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    Nokia Altiplano Access Controller Administration

Nokia Altiplano Access Controller Administration

Course number: FN00201
Course duration: 3 days
Price: €2,400

Course overview


This 3-day course is designed for students interested in the system administration aspects of the Altiplano application. Topics include Altiplano architecture, integration between the Access Controller and device managers, Altiplano deployment options, access management using Keycloak, use of the System Administration application in Altiplano, log management, resource management, health monitoring and troubleshooting, consolidated backup and restore (CBUR), redundancy and security topics. Students will apply the knowledge learned in the course by performing lab exercises.

 

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Course objectives

After completing the course, students should be able to:

 

  • Describe the Altiplano architecture
  • Describe the Altiplano deployment options
  • Describe how access management using Keycloak works for Altiplano
  • Explain how to manage Altiplano licenses
  • Describes how certificates are management in Altiplano
  • Describe how the Network Virtualizer and other device managers integrate with the Access Controller to manage devices
  • Describe the use of Partition Access Profiles (PAPs)
  • Explain how to monitor Altiplano's health and perform basic troubleshooting
  • Explain how to backup and restore databases in Altiplano
  • Describe the redundancy options available for the Altiplano application

Course modules
 

Module 1 – Altiplano Architecture and Deployment

  • Altiplano architecture
  • Altiplano microservices
  • Northbound and southbound interfaces of the Access Controller (AC) and Network Virtualizer (NV)
  • Device manager integration
  • Altiplano deployment options using guided installation and Helm
  • Lab exercises
    • Lab 1: Lab Familiarization

 
Module 2 – Access Management in Altiplano

  • Use of Keycloak for Altiplano access management
  • Use of the following Keycloak entities for Altiplano access management:
    • Realm
    • Client
    • Authorization Scope
    • Policy
    • User
    • Permissions
  • Lab exercises
    • Lab 2: User Management in Keycloak

 

Module 3 – Altiplano System Administration

  • Altiplano security features
  • Altiplano certificate agreement
  • Altiplano license management using the Altiplano Web UI, Netconf and Restconf Manager Directory Service
  • Network Virtualizer management using Altiplano Web UI, Netconf and Restconf
  • Blueprints and Extensions management
  • Partition Access Profile (PAP)
  • Lab exercises:
    • Lab 3: Configuring Network Virtualizer in MDS
    • Lab 4: Load Blueprints and Device Extensions
    • Lab 5: PAP Configuration

 

Module 4 – Altiplano Health Monitoring and Troubleshooting

  • Altiplano Log management
  • Use of IndexSearch (OpenSearch) Dashboards to view Altiplano logs
  • Altiplano resource monitoring
  • Use of Grafana Dashboards to view Altiplano application metrics
  • Kubernetes commands for Altiplano monitoring and troubleshooting
  • Lab exercises:
    • Lab 6: Logs and Performance Monitoring
       


Module 5 – Backup/Restore and Resiliency

  • Backup and restore of Altiplano databases using Consolidated Backup and Restore (CBUR)
  • Use of the CBUR script and Ansible Installer to configure backup parameters
  • Altiplano local redundancy using high availability features in Kubernetes
  • Altiplano geo-redundancy
  • Lab exercises:
    • Lab 7: Backup and Restore