Cloud Foundry Architecture

Cloud Foundry Architecture

• start the course
• describe the open architecture mechanism and its relevance in Cloud Foundry
• describe and work with routing
• describe and work with authentication and authorization
• describe and work with Cloud Controller and Diego Brain
• describe and work with Blobstore and Diego Cell
• describe and work with broker and BBS
• work with metrics
• work with logs
• set up and work with Endpoint
• set up and work with Droplet
• set up and work with Container
• list Cloud Foundry architectural components, manage and service end-to-end Cloud Foundry deployments
• set up cf users, deploy and scale applications

Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface

Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface

• start the course
• set up CLI environment on various platforms
• list various CLI plugins and custom plugins
• compare the fundamental commands used to interact with Cloud Foundry
• work with fundamental commands to manage the organization
• work with fundamental commands to manage spaces
• work with fundamental commands to manage routes
• deploy an application and manage the application status
• work with CLI to manage logs
• recognize the practical usage of CUPS
• work with commands for common user and role management
• work with CLI BOSH commands
• recognize the significance of return codes in the outcome of command execution
• set up cf CLI environment, deploy applications, and manage applications using CLI commands

Cloud Foundry Overview

Cloud Foundry Overview

• start the course
• describe the Cloud Foundry platform
• identify the significance of Cloud Foundry as a Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• list the various components of Cloud Foundry
• identify an organization and spaces along with their roles in application and infrastructure management
• set up an organization and spaces on the Cloud Foundry application management platform
• illustrate use case for organization and spaces in a Cloud Foundry application management lifecycle
• identify the various mechanisms to create, authenticate and authorize users and define roles
• set up a Cloud Foundry environment for application management
• describe the various application components provided in Cloud Foundry
• control application deployment and identify various application states
• describe how Cloud Foundry utilizes infrastructures of various cloud providers
• recognize the importance of BOSH and its deployment features for distributed services
• describe the characteristics of cloud and Cloud Foundry components

Logging, Scaling, and High Availability

Logging, Scaling, and High Availability

• start the course
• describe the application log and common errors
• identify metrics
• work with Loggregator
• configure a scalable platform for applications in Cloud Foundry using BOSH
• describe high availability capabilities in Cloud Foundry
• describe the backup and disaster recovery process in Cloud Foundry
• work with backup and disaster recovery processes in Cloud Foundry
• set up colocation in Cloud Foundry
• work with commands used in CF deployment and recovery
• work with manual scaling in Cloud Foundry
• illustrate high availability in Cloud Foundry
• identify and evaluate backup processes and prerequisites

Managed and User-provided Services

Managed and User-provided Services

• start the course
• describe services and their categories
• create user-provided service
• provision services manually
• configure service management in Cloud Foundry
• work with route service to manage application request
• migrate database
• create a managed service
• deploy and manage services
• describe services and interaction strategies
• demonstrate the capabilities of the service broker
• describe the role of manifest and their usage in service management
• describe and illustrate the service management life cycle
• create services and use cloud-config to deploy IaaS