Overview:

As more and more businesses shift their IT operations to cloud platforms, skills in cloud computing and virtualization have become a frequently required qualification for IT professionals. Adding CompTIA Cloud+ to your resume demonstrates your ability to implement and maintain cloud technologies and enables you to jump into a rapidly growing market:

• 9 out of 10 companies use some form of cloud technology.
• 60 percent of companies have 30 percent or more of their IT systems in the cloud.
• Cloud computing is estimated to generate nearly 7 million jobs worldwide by the end of 2015.
• The global cloud computing market is projected to reach $270 billion by 2020.

With CompTIA Cloud+ Certification training at Robusta, the student will learn competency in cloud models, virtualization, infrastructure, security, resource management and business continuity.

Duration:  

48 hours

Objectives:

Cloud+ training at Robusta teaches the student to:

• Key concepts and terminology within cloud based technologies
• Processes involved in the evolving data center in the private cloud
• How to manage systems that have already adopted some type of cloud infrastructure
• Business and operational aspects of running a cloud
• A basic knowledge of Iaas, SaaS, PaaS, and DRaas
• Impacts of IT Service Management

Prerequisites

None, but 24 to 36 months of work experience in networking, storage or IT data center administration and familiarity with any major hypervisor technologies for server virtualization are recommended.

Course outlines:

1.      Configuration and Deployment

• Given a scenario, analyze system requirements to ensure successful system deployment
• Given a scenario, execute a provided deployment plan
• Given a scenario, analyze system requirements to determine if a given testing plan is appropriate
• Given a scenario, analyze testing results to determine if the testing was successful in relation to given system requirements
• Given a scenario, analyze sizing, subnetting, and basic routing for a provided deployment of the virtual network
• Given a scenario, analyze CPU and memory sizing for a provided deployment
• Given a scenario, analyze the appropriate storage type and protection capability for a provided deployment
• Given a scenario, analyze characteristics of the workload (storage, network, compute) to ensure a successful migration
• Given a scenario, apply elements required to extend the infrastructure into a given cloud solution

2.      Security

• Given a scenario, apply security configurations and compliance controls to meet given cloud infrastructure requirements
• Given a scenario, apply the appropriate ACL to the target objects to meet access requirements according to a security template
• Given a cloud service model, implement defined security technologies to meet given security requirements
• Given a cloud service model, apply the appropriate security automation technique to the target system

3.      Maintenance

• Given a cloud service model, determine the appropriate methodology to apply given patches
• Given a scenario, apply the appropriate automation tools to update cloud elements
• Given a scenario, apply an appropriate backup or restore method
• Given a cloud-based scenario, apply appropriate disaster recovery methods
• Given a cloud-based scenario, apply the appropriate steps to ensure business continuity
• Given a scenario, apply the appropriate maintenance automation technique to the target objects

4.      Management

• Given a scenario, analyze defined metrics to determine the presence of an abnormality and/or forecast future needed cloud resources
• Given a scenario, determine the appropriate allocation of cloud resources
• Given a scenario, determine when to provision/deprovision cloud resources
• Given a scenario, implement account provisioning techniques in a cloud environment to meet security and policy requirements
• Given a scenario, analyze deployment results to confirm they meet the baseline
• Given a specific environment and related data (e.g., performance, capacity, trends), apply appropriate changes to meet expected criteria
• Given SLA requirements, determine the appropriate metrics to report

5.      Troubleshooting

• Given a scenario, troubleshoot a deployment issue
• Given a scenario, troubleshoot common capacity issues
• Given a scenario, troubleshoot automation/orchestration issues
• Given a scenario, troubleshoot connectivity issues
• Given a scenario, troubleshoot security issues
• Given a scenario, explain the troubleshooting methodology