services setup on single VM for educational and PoC use.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hands-On Migration from VMware to OpenStack with Ansible and AWX

Discover how to migrate VMware workloads to OpenStack using Ansible and AWX automation tools through practical Linux and Windows VM migration examples in this hands-on workshop.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Should Sovereignty be Built in to OpenStack?

Explore the complex concept of sovereignty in cloud computing and its relationship with OpenStack, examining different definitions and community perspectives on sovereign cloud solutions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video