Detailed Course Outline
- Section 1: Introduction
- Agenda
- Course Overview
- Lab Environment
- Section 2: Introduction to SUSE Linux Enterprise HA
- Overview of SUSE Linux Enterprise HA
- Why Should I Consider Implementing a Cluster?
- Cluster Terminology
- An Overview of the HA Architecture
- SLE HA in Public Cloud Environments
- Section 3: Cluster Implementation Requirements
- Overview of SLE15 HA Implementation Process
- Collect the Required Parameters
- Determine Expectations
- Planning Storage
- 2 Node Clusters, a Special Case
- Differences between SLE 12 and SLE 15
- Designing Test Cases
- Testing and Documentation
- Section 4: Cluster Node Preparation
- Local Filesystems
- Preparing the Infrastructure
- Cluster Networking
- Bonding Configuration
- Time Synchronization
- Name Resolution
- User Management
- Software Management for the HA Environment
- Updating Cluster Nodes
- Section 5: Deploy a Cluster
- Preparation Checklist
- Cluster setup step by step
- Secure Cluster Communications
- Section 6: Administer the HA Cluster
- Overview of the Cluster Administration Tools
- Introduction to Hawk
- Command Line Tools
- Configure and Synchronize files with csync2
- Section 7: Configure Fencing
- Understand Split Brain
- Understand Fencing
- STONITH
- Fencing using BMC