Overview
This hands-on workshop provides a comprehensive understanding of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The course equips learners with the knowledge and skills to architect scalable, secure, and efficient OCI solutions. Combining theoretical insights with practical application, this workshop prepares participants to confidently address real-world cloud infrastructure challenges.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of cloud computing concepts.
- Familiarity with networking, storage, and general IT infrastructure.
- Experience with any cloud platform is beneficial but not mandatory.
Target audience
- IT professionals transitioning to cloud-based roles.
- System architects and engineers involved in designing cloud solutions.
- Developers seeking to expand their knowledge of OCI.
- Technical managers overseeing cloud transformation projects.
Delegates will learn how to
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand and implement foundational OCI services, including compute, storage, networking, and databases.
- Apply identity and access management principles to secure cloud environments.
- Design and configure virtual cloud networks and connectivity solutions.
- Utilise advanced OCI tools like load balancers, DNS management, and object lifecycle management.
- Manage databases, object storage, and block storage to optimise performance and availability.
- Monitor and secure OCI resources using built-in observability and security services.
Outline
Module 1: OCI Introduction
- Overview of OCI and its core architecture
Module 2: Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Identity domains, authentication (AuthN), and authorisation (AuthZ)
- Policies, compartments, and tag-based access control
Module 3: Networking – Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)
- Introduction to VCN, subnets, security lists, and gateways
- CIDR notation and RFC 1918
Module 4: Networking – Connectivity
- Connectivity options, Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG), and VPN
- FastConnect and peering connections
Module 5: Networking – Load Balancer and DNS Management
- Public/private load balancers and network load balancer policies
- DNS service, private DNS, and traffic management
Module 6: Networking – Advanced Concepts
- IPv6 integration, inter-region latency dashboard, and network visualiser
Module 7: Compute Services
- Compute shapes, custom images, preemptible instances, and autoscaling
- Bare metal vs. virtual machines (VMs) vs. dedicated hosts
Module 8: Object and Block Storage
- Object storage characteristics, lifecycle management, and auto-tiering
- Block volume performance, backups, clones, and cross-region replication
Module 9: File Storage and Database Management
- File storage concepts, security, and snapshots
- Database systems operations and maintenance
Module 10: Security and Observability
- Shared security model, Cloud Guard, and encryption basics
- Vault integration, monitoring services, and metric queries
Module 11: Observability and Logging
- Service logs, custom log management, and alarm configurations
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