In this course, you will learn fundamental cloud computing concepts. This course covers key benefits of cloud computing, cloud service models such as SaaS and IaaS; public, private, and hybrid cloud deployment models, and open-source cloud technologies. You will learn about Linux virtualization techniques, QEMU-KVM, Libvirt, and popular cloud instance initialization approach cloud-init. This course covers the concepts of namespaces and how to connect them through Linux bridges and OpenvSwitch. You will also learn about containerization through Docker, Dockerfile, and Docker networking.