Network Management Training in Christchurch

This instructor-led, live training in Christchurch (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level network professionals seeking to effectively manage and operate SD-WAN networks, covering design, configuration, troubleshooting, and optimisation.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamental concepts, benefits, and challenges associated with SD-WAN technologies.
• Design an SD-WAN architecture tailored to organisational needs and deploy SD-WAN solutions effectively.
• Implement and manage security features within an SD-WAN.
• Monitor, manage, and troubleshoot SD-WAN environments.

Matrix is an open protocol for secure, decentralized, real-time communication. Organisations 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 Christchurch (online or onsite) is aimed at network and system administrators who wish to implement enterprise-grade network monitoring using open-source tools without vendor dependencies.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to deploy LibreNMS and Zabbix, monitor network devices, create dashboards and alerts, implement distributed monitoring, and integrate with external systems.

In this instructor-led, live training in Christchurch (online or onsite), participants will learn how to use ONAP to automate networking services.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand, install, and configure the various components within the ONAP ecosystem.
• Carry out real-time, policy-driven orchestration and automation of physical and virtual network functions.
• Design, create, orchestrate, and monitor VNFs, SDNs, and other network services.
• Efficiently manage the entire networking lifecycle using a software-driven approach.
• Develop, deploy, and scale a network using the latest open source technologies and best practices.

The training course titled "Computer Network Security – How to Secure Your Services" presents mechanisms and services designed to protect modern network solutions. It covers the fundamentals of ensuring data confidentiality and integrity, including the use of encryption, certificates, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and secure password storage. The course also addresses network security protocols and services, security systems, wireless network protection, inter-branch connectivity, and security testing through penetration testing, network scanning, and vulnerability detection.

Synapse serves as the reference homeserver implementation for the Matrix protocol, enabling decentralised, end-to-end encrypted messaging. This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate DevOps engineers and system administrators who wish to use Synapse and Element to replace cloud chat platforms with a self-hosted, federated messaging infrastructure.

Uptime Kuma is a user-friendly, self-hosted monitoring tool designed to track the availability of websites, services, and infrastructure. It serves as an 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) is designed for beginner-to-intermediate SREs and DevOps engineers who wish to transition from cloud-based uptime monitoring to a self-hosted, sovereign status tracking platform using Uptime Kuma.

OpenVPN and WireGuard represent the two primary open-source VPN protocols. Operating your own VPN server guarantees that no third-party provider can log traffic metadata, inject advertisements, or adhere to foreign data requests. This training encompasses both protocols, addressing various threat models and performance needs.

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