0-60 Private Cloud Director workshop

Technical details and requirements for lab participation

This hands-on lab is designed for VMware administrators who are considering an alternative hypervisor (KVM) and virtualization management product—Private Cloud Director (PCD), which is built on the foundation of several open source technologies, including KVM, OpenStack, and Kubernetes. PCD is a production-ready, enterprise-grade virtualization solution that is designed to be easy to use and manage for VMware admins.

Engineers from Platform9, many of whom worked at VMware or have extensive experience using VMware, will be running these labs using Private Cloud Director (PCD).

Our goal is to have one engineer for every three participants to ensure we can provide a high level of interactivity and guidance during the sessions.

Platform9 will provide the hardware for the lab. However, please ensure that your networks allow outbound SSH connectivity.

There is no cost to participate in the lab. The entire session will be conducted via Zoom. We will send you instructions on how to join Zoom once you register.

Automated migration off VMware using vJailbreak

vJailbreak is a new free tool from Platform9 that discovers your current VMware environment and migrates your VMs, data, and network configurations to Private Cloud Director. See this tool in action on Day 2 where we showcase live migration of your running VMs (with change block tracking and minimum downtime) or offline VMs, with an easy-to-use user interface as well as a powerful underlying API.

Session prerequisites:

One or more VMware administrators who are looking to get hands-on experience of KVM as an alternative hypervisor and an enterprise-grade virtualization solution
Must be able to participate in both lab sessions—2.5 hours each day over 2 days.

Day 1 schedule - February 11, 2025, at 9 AM PT
(2.5 hours)

30 mins: Configure and setup Platform9 Private Cloud Director
- Configure cluster templates (networking, storage, and defaults) - Blueprints
30 mins: Add servers to the management plane - Install host agents
15 mins: Authorize servers and assign roles (Hypervisor, storage role, & image library role)
15 mins: Add images to Image Library
15 mins: Create VM flavors
30 mins: Deploying your first VM on KVM
15 mins: Overflow

Day 2 schedule - February 13, 2025 at 9 AM PT
(2.5 hours)

30 mins: VM live migration, HA, and workload rebalancing
30 mins: Configuring block storage, storage classes, and backup options
30 mins: Enabling self-service and multi-tenancy (VDC equivalent)
30 mins: Migrate VMs from VMWare to Private Cloud Director
30 mins: Overflow