OpenInfra Foundation Courses

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

Swift Deployment, Monitoring, and Real-time Performance Analysis of Regular vs. BlueStore Backends

Discover Swiftacular, an open-source tool for Swift cluster deployment and performance monitoring with real-time dashboards comparing regular vs. BlueStore backends.

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

Operational Automation in OpenStack Using LLM and MCP - Real World AI Agent Use Cases

Explore AI-powered operational automation in OpenStack using LLMs and MCP for VM provisioning, incident response, and resource optimization through natural language commands.

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

One MCP to Rule Them All - Direct Compute for LLM or the Start of SkyNet Built on OpenInfra - Part 2

Discover how El.Roi File System enables distributed AI inference with low-cost, low-latency solutions for multi-model processing and scalable data stream access.

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

Less Waste, Less Work - Using VM Lifetime for Resource Cleanup

Discover how to automate VM lifecycle management in OpenStack environments to eliminate resource waste and reduce manual cleanup efforts through innovative lifetime features.

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

Dynamic Resource Sharing and Diverse Compute Platforms for AI - The Slinky Solution

Discover how Slinky combines Slurm and Kubernetes to maximize GPU utilization across batch, interactive, and cloud-native AI workflows with dynamic resource sharing.

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

Cloud-Native Computing - When the Infrastructure Becomes an App

Explore how infrastructure can become truly cloud-native by running as an app, using Kubernetes, OpenStack, and operators for self-healing, auto-updating systems.

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

Building an Open Compute Ecosystem - A Software Stack to Enable AI Tasks to Run on Any AI Infrastructure

Discover how CMCC's cross-architecture software stack enables AI applications to run on any accelerator with unified coding, compilation, and runtime for seamless migration.

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