Training Catalog

Operator / Administrator Certification

• MSActivator Overview

  Duration: 4 hours, depending on previous knowledge

  This session is perfect for anyone (DevOps Engineers, SOC/NOC Operators , Business or Product Managers,) that wants to understand the main concepts of the MSActivator. Attendees will also acquire a good understanding of the MSActivator™ architecture.

  • MSActivator multi-tenancy and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • MSActivator repository overview
  • Device adaptors
  • Microservices & templates
  • Workflows

  • Configuration profile & monitoring profile
  • Log analysis (Elasticsearch) & alarm management
  • DMSA overview

• MSActivator Daily Tasks

  Duration: 8 hours, depending on previous knowledge

  This session is geared towards Operations, Support and DevOps Engineers who need to be comfortable with handling daily operational tasks inside the MSActivator.

  • Users, user roles & rights
  • Device management
  • Lifecycle management
  • Microservice & template-based configuration
  • Monitoring

  • Log management & analytics
  • Workflows
  • Alarm management
  • Reporting & dashboards

• How to Use Microservices

  Duration: 4 hours

  This session was created for Operations or Support Engineers who would like to learn the basics of Microservice design and how to use Microservices in an operational context.

  • Step-by-step design of a Microservice
  • Hands-on design of 2-3 microservices

  • How to use a Microservice for policy management
  • How to modify a Microservice to accommodate a service change

• How to Use Workflows

  Duration: 4 hours

  This session was created for DevOps Engineers who would like to learn the basics of Workflows design, and how to use Workflow in an operational context with a high demand for process automation.

  • Explain workflow concepts (whiteboard session)
  • Design a simple dummy workflow from scratch

  • Go through an existing use case scenario (demo + code-review)

• Administration and Troubleshooting

  Duration: 4 hours

  Troubleshooting: The goal of this session is to understand the MSActivator architecture enough to be able to conduct Level 1 & 2 troubleshooting

  • MSActivator support and troubleshooting overview
  • Demo (useful MSActivator CLIs, services, daemons, scripts, etc.)

  Administration: The goal of this session is to become comfortable with administrative task such as MSActivator installation, upgrades, and monitoring.

  • MSActivator Administration overview
  • Demo: Install and configure the MSActivator

Developer Certification: Workflows

• MSActivator Overview

  Duration: 4 hours, depending on previous knowledge

  This session is perfect for anyone (DevOps Engineers, SOC/NOC Operators , Business or Product Managers,) that wants to understand the main concepts of the MSActivator. Attendees will also acquire a good understanding of the MSActivator™ architecture.

  • MSActivator multi-tenancy and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • MSActivator repository overview
  • Device adaptors
  • Microservices & templates

  • Workflows
  • Configuration profile & monitoring profile
  • Log analysis (Elasticsearch) & alarm management
  • DMSA overview

• Microservice Designer

  Duration: 8-12 hours, depending on the Microservice to be implemented and previous MSActivator knowledge

  This session is for Network and DevOps Engineers who would like to learn how to design and implement a Microservice from scratch.

  • Microservice design and the concepts underlying the OBMF engine
  • Demo and detail of 2-3 common Microservices
  • Hands-on explanation 2-3 Microservices
  • The modeling process

  • Show how to implement the CREATE/READ/UPDATE
  • How to IMPORT and explain regular expressions
  • The MS GUI auto-rendering based on the MS variable definition

• Workflow Designer

  Duration: 8 hours, depending on the workflow to be designed and previous MSActivator knowledge

  This session is for workflow designers or DevOps Engineers who want to understand understand the concept of workflows, an existing use case, and to be comfortable with designing workflows from scratch.

  • Understand workflow concepts
  • Design a simple workflow from scratch
  • Walk through an existing use case (demo and code review)

  • Hands-on design of a simple use case:
    • Spin up a VM on VIM & provision it on the MSActivator
    • Scale up/down
    • Microservice operations
    • Delete

• API and Workflow Library

  Duration: 2 - 4 hours

  This session was created for workflow designers or DevOps Engineers who want to understand the APIs, the various functions they expose, and how the APIs are used by workflows.

  • Overview of the (most-frequently used) MSActivator REST APIs & existing library structure, functions, tasks
  • An overview of the MSActivator SOAP APIs and scripts

• Troubleshooting

  Duration: 2 - 4 hours

  The goal of this session is to understand the MSActivator architecture enough to be able to conduct Level 1 & 2 troubleshooting.

  • MSActivator support and troubleshooting overview
  • Demo (useful MSActivator CLIs, services, daemons, scripts, etc.)

Developer Certification: Device Adaptors

• MSActivator Overview

  Duration: 4 hours, depending on previous knowledge

  This session is perfect for anyone (DevOps Engineers, SOC/NOC Operators , Business or Product Managers,) that wants to understand the main concepts of the MSActivator. Attendees will also acquire a good understanding of the MSActivator™ architecture.

  • MSActivator multi-tenancy and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • MSActivator repository overview
  • Device adaptors
  • Microservices & templates

  • Workflows
  • Configuration profile & monitoring profile
  • Log analysis (Elasticsearch) & alarm management
  • DMSA overview

• Microservice Designer

  Duration: 8 - 12 hours, depending on the Microservice to be implemented and previous MSActivator knowledge

  This session is for Network and DevOps Engineers who would like to learn how to design and implement a Microservice from scratch.

  • Microservice design and the concepts underlying the OBMF engine
  • Demo and detail of 2-3 common Microservices
  • Hands-on explanation 2-3 Microservices
  • The modeling process

  • How to implement the CREATE/READ/UPDATE
  • How to IMPORT and explain regular expressions
  • The MS GUI auto-rendering based on the MS variable definition

• Device Adaptor Developer

  Duration: 16 hours, depending on the Device Adaptor to be designed and previous MSActivator knowledge

  This session is geared towards DevOps Engineers who want to learn to develop and/or customize a device adaptor. This is a hands-on device adaptor development class.

  • Device adaptor overview (diagrams for use of each PHP file, functions, global variables, etc.)
  • Understand the flow of Microservice CRUD operations

  • Walk through an existing device adaptor (API or CLI)
  • Hands-on device adaptor development

Advanced Developer Certification

Participants in the Advanced Developer Certification course must have an active Operator or Developer Certification. Advanced Developer Certifications are tailored to meet specific needs of the attendees, and include material such as:

• Specific Vendor Onboarding

  Duration: 8+ hours, this is a highly customized training session

  This session is geared toward DevOps Engineers that would like to learn to develop and/or customize a device adaptor for a specific vendor. This is a hands-on device development class during which the trainer will help design a new device adaptor. The expected result of this session is a first working version of the new device adaptor and a set of Microservices.

  • Device adaptor overview (diagrams for use of each PHP file, functions, global variables, etc.)
  • Understand the flow of Microservice CRUD operations

  • Hands-on device adaptor development on a lab device
  • Hands-on Microservice design

• Specific Use Case Buildout

  Duration: 16+ hours, this is a highly customized training session

  This session is geared towards DevOps Engineers that would like to design and build a specific use case around thematics such as Managed Security, Automated Network Management, or others. This use case could be built on a public cloud or a private cloud. This session is a hands-on development class.