Wgu D415 - Software Defined
Networking
Horizon (Dashboard) - ✔️✔️Provides GUI for users/admins to manage the various
OpenStack services
Keystone (Identity service) - ✔️✔️IAM service that provides directory of users, roles,
and permissions in OpenStack. Offers authentication, token issuance, and access
control.
Heat (Orchestration) - ✔️✔️Define and manage cloud application stacks as templates.
Ceilometer (Telemetry) - ✔️✔️Collects metering and usage data. Helps monitor and
analyze resource usage
Trove (Database service) - ✔️✔️Offers database as a service
Ironic (bare metal) - ✔️✔️Used for managing bare metal appliances
Magnum (Container Orchestration) - ✔️✔️Enables management of container
orchestration engines, such as Kubernetes, providing users with the ability to deploy and
manage containerized applications
Barbican (Key Management) - ✔️✔️Provides management, generation, and storage of
keys/certs/other sensitive items. Plays a crucial role in safeguarding sensitive
information and maintaining data privacy and security
SDN - ✔️✔️Focuses on network control and management
SDN - ✔️✔️Separates control plane from the data plane
SDN - ✔️✔️Centralizes control by using a centralized controller that manages the
network
SDN - ✔️✔️Network devices are considered "dumb"
SDN - ✔️✔️Used to optimize network performance, improve agility, and enable
innovative appliactions
SDN - ✔️✔️Particularly useful in datacenters, clouds, and situations requiring network
flexibility
NFV - ✔️✔️Focuses on virtualizing and consolidating network functions
Networking
Horizon (Dashboard) - ✔️✔️Provides GUI for users/admins to manage the various
OpenStack services
Keystone (Identity service) - ✔️✔️IAM service that provides directory of users, roles,
and permissions in OpenStack. Offers authentication, token issuance, and access
control.
Heat (Orchestration) - ✔️✔️Define and manage cloud application stacks as templates.
Ceilometer (Telemetry) - ✔️✔️Collects metering and usage data. Helps monitor and
analyze resource usage
Trove (Database service) - ✔️✔️Offers database as a service
Ironic (bare metal) - ✔️✔️Used for managing bare metal appliances
Magnum (Container Orchestration) - ✔️✔️Enables management of container
orchestration engines, such as Kubernetes, providing users with the ability to deploy and
manage containerized applications
Barbican (Key Management) - ✔️✔️Provides management, generation, and storage of
keys/certs/other sensitive items. Plays a crucial role in safeguarding sensitive
information and maintaining data privacy and security
SDN - ✔️✔️Focuses on network control and management
SDN - ✔️✔️Separates control plane from the data plane
SDN - ✔️✔️Centralizes control by using a centralized controller that manages the
network
SDN - ✔️✔️Network devices are considered "dumb"
SDN - ✔️✔️Used to optimize network performance, improve agility, and enable
innovative appliactions
SDN - ✔️✔️Particularly useful in datacenters, clouds, and situations requiring network
flexibility
NFV - ✔️✔️Focuses on virtualizing and consolidating network functions
