Virtualization and Container Systems

Објавено: June 28, 2022
1. Course Title Virtualization and Container Systems
2. Code 4ФЕИТ12З005
3. Study program КТИ,ТКИИ
4. Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
5. Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
6. Academic year/semester IV/7 7. Number of ECTS credits 6
8. Lecturer D-r Daniel Denkovski, D-r Valentin Rakovikj
9. Course Prerequisites Passed: Data Modeling and Database Systems
10. Course Goals (acquired competencies): Knowledge of the basic concepts and practices in virtualization, virtual and container systems, DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery and Deployment processes. Ability to work with the technologies and tools: Git, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, VMWare, KVM, Docker, Kubernetes. Ability to operate, deploy and manage virtualized and containerized environments on server and cloud systems.
11. Course Syllabus: Introduction to virtualization and virtual systems. Resource abstraction. Types of virtualization. Virtualization of storage systems. Network virtualization. Virtualization and Virtual Machines (VMs). Concepts. Management and configuration. Hypervisors. VMWare. KVM. Operating system virtualization, containerization and container environments. Docker technology, management, monitoring and configuration. Key concepts and practices in the DevOps methodology. Concept of CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery). Principles of continuous software development, integration and deployment. Introduction to CI/CD tools (Git, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible). Repositories, artifacts. Basic practices in using infrastructure in the cloud: Azure, GCP, AWS.
12. Learning methods: Theoretical and practical classes, laboratory exercises, individual work on project assignments and seminar works
13. Total number of course hours 2 + 2 + 1 + 0
14. Distribution of course hours 180
15. Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 30
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 45
16. Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 30
16.2. Individual tasks 30
16.3. Homework and self-learning 45
17. Grading 17.1. Exams 0
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 30
17.3. Activity and participation 30
17.4. Final exam 40
18. Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points 5 (five) (F)
from 51to 60 points 6 (six) (E)
from 61to 70 points 7 (seven) (D)
from 71to 80 points 8 (eight) (C)
from 81to 90 points 9 (nine) (B)
from 91to 100 points 10 (ten) (A)
19. Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Regular following of lectures and tutorial classes and complete fulfillment of all lab exercises
20. Forms of assessment One partial written exam during the semester (in the middle of the semester) with a duration of 120 minutes or one final written exam in a corresponding exam session with a duration of 120 minutes. Every student must do an independent obligatory project. The student may opt to do an additional supplementary project. The final grade includes points from the exam and the obligatory project work and from the supplementary project (if one is made). Usage of books, hand-written materials or any kind of supplementary text book during the exam is allowed, but electronic devices are not.
21. Language Macedonian and English
22. Method of monitoring of teaching quality Интерна евалуација и анкети
23. Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 N. G. Nguyen, D.-N. Le, J. M. Chatterjee and R. Kumar Cloud Computing and Virtualization Wiley 2018
2 S. M. Jain Linux Containers and Virtualization: A Kernel Perspective Apress 2020
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 H. Saito, H.-C. C. Lee and K.-J. C. Hsu Kubernetes Cookbook: Practical Solutions to Container Orchestration Packt Publishing 2018
2 M. Portnoy Virtualization Essentials 2nd Edition Wiley 2016