This lab is part lecture and part hands-on, with exercises being used to drive home concepts covered in the lecture.
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For the best experience, bring a laptop with at least 16GB of RAM. We will be using VirtualBox. Install it plus the extension packs prior to the tutorial to save some time. The tutorial makes use of a Learning Lab hosted in Cisco DevNet. To get a jump on things, you can:
1) Sign up for DevNet free and easy using this event specific URL
https://developer.cisco.com/join/oss-eu17 2) Access the Learning Lab at
https://learninglabs.cisco.com/lab/openstack-install/step/1 3) Follow the instructions in the “How To Setup Your Own Computer” section, including downloading the 7 GB OVA file
I will bring copies of this file on some USB thumb drives, but best to download ahead of time if possible.
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