Course 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).
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
Who should attend
- 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
Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
Prerequisites
This advanced course requires you to possess a basic Nutanix system administration skill set which includes:
- Familiarity with traditional virtualization storage architectures
- Hands-on experience with the Prism and Command-line interfaces
- An understanding of Nutanix core concepts and definitions
These skills can be acquired by attending one of our basic admin courses (Enterprise Cloud Administration), or through on-the-job experience working on a Nutanix system for at least 6 months.
Outline: Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA)
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