# APRICOT 2026 Practical Virtualization with Hybrid Strategies: Agenda # ## Preliminary Time Schedule ## |Schedule |Time | |------------------|----------------| |Session 1 |09:30 - 11:00 | |Break |11:00 - 11:30 | |Session 2 |11:30 - 13:00 | |Lunch |13:00 - 14:30 | |Session 3 |14:30 - 16:00 | |Break |16:00 - 16:30 | |Session 4 |16:30 - 18:00 | ## Instructors ## | FL | Name | Email | Organization | Country | |----|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------------|---------------| | HA | [Hervey Allen](https://nsrc.org/bios/HerveyAllen.html) | hervey(at)nsrc(dot)org | [Network Startup Resource Center](https://nsrc.org/) | US | | CA | [Carlos Armas](https://nsrc.org/bios/CarlosArmas.html) | carmas(at)nsrc(dot)org | [Network Startup Resource Center](https://nsrc.org/) | CA | | BC | [Brian Candler](https://nsrc.org/bios/BrianCandler.html) | brian(at)nsrc(dot)org | [Network Startup Resource Center](https://nsrc.org/) | UK | | PO | [Paul Ooi Cong Jen](https://2025.apricot.net/programme/speakers#/paul-ooi-cong-jen/) | paul(at)takizo(dot)com | [Takizo Solutions Sdn Bhd](https://www.takizo.com/) | MY | ## Sessions ## | Session | Topic | Inst | Presentations | Exercises | |------------------------|---------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| | **THURSDAY** | | | | | | Session 1.1 | Welcome | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/welcome-intro.pdf) | | | Session 2.1 | Cloud Services | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/cloud-services.pdf) | [AWS VM lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/aws-vm/index.html) | | Session 3.1 | Cloud Security | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/cloud-security.pdf) | [AWS Cloud-Security lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/aws-cloud-security/index.html) | | Session 4.1 | SSH keys | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/ssh-keys.pdf) | | | Session 4.2 | Terraform | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/terraform.pdf) | [AWS terraform lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/aws-terraform/index.html) | | **FRIDAY** | | | | | | Session 1.1 | Proxmox VM Hosting | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/vm-hosting.pdf) | [Proxmox VM lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/proxmox-vm/index.html) | | Session 2.1 | Cloud-Init | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/cloud-init.pdf) | [Proxmox Cloud-Init lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/proxmox-cloud-init/index.html) | | | | | | [AWS Cloud-Init lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/aws-cloud-init/index.html) | | Session 2.2 | VM migration and clustering | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/migration-clustering.pdf) | [Proxmox cluster lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/proxmox-cluster/index.html) | | Session 3.1 | Networked Storage | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/networked-storage.pdf) | | | Session 3.2 | LVM | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/lvm.pdf) | [LVM lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/lvm/index.html) | | Session 4.1 | Linstor | BC | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/linstor.pdf) | [Linstor lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/linstor/index.html) | | Session 4.2 | Ceph | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/ceph.pdf) | [Ceph lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/ceph/index.html) | | | | | | [Ceph failure demo](cloud-virt/en/labs/ceph-failure-demo/index.html) | | **SATURDAY** | | | | | | Session 1.1 | Cloud Cost Management | CA | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/cloud-cost-management.pdf) | [AWS Cost Management lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/aws-cost-management/index.html) | | Session 2.1 | Cloud Data Risk Management | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/cloud-data-risk-management.pdf) | [AWS bucket replication lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/aws-bucket-replication/index.html) | | Session 3.1 | Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/monitoring-prometheus.pdf) | [Prometheus and Grafana lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/monitoring-prometheus/index.html) | | Session 4.1 | Choosing the Right Strategy | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/strategy.pdf) | | | Session 4.2 | Survey | All | Workshop Survey | | | Session 4.3 | Closing & Certificates | All | | | ## Additional Information ## | Session | Topic | Inst | Presentations | Exercises | |------------------------|---------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| | | Ansible | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/ansible.pdf) | [AWS ansible lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/aws-ansible/index.html) | | | Proxmox Containers | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/containers.pdf) | [Proxmox CT lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/proxmox-ct/index.html) | | | Docker | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/docker.pdf) | [Install docker](cloud-virt/en/labs/docker-install/index.html) | | | | | | [Run container](cloud-virt/en/labs/docker-run/index.html) | | | | | | [Docker compose (optional)](cloud-virt/en/labs/docker-compose/index.html) | | | Kubernetes | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/kubernetes.pdf) | [Kubernetes lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/kubernetes/index.html) | | | Cloud Networking | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/cloud-networking.pdf) | [AWS Cloud-Network lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/aws-cloud-networking/index.html) | | | Proxmox Networking | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/proxmox-network.pdf) | [Proxmox Networking lab](cloud-virt/en/labs/proxmox-network/index.html) | | | Choosing Hardware | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/choosing-hardware.pdf) | | | | Physical Storage | TBD | [PDF](cloud-virt/en/presentations/physical-storage.pdf) | | Additional monitoring materials: * [Introduction to YAML](netmgmt/en/prometheus/yaml.pdf) * [Prometheus overview](netmgmt/en/prometheus/prometheus-metrics-time-series.pdf) and exercises from NSRC NMM workshop: * [Prometheus](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-prometheus.html) * [Node Exporter](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-node-exporter.html) * [SNMP Exporter](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-snmp-exporter.html) * [PromQL basics](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-promql-basic.html) * [Grafana](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-grafana.html) * [Alertmanager](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-alertmanager.html) * [Custom Metrics](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-custom-metrics.html) * [Prometheus Security](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-security.html) * [Blackbox Exporter](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-blackbox-exporter.html) * [Relabeling](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-relabeling.html) * [Scaling](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-scaling.html) * [Netbox Integration](netmgmt/en/prometheus/ex-integration.html)