Webinar topic: Software Defined Datacenter with Proxmox Presenter: Achmad Mardiansyah In this webinar series, We are discussing Software Defined Datacenter with Proxmox Please share your feedback or webinar ideas here: http://bit.ly/glcfeedback Check our schedule for future events: https://www.glcnetworks.com/en/schedule/ Follow our social media for updates: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Channel, and telegram Recording available on Youtube https://youtu.be/X9MZDSDdYMI

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Software Defined
Datacenter with
proxmox
GLC webinar, 15 Jul 2021
Achmad Mardiansyah
achmad@glcnetworks.com
GLC Networks, Indonesia
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Agenda
● Introduction
● Review prerequisite knowledge
● Proxmox virtualization
● Software defined datacenter
● Live practice
● Q & A
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introduction
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What is GLC?
● Garda Lintas Cakrawala (www.glcnetworks.com)
● Based in Bandung, Indonesia
● Areas: Training, IT Consulting
● Certified partner for: Mikrotik, Ubiquity, Linux foundation
● Product: GLC radius manager
● Regular event
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Trainer Introduction
● Name: Achmad Mardiansyah
● Base: bandung, Indonesia
● Linux user since 1999, mikrotik user since 2007, UBNT
2011
● Mikrotik Certified Trainer
(MTCNA/RE/WE/UME/INE/TCE/IPv6)
● Mikrotik/Linux Certified Consultant
● Website contributor: achmadjournal.com, mikrotik.tips,
asysadmin.tips
● More info:
http://au.linkedin.com/in/achmadmardiansyah
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Past experience
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● 2021 (Congo DRC, Malaysia): network support,
radius/billing integration
● 2020 (Congo DRC, Malaysia): IOT integration,
network automation
● 2019, Congo (DRC): build a wireless ISP from
ground-up
● 2018, Malaysia: network revamp, develop billing
solution and integration, setup dynamic routing
● 2017, Libya (north africa): remote wireless migration
for a new Wireless ISP
● 2016, United Kingdom: workshop for wireless ISP,
migrating a bridged to routed network

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About GLC webinar?
● First webinar: january 1, 2010 (title:
tahun baru bersama solaris - new year
with solaris OS)
● As a sharing event with various topics:
linux, networking, wireless, database,
programming, etc
● Regular schedule
● Irregular schedule: as needed
● Checking schedule:
http://www.glcnetworks.com/schedule
● You are invited to be a presenter
○ No need to be an expert
○ This is a forum for sharing: knowledge,
experiences, information
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Please introduce yourself
● Your name
● Your company/university?
● Your networking experience?
● Your mikrotik experience?
● Your expectation from this course?
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Prerequisite
● This presentation some prerequisite knowledge
● We assume you already know:
○ Datacenter
○ Software defined X
○ Proxmox
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Review prerequisite knowledge
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What is datacenter?
is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to
house computer systems and associated components, such as
telecommunications and storage systems
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Datacenter components
● Computer system
○ Servers (CPU, RAM, storage)
○ Rack
● Networking devices:
○ Router
○ Switches
○ Firewall
● Cabling
● Power supply
● Cooling
● Fire suppression
● etc
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Source: wikipedia.com

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Typical datacenter cooling
● Cold aisle
● Hot aisle
● Try to be as efficient as possible
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Source: www.akcp.com, engineeringmindset.com

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Software Defined Everything (x)
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Software Defined Everything (SDx)
SDx is defined as any physical item or function that can be performed as or
automated by software
Some examples:
● Software Defined Networking (SDN)
● Software Defined infrastructure
● Software defined radio
● Software defined storage
● Software-defined data center (SDDC)
● Software-defined WAN
● Software-defined LAN
● etc
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SDx components
● Abstraction
○ Using virtual system
● Machine to machine communication (API)
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Proxmox virtualisation
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Proxmox
● Open-source server management platform for enterprise virtualization. It
tightly integrates the KVM hypervisor and Linux Containers (LXC),
software-defined storage and networking functionality, on a single platform.
● Alternative of VMware
● Features: VM (KVM), container (lxc), storage, networking, vlan, etc
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Example production proxmox deployment
(900+ days uptime)
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Software defined datacenter
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Software defined datacenter (SDDC)
● is a marketing term that extends virtualization concepts such as abstraction,
pooling, and automation to all data center resources and services to achieve
IT as a service (ITaaS).
● all elements of the infrastructure (networking, storage, CPU and security) are
virtualized and delivered as a service.
● is known as virtual data center, VDC
● Proposed by vmware
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Software defined datacenter with
proxmox
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SDDC with proxmox
Features:
● Virtualisation
○ KVM / LXC
● High availability
○ Migration
○ High availability
● Storage
○ Ceph
● Networking
○ VLAN
○ firewall
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LIVE practice
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preparation
● SSH client
● SSH parameters
○ SSH address
○ SSH port
○ SSH username
○ SSH password
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Q & A
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Interested? Just come to our training...
● Topics are arranged in systematic and logical way
● You will learn from experienced teacher
● Not only learn the materials, but also sharing experiences, best-practices, and
networking
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End of slides
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