The CERTIFs IT Summer Camp is a unique hands-on experience in our Rabat datacenter lab. You will work alongside engineers to design, assemble and deploy a complete datacenter infrastructure from zero — physical servers, storage arrays, network switches, firewalls and operating systems. Every weekend you will go deeper: rack & stack hardware, configure switches and storage, install hypervisors and OS, and integrate everything into a working production-grade environment. At the end of the month you receive an official stage attestation — proof that you worked on a real project in real conditions.
Rack-mount servers (Dell PowerEdge / HPE ProLiant). Rack & stack, cabling, BIOS/iDRAC/iLO configuration, RAID setup, memory and CPU.
NAS and SAN storage systems. RAID configuration, LUN creation, iSCSI & FC connectivity, storage pool and volume management.
Layer 2 & Layer 3 switches. Patch panel, structured cabling, VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, trunking and spanning tree.
Firewall installation and configuration (FortiGate / pfSense). Access policies, zone segmentation, VPN setup and intrusion prevention.
Windows Server and Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL). Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, NFS, SMB, SSH hardening and service deployment.
VMware ESXi / Proxmox hypervisor installation. VM deployment, resource pools, vSwitch networking and basic HA configuration.
Receive the equipment, plan the datacenter layout, rack & stack the physical servers, install structured cabling, configure management interfaces (iDRAC/iLO) and perform BIOS + RAID initial setup.
Configure Layer 2 & Layer 3 switches, set up VLANs and inter-VLAN routing, deploy NAS/SAN storage, create LUNs and connect servers to storage over iSCSI.
Install VMware ESXi / Proxmox on the servers, deploy Windows Server and Linux VMs, configure Active Directory and core services, and install + configure the datacenter firewall and access policies.
End-to-end integration tests, connectivity validation, monitoring setup, documentation of the infrastructure, live demo of the full datacenter in production — and official stage attestation ceremony for all participants.
BTS, licence, master, engineering school — any IT student wanting real-world datacenter experience beyond classroom theory.
Looking for a PFE or stage attestation? This program delivers an official certificate proving hands-on datacenter project work.
From another field and wanting to break into IT infrastructure? Nothing accelerates a career switch faster than real project experience.
Already working in IT but never touched physical datacenter hardware? Fill the gap with hands-on exposure to real production equipment.
Choose your schedule — weekday or weekend — and secure your place in the next session. Limited seats available.
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