OpenInfra Foundation Courses

Lessons Learned from Cultivating Open Source Projects and Communities

Gain insights into essential leadership skills and practical lessons for successfully building and maintaining open source projects and communities, drawn from a decade of hands-on experience.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Bumblebee - Building Virtual Desktop Services with OpenStack

Dive into the architecture and implementation of Bumblebee, an innovative virtual desktop service leveraging OpenStack for seamless in-browser desktop experiences in research environments.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How Convenience Is Killing Open Standards - The Battle Against Vendor Lock-in

Explore the critical battle between convenience and open standards in cloud computing, examining how serverless solutions create vendor lock-in and threaten technological freedom and interoperability.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Preventing Toxicity and Unconscious Biases Using Large Language and Deep Learning Models

Discover how large language models and BERT transformers can detect and prevent unconscious biases in AI systems, achieving 98.7% accuracy across diverse data sources and cultural contexts.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

OpenStack Observability Revamped - Monitoring and Debugging at Scale

Discover modern approaches to OpenStack monitoring and debugging through advanced observability tools like Prometheus, OpenMetrics, and OpenTelemetry, enhancing infrastructure management at scale.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

UEFI Secure Boot in Cloud Workloads - Implementation and Benefits

Explore UEFI Secure Boot implementation in OpenStack environments, covering benefits for virtual workloads, image compatibility, and configuration methods for bare metal deployments using Ironic.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Self-Service LOKI Applications for Non-Technical Users with Azimuth Platform

Discover how Azimuth enables non-technical users to self-deploy and manage complex applications on LOKI through a simple web interface, featuring SSO authentication and support for advanced hardware capabilities.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Tracing Adventures from Pull Request to Production - Using OpenTelemetry for Deploy Troubleshooting

Discover how distributed tracing and OpenTelemetry signals can improve collaboration between developers and operators while troubleshooting deployment issues from PR to production.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Building and Managing OpenStack Cloud Systems at Home

Master OpenStack deployment through hands-on experience building a home cloud system using Kolla-ansible toolkit, covering architecture, management, operations, and practical implementation steps.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Continuous Delivery for Microservices Architecture

Discover effective strategies for implementing continuous delivery in microservice architectures, addressing common challenges and orchestrating CI/CD practices for distributed systems.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Containers From Scratch - Understanding Container Fundamentals and Implementation

Dive into the fundamentals of container technology, exploring core concepts, terminology, and hands-on demonstrations to understand how containers actually work under the hood.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Fearless Automation - Deploying OpenStack on Top of Kubernetes with YAOOK

Discover how Yaook automates OpenStack deployment and management on Kubernetes, enabling efficient lifecycle operations while maintaining system reliability and safety through intelligent control mechanisms.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Improving Container Networking Performance with BGP Using Calico in OpenStack Cloud

Discover how to enhance container networking in OpenStack cloud using BGP and Calico, optimizing performance through Jumbo frames MTU while implementing ECMP routing for improved load balancing and redundancy.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

HPC Storage Solutions and Performance Optimization for Arm64 Architecture

Dive into high-performance computing storage optimization for Arm64 architecture, covering Lustre, DAOS, Ceph, and BeeGFS implementations, with focus on functionality, stability, and performance enhancements.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Multi-Cluster Connectivity Using Dynamic BGP Routing in OpenStack

Discover how to optimize BGP routing efficiency in OpenStack deployments through OVN-based implementations, focusing on route offloading via OpenFlow for improved packet processing and network performance.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video