Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Networking Professional (2025): Hands-on Workshop

Module 01: OCI Networking Professional Overview

• Welcome! OCI 2025 Certified Networking Professional
• Abilities Validated by this Certification
• Recommendations & Learning Path
• Course Outline & Go Earned!

Module 02: Introduction to Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)

• OCI Architecture Overview
• Virtual Cloud Network Networking Constructs
• Introduction to RFC 1918
• Private IPv4 Addresses
• IP Address Range for Your VCN
• Hands-on Demos:
• Create a VCN Manually
• Create a VCN using the VCN Wizard
• Subnets
• Subnet Concepts
• Types of Subnets
• Hands-on Demos:
• Create a Public Subnet
• Create a Private Subnet
• Virtual Network Interface Card (VNIC)
• VNIC Overview
• Multiple VNICs on VMs
• Secondary IPs, Private IPs, Public IPs
• Hands-on Demo: Virtual Network Interface Card (VNIC)
• OCI Public IP Addresses
• Overview of Public IPs
• Types of Public IPs
• BYOIP (Bring Your Own IP)
• IP Pools & Quotas
• Hands-on Demo: IP Address Management
• Security List & Network Security Group (NSG)
• Security List Concepts: Stateful vs Stateless Rules
• NSG Concepts and Use Cases
• Hands-on Demos:
• Security List
• Network Security Group
• Nested NSG

Module 03: Route Tables and Gateways

• Route Tables: Basics and Routing to Private IP
• OCI Gateways Overview
• Internet Gateway (IGW) – Demo
• NAT Gateway – Demo
• Local Peering Gateway (LPG) – Demo
• Remote Peering Connection (RPC) – Demo
• Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG) – Demo
• Oracle Services Network & Service Gateway – Demo
• OCI Private Endpoints – Demo
• Tips and Tricks: Rename VCN, Cloud Shell/CLI

Module 04: Plan and Design OCI Networking Solutions

• IPv6 Introduction & Benefits
• IPv6 Addressing Model and Planning Considerations
• Launching IPv6 Instances on OCI
• IPv6 Design Examples: East-West and North-South
• Hands-on Demo: IPv6 on OCI
• IP Management: BYOIP, Reserved Public IPs, Public IP Pools
• Load Balancing Overview
• Public, Private, Network Load Balancers
• Content-Based Routing
• Health Checks & Metrics
• Hands-on Demos: Public & Private Load Balancers
• DHCP and DNS Management
• Public DNS & Private DNS
• DNSSEC, Private Views, Endpoints, Rules
• Hands-on Demos: Public & Private DNS Zones
• Traffic Management and Steering Policies

Use Cases: Failover, Cloud Migration, Hybrid/Multi-Cloud, Geolocation, Canary Testing

• Hands-on Demo: Geolocation Steering

Module 05: Hybrid Networking Architectures

• Dynamic Routing Gateways (DRG)
• Features, Benefits, Attachments, Routing Engine
• Metrics & Use Cases
• OCI Realms Overview
• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Routing Overview, ECMP, Multiple FastConnect
• Site-to-Site VPN
• Product Overview, Use Cases, Redundancy
• Static Routing & BGP
• Policy-Based vs Route-Based VPNs
• Hands-on Demo: Site-to-Site VPN with BGP
• FastConnect
• Connectivity Models: Partner, Direct, Public & Private Peering
• IPsec Over FastConnect & Redundancy
• Hands-on Demos: Private Peering, Public Peering, OCI-Azure Interconnect

Module 06: OCI Transit Routing

• Introduction to Transit Routing
• Transit Routing Options via:
• Local Peering Gateway (LPG)
• Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG)
• Third-Party Appliance
• Remote Peering Connection (RPC)
• Hands-on Demo: Transit Routing via RPC

Module 07: Implement and Operate Secure OCI Networking

• Inter-Tenancy Connectivity
• Local vs Remote Peering Scenarios
• DRG Attachments
• Hands-on Demos: LPG, DRG, DRG Attachments
• OCI Bastion Service
• Managed SSH & Port Forward Sessions
• Hands-on Demo: OCI Bastion Service
• OCI Zero Trust Packet Routing (ZPR)
• Architecture, Workflow, Use Cases
• Hands-on Demo: ZPR
• OCI Network Firewall

Use Cases: Perimeter Security, Intrusion Detection, OSN Access, Zero-Trust Segmentation

• Logging, Monitoring, Analytics
• Hands-on Demo: Network Firewall
• Cloud Shell Overview
• Public vs Private Network Access
• Hands-on Demo: Cloud Shell
• OCI Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Architecture, Use Cases, Features, Policies
• Hands-on Demo: WAF Policies
• OCI Certificates
• Digital Certificates, Certificate Authorities, TLS & mTLS Connections
• Lifecycle Management
• Hands-on Demo: Certificates

Module 08: Migrate Workloads to OCI

• Workload Migration Strategies
• Data Migration
• BYOIP
• DNS
• Summary

Module 09: Network Command Center

• Network Operations Overview
• Inter-Region Latency (IRL)
• Dashboards, Use Cases
• Hands-on Demo: Inter-Region Latency
• Network Visualizer
• VCN, Subnet, Regional Topology Maps
• Use Cases
• Hands-on Demo: Network Visualizer
• Network Path Analyzer (NPA)
• Features, Scenarios, Limitations
• Hands-on Demo: Network Path Analyzer
• Virtual Test Access Point (VTAP)
• Components, Capture Filters, Use Cases
• Hands-on Demo: VTAP
• VCN Flow Logs
• Features, Enablement Points, Use Cases
• Hands-on Demo: VCN Flow Logs

Module 10: OCI Networking Best Practices

• Network Design Best Practices
• Hub-and-Spoke VCN Design
• Security Best Practices (CIS Landing Zone, NSG Usage)
• OCI Network Connectivity Best Practices
• Redundancy, FastConnect Partners
• OCI Network Monitoring, Observability & Management
• Network Command Center Tools
• Notifications for Key Network Events