Cloud Orchestration with IBM Cloud Orchestrator 2.5
Overview:
In this course, you learn the fundamentals of mobile computing and the IBM MobileFirst strategy. The course explains the challenges of mobile development and how IBM mobile solution offerings address them. In particular, you learn about the IBM MobileFirst offerings, which have IBM Worklight at their core, and their value proposition. You also learn approaches that you can use for building mobile applications, the available technology and design options, and situations that are appropriate for each option.
Pre-Requisites
- Basic understanding of cloud and virtualization technologies
- Basic VMware skills
- Basic Linux skills
- Basic understanding of OpenStack Kilo is beneficial
- Basic understanding of IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack 4.3 and IBM Cloud Orchestrator, including what is new in each product (recorded video)
- Experience with Business Process Manager orchestration and workflows is beneficial
Course Content:
Introduction to IBM Cloud Orchestrator
- What’s new in IBM Cloud Orchestrator 2.5 -a brief review
- Overview of orchestration
- IBM Cloud Orchestrator extensions and security model
- Public Cloud Support
- Bring your own OpenStack
- Operating the IBM Cloud Orchestrator environment
- Classroom environment
IBM Cloud Orchestrator user interface
- Introduction to the IBM Cloud Orchestrator user interface
- Overview of Self-service categories and offerings
Actions Registry
- Defining and deploying Heat templates
- Introduction to modifying an offering
- Customizing the IBM Cloud Orchestrator self-service user interface
- IBM Business Process Manager overview
- Introduction to the Process Designer
- Business Process Manager artifacts
Introduction to how IBM Cloud
- Orchestrator uses Business Process Manager
- Business process details
- Human service and coach details
- Variables and data mapping
- Populating coach controls
Toolkits overview
- Information flow in IBM Cloud Orchestrator
- Managing the process application lifecycle
IBM Cloud Orchestrator as an Integration Layer
- Usage examples
- Legacy front end scenario
- Legacy backend scenario
Troubleshooting
- Platform troubleshooting
- Business Process Manager Troubleshooting