Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration [NMCAA]

OVERVIEW

This course teaches you the skills needed to install, configure, operate, and manage Nutanix X-Play and Nutanix Calm (renamed to Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Self-Service).

OBJECTIVES

In this course, you will explore a number of subjects including:

• How to perform codeless task automation using X-Play and its actions gallery, plays, and playbooks
• What Nutanix Calm is, how to install and configure it, and how to use the Marketplace to launch blueprints and runbooks
• How to create single- and multi-VM blueprints, and how to publish them to the Marketplace for consumption
• How to manage an application
• How to identify issues with Nutanix Calm and X-Play

AUDIENCE

 

- IT administrators who manage Nutanix clusters and want a detailed deep dive into multicloud automation using Nutanix Calm
- Anyone pursuing the Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) certification

CONTENT

1: IT Operations Automation Using X-Play

• IT automation with Nutanix
• Task automation using X-Play

Hands-on Labs

• Prism Element and Prism Central Setup
• Creating a Manually Triggered Playbook 
• Creating an Alert Triggered Playbook 

2: Application Automation Using Nutanix Calm 

• Introduction to Nutanix Calm
• Nutanix Calm Deployment Models
• Installing and Configuring Nutanix Calm
• Working with the Calm Marketplace
• Nutanix Calm Plug-ins

Hands-on Labs

• Enabling Calm 
• Creating a Calm Project 

3: Working with Blueprints and Runbooks

• Introduction to Calm Blueprints
• Creating a Single-VM Blueprint
• Creating a Multi-VM Blueprint
• Publishing and Launching a Blueprint
• Using the Marketplace Manager
• Managing Applications
• Working with Endpoints and Runbooks

Hands-on Labs: Single VM Blueprints 

• Creating a Single VM Blueprint 
• Downloading and Launching a Blueprint 
• Publishing a Single VM Blueprint to the Marketplace 
• Launching a Blueprint from the Marketplace
• Unpublishing and Deleting a Blueprint
• Importing a Blueprint 

Hands-on Labs: Multi VM Blueprints and Runbooks 

• Creating a Multi-VM Blueprint
• Creating Services
• Adding Dependencies
• Configuring Day 2 Operations
• Launching the Full LAMP Stack
• Configuring Endpoints
• Configuring and Executing a Runbook

4: Advanced Calm Actions and Blueprint Management

• Macros
• Scripts
• The Library
• Categories

5: Identifying Issues with Calm and X-Play

• Identifying Causes of Deployment Failure
• Validating Playbook Configurations
• Log Collection

Hands-on Labs

• Import a Problem Blueprint
• Troubleshoot a Problem Blueprint