Infrastructure Sovereignty Training in Durban

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 (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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.