Digital Sovereignty Training in Durban

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is aimed at technical professionals who wish to deploy and manage open source collaboration platforms that maintain data sovereignty while providing modern team communication capabilities.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to evaluate platforms, deploy self-hosted solutions, configure security and integrations, migrate from existing platforms, and establish operational procedures.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is designed for enterprise leaders who wish to understand data sovereignty principles and develop compliant data management strategies.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to define data sovereignty, identify relevant laws, assess compliance risks, and implement governance frameworks for cross-border data management.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is designed for database administrators and developers who wish to migrate from proprietary databases to the open-source PostgreSQL platform.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to assess database migration readiness, plan and execute schema migration strategies, migrate data using appropriate tools, and handle application code conversion.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate to advanced IT leaders, compliance officers, and digital transformation managers who wish to utilise a structured roadmap approach to implement digital sovereignty initiatives.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: assess their organisation's digital sovereignty maturity, develop a comprehensive strategy, create an actionable implementation roadmap, and establish governance frameworks.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) targets system administrators and DevOps engineers who wish to deploy, configure, and manage EXO clusters for private LLM inference across multiple Apple Silicon or Linux nodes.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at DevOps engineers and infrastructure architects who wish to automate the provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle management of private AI clusters built on EXO.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at security engineers and compliance officers who wish to harden EXO deployments, control model access, and govern AI workloads running entirely on-premise.

Gitea is a lightweight, open-source, self-hosted Git service providing repository management, code review, issue tracking, and CI/CD integration. It is an increasingly popular alternative to GitHub and GitLab.com for teams that need full control over their source code without third-party terms of service or export restrictions.

GitLab Self-Managed offers an on-premises deployment of GitLab’s comprehensive DevSecOps platform, encompassing source code management, CI/CD, container registry, security scanning, and monitoring. It stands as the gold standard for organisations seeking the full GitLab feature set without reliance on SaaS or data leaving their internal networks.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate to advanced DevOps engineers and system administrators who wish to deploy and manage self-hosted Kubernetes clusters without cloud dependencies.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: deploy production-ready Kubernetes clusters using kubeadm on bare-metal or virtual machines; configure high-availability control planes and etcd clusters; implement container networking and storage for self-managed environments; set up monitoring and observability using self-hosted solutions.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at developers and technical teams who wish to use Ollama and open models to build and run private agentic AI solutions on internal infrastructure.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: install and configure Ollama, evaluate and run open models locally, create simple agentic and retrieval-based workflows, and apply security and governance controls for regulated environments.

Matrix is an open protocol for secure, decentralized, real-time communication. Organizations are increasingly adopting Matrix with the Element client as an alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams to maintain end-to-end encryption, on-premise data residency, and federation with external trusted partners.

This instructor-led, live training in (online or onsite) is aimed at cloud professionals who wish to design and implement multi-cloud architectures that avoid vendor lock-in and ensure data sovereignty.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to identify vendor lock-in risks, design portable architectures, implement data sovereignty controls, and leverage cloud-agnostic tools.

NixOS is a Linux distribution constructed upon the Nix package manager, providing fully declarative and reproducible system configurations. By treating entire operating systems as pure functions, NixOS eradicates configuration drift and facilitates atomic rollbacks, rendering it an optimal choice for sovereign infrastructure that demands auditability and exact reproducibility.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is tailored for IT professionals seeking to assess and deploy open source office suites as alternatives to proprietary solutions in corporate settings.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be capable of comparing suites, planning migrations, configuring deployments, addressing compatibility issues, implementing collaboration features, and managing user adoption.

Ollama is an open-source utility designed for executing large language models locally on both consumer and enterprise-grade hardware. It simplifies complex tasks such as model quantization, GPU resource allocation, and API serving into a single command-line interface, allowing organisations to self-host LLMs like Llama, Mistral, and Qwen without transmitting prompts or sensitive data to OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at network engineers and infrastructure professionals who wish to use SONiC and ONL to deploy and manage open network infrastructure on white-box switches.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: understand SONiC and ONL architecture, deploy open-source NOS on white-box hardware, configure networking features, and implement monitoring and automation.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators and infrastructure engineers who wish to design, deploy, and manage private OpenStack cloud infrastructure for enterprise environments.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to understand OpenStack architecture, deploy private cloud infrastructure, manage compute and storage resources, implement security with Keystone, and apply enterprise best practices.

This instructor-led, live training in (online or onsite) is aimed at project management and IT professionals who wish to deploy and manage open source project management platforms that ensure data sovereignty while supporting diverse project methodologies.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to evaluate solutions, deploy Taiga, OpenProject, and Focalboard, configure integrations, and migrate from proprietary tools.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level network engineers and infrastructure administrators who wish to implement software-defined networks using open source tools and technologies.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to design SDN architectures, implement Open vSwitch, configure FRRouting, deploy SDN controllers, and automate network management.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is tailored for intermediate-level network and infrastructure professionals who wish to employ open-source routing, switching, Wi-Fi, and management tools to design, deploy, and operate a self-managed enterprise network.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to: design an open-source enterprise network architecture, configure routing, switching, and wireless services, enhance security and observability, and develop an operational plan for ongoing support.

This instructor-led live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level IT leaders, compliance professionals, security teams, and enterprise architects who wish to use sovereign AI principles and governance practices to design AI environments that protect sensitive data, support localization requirements, and reduce vendor lock-in.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: explain sovereign AI concepts, evaluate hosting and governance options, define controls for prompts and logs, and create a practical adoption roadmap.

This capstone course instructs participants on how to design, deploy, and manage a complete sovereign digital infrastructure stack from scratch. Upon completion, students will have constructed a functional mini-organisation utilising exclusively self-hosted, open-source tools for identity, communication, productivity, development, security, AI, and monitoring—entirely independent of Google, Microsoft, AWS, or proprietary SaaS providers.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals who wish to deploy, configure, and manage a Stalwart mail server for self-hosted email and collaboration.

Synapse serves as the reference implementation for a Matrix homeserver, facilitating decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging. This instructor-led live training session (available online or onsite) targets intermediate DevOps engineers and system administrators who aim to utilise Synapse and Element to replace cloud-based chat services with a self-hosted, federated messaging infrastructure.

Uptime Kuma is an intuitive, self-hosted monitoring tool designed to track the availability of websites, services, and infrastructure. It serves as a robust alternative to Pingdom, Datadog Synthetics, and UptimeRobot for teams seeking full control over their monitoring data. This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) targets beginner-to-intermediate Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and DevOps engineers aiming to transition from cloud-based uptime monitoring to a self-hosted, sovereign status tracking platform using Uptime Kuma.

This instructor-led, live training (online or on-site) is aimed at technical professionals who wish to deploy and manage self-hosted video conferencing solutions that ensure data sovereignty while providing enterprise-grade communication capabilities.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to deploy Jitsi Meet and BigBlueButton, implement security hardening, configure enterprise features, and scale deployments for organisational workloads.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at security engineers and system administrators who wish to deploy and manage enterprise-grade self-hosted VPN solutions using WireGuard and OpenVPN.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to deploy WireGuard and OpenVPN, design scalable architectures, integrate with identity systems, and monitor/secure VPN infrastructure.

OpenVPN and WireGuard are the two leading open-source VPN protocols. By hosting your own VPN server, you ensure that no third-party provider can log traffic metadata, inject advertisements, or comply with foreign data requests. This training covers both protocols to address various threat models and performance requirements.

Wazuh is an open-source security platform offering unified XDR and SIEM capabilities for threat detection, integrity monitoring, incident response, and compliance. It aggregates endpoint telemetry into a self-managed analysis engine, serving as a credible alternative to Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, and other cloud-native SIEMs.

Woodpecker CI is a straightforward yet robust continuous integration engine crafted specifically for self-hosted Git platforms such as Gitea and Forgejo. It delivers a lightweight, Docker-native CI/CD solution, sparing users from the complexity and licensing costs associated with enterprise-grade CI platforms.

Zammad is a contemporary, web-based, open-source helpdesk and customer support system. It consolidates tickets from email, chat, phone, and social media into a single queue, offering a self-hosted alternative to Zendesk, Freshdesk, and ServiceNow while keeping customer data securely within your own infrastructure.

This instructor-led live training (available online or on-site) is designed for intermediate support managers and system administrators who wish to replace cloud-based helpdesk platforms with a self-hosted, sovereign ticketing system using Zammad.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install Zammad from packages or Docker with PostgreSQL.
• Configure email, chat, and API channels for ticket ingestion.
• Design workflows, escalations, and SLA timers.
• Set up role-based access, groups, and organizations.
• Integrate with knowledge base, reporting, and webhooks.

Course Format

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Extensive exercises and practice sessions.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Customisation Options for the Course

• To request customised training for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

This instructor-led, live training in Durban (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level security professionals who wish to implement Zero Trust Architecture using open-source tools and sovereign infrastructure.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to design Zero Trust architectures, deploy identity-aware proxies, implement dynamic authentication, secure microservices with service mesh, and monitor zero trust policies.

Zimbra Collaboration Suite is an open-source enterprise messaging and collaboration platform that delivers email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and file sharing via a unified web interface. It acts as a direct, self-managed alternative to Microsoft Exchange and Google Workspace.