Digital Sovereignty Training in Dobrogea Sud-Est

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is designed for technical professionals who wish to deploy and manage open source collaboration platforms. These solutions ensure data sovereignty while delivering modern team communication capabilities.

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

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) targets 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 Dobrogea Sud-Est (online or in-person) is tailored for database administrators and developers who intend to migrate from proprietary databases to the open-source PostgreSQL system.

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

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

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

This instructor-led, live training in Dobrogea Sud-Est (online or onsite) is aimed at 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 Dobrogea Sud-Est (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 Dobrogea Sud-Est (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 that provides repository management, code review, issue tracking, and CI/CD integration. It is an increasingly popular alternative to GitHub and GitLab.com for teams requiring full control over their source code without third-party terms of service or export restrictions.

GitLab Self-Managed represents the on-premises deployment of GitLab's comprehensive DevSecOps platform, encompassing source code management, CI/CD, container registry, security scanning, and monitoring. It serves as the benchmark for organizations seeking the full suite of GitLab features without reliance on SaaS or allowing data to exit their network.

This instructor-led, live training in Dobrogea Sud-Est (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 Dobrogea Sud-Est (online or onsite) is designed for developers and technical teams who want to use Ollama and open models to create and operate 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, develop simple agentic and retrieval-based workflows, and implement 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, ensure on-premise data residency, and support federation with external trusted partners.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for cloud professionals who aim 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 capable of identifying vendor lock-in risks, designing portable architectures, implementing data sovereignty controls, and leveraging cloud-agnostic tools.

NixOS is a Linux distribution based on the Nix package manager, providing fully declarative and reproducible system configuration. By defining entire operating systems as pure functions, NixOS eliminates configuration drift and supports atomic rollbacks, making it an excellent choice for sovereign infrastructure that requires auditability and exact reproducibility.

This live, instructor-led training, delivered either online or on-site, targets IT professionals aiming to assess and adopt open source office suites as alternatives to proprietary software in corporate settings.

By the end of this session, participants will be capable of comparing different suites, planning migrations, configuring deployments, addressing compatibility challenges, implementing collaboration features, and managing user adoption.

Ollama is an open-source utility designed to run large language models locally on both consumer and enterprise-grade hardware. It simplifies complex tasks such as model quantization, GPU allocation, and API service provision into a single command-line interface, allowing organizations to host LLMs like Llama, Mistral, and Qwen on their own infrastructure without transmitting prompts or data to external providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google.

This instructor-led, live training in Dobrogea Sud-Est (online or onsite) targets network engineers and infrastructure specialists who aim to leverage SONiC and ONL for deploying and managing open network infrastructure on white-box switches.

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

This instructor-led, live training (online or on-site) is designed for system administrators and infrastructure engineers aiming to design, deploy, and manage private OpenStack cloud infrastructures 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 (online or onsite) targets project management and IT professionals seeking to deploy and manage open source platforms that ensure data sovereignty while supporting various project methodologies.

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

This instructor-led, live training in Dobrogea Sud-Est (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 Dobrogea Sud-Est (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level network and infrastructure professionals interested in using open-source routing, switching, Wi-Fi, and management tools to design, deploy, and operate a self-managed enterprise network.

By the end 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 create an operational plan for ongoing support.

This instructor-led training in Dobrogea Sud-Est (delivered online or onsite) targets mid-level IT executives, compliance officers, security specialists, and enterprise architects seeking to utilize sovereign AI principles and governance strategies. The goal is to design AI environments that protect sensitive data, adhere to localization rules, and decrease vendor lock-in.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to explain sovereign AI concepts, assess hosting and governance alternatives, define controls for prompts and logs, and develop a practical roadmap for adoption.

This capstone course instructs participants on designing, deploying, and managing a complete sovereign digital infrastructure stack from scratch. By the conclusion of the program, learners will have constructed a functional mini-organization utilizing exclusively self-hosted, open-source tools covering identity, communication, productivity, development, security, AI, and monitoring—all without depending on Google, Microsoft, AWS, or proprietary SaaS solutions.

This instructor-led, live training in Dobrogea Sud-Est (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 of a homeserver for the Matrix protocol, facilitating decentralized messaging with end-to-end encryption. This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) targets intermediate DevOps engineers and system administrators looking to swap cloud-based chat services for a self-hosted, federated messaging infrastructure using Synapse and Element.

Uptime Kuma is a user-friendly, self-hosted monitoring tool that tracks the availability of websites, services, and infrastructure. It offers an alternative to Pingdom, Datadog Synthetics, and UptimeRobot for teams desiring autonomous 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 replace cloud uptime monitoring with a self-hosted, sovereign status tracking platform using Uptime Kuma.

This instructor-led, live training in (online or onsite) 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 organizational workloads.

This instructor-led, live training in Dobrogea Sud-Est (online or on-site) 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 dominant open-source VPN protocols. Hosting your own VPN server ensures that no third-party provider can log traffic metadata, inject advertisements, or comply with foreign data requests. This training covers both protocols, addressing different threat models and performance requirements.

Wazuh is an open-source security platform providing 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.

Woodpecker CI is a straightforward yet robust continuous integration engine built specifically for self-hosted Git repositories such as Gitea and Forgejo. It delivers a streamlined, Docker-native CI/CD experience, eliminating the complexity and licensing costs associated with enterprise CI platforms.

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

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) targets intermediate support managers and system administrators who aim to transition from cloud-based helpdesk platforms to a self-hosted, sovereign ticketing system using Zammad.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Install Zammad via packages or Docker with PostgreSQL.
• Configure email, chat, and API channels for ticket intake.
• Design workflows, escalations, and SLA timers.
• Establish role-based access, groups, and organizations.
• Integrate with knowledge bases, reporting tools, and webhooks.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Extensive exercises and practical application.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Customization Options for the Course

• To request customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange it.

This live, instructor-led training in Dobrogea Sud-Est (online or onsite) is tailored for intermediate to advanced security professionals aiming 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 technology, 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 within a unified web interface. It serves as a direct, self-managed alternative to Microsoft Exchange and Google Workspace.