Network Monitoring & Performance Workshop

Africa/Accra
Omo Oaiya (WACREN) , Antoine Delvaux (Metadata Consulting) , Edward Banjo (WACREN)
Description

Onsite workshop to train attendees from NRENs connected to the WACREN backbone to deploy and use perfSONAR and other chosen network performance monitoring tools.  The hands-on sessions will ensure that attendees are able to deploy the tools on their respective networks as part of a regional mesh. 

WACREN NOC
    • 9:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Session 1.1 1h 30m
      • Introduction 30m
      • Motivation 1h
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM
      Session 1.2 2h
      • Ansible refresher 1h
      • Ansible setup 1h

        Hands-on

    • 1:00 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 1h
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Session 1.3 1h 30m
      • Provisioning perfSONAR with Ansible 30m
      • perfSONAR installation with Ansible 1h

        Hands-on

    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Session 1.4 1h 30m
      • perfSONAR basic configuration with Ansible 1h 30m

        Hands-on

    • 9:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Session 2.1 1h 30m
      • Review day 1 30m
      • Network theory 30m
      • Mesh measurements and MaDDash 30m
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM
      Session 2.2 2h
      • pSConfig (and PWA) 2h
    • 1:00 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 1h
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Session 2.3 1h 30m
      • Mesh config and MaDDash setup 1h 30m

        Hands-on

    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Session 2.4 1h 30m
      • pSConfig and Ansible 1h

        Hands-on

      • PWA usage 30m

        Hands-on

    • 9:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Session 3.1 1h 30m
      • Review day 2 30m
      • pScheduler 1h
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM
      Session 3.2 2h
      • pScheduler usage 2h

        Hands-on

    • 1:00 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 1h
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Session 3.3 1h 30m
      • Use Cases 45m
      • Troubleshooting 45m
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Session 3.4 1h 30m
      • General Review 45m
      • Q&A and next steps 45m