Digital Sovereignty Training in Gaia

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is aimed at technical professionals who wish to deploy and manage open source collaboration platforms that maintain data sovereignty while providing modern team communication capabilities.

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

This instructor-led live training (online or onsite) is aimed at 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 Gaia (online or onsite) targets database administrators and developers looking to migrate from proprietary databases to the open-source PostgreSQL platform.

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

This instructor-led live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate to advanced IT leaders, compliance officers, and digital transformation managers who wish to use a structured roadmap approach to implement digital sovereignty initiatives.

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

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (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.

Gitea is a lightweight, open-source solution for self-hosted Git services, offering repository management, code review capabilities, issue tracking, and CI/CD integration. It has emerged as a preferred alternative to GitHub and GitLab.com for teams seeking full control over their source code, free from third-party terms of service or export limitations.

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 capabilities. It serves as the benchmark for organisations seeking the full suite of GitLab features without reliance on SaaS models or permitting data to exit their internal network.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is designed for developers and technical teams who aim to utilize Ollama and open models to build 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, create simple agentic and retrieval-based workflows, and apply security and governance controls appropriate for regulated environments.

Matrix is an open protocol designed for secure, decentralized, real-time communication. Organizations are increasingly adopting Matrix with the Element client as a viable alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams, enabling them to maintain end-to-end encryption, ensure on-premise data residency, and establish federation with external trusted partners.

NixOS is a Linux distribution founded on the Nix package manager, providing fully declarative and reproducible system configuration. By treating entire operating systems as pure functions, NixOS eradicates configuration drift and facilitates atomic rollbacks, making it exceptionally suitable for sovereign infrastructure that demands auditability and exact reproducibility.

This live, instructor-led session (online or on-site) is tailored for IT professionals who want to assess and deploy open source office suites as alternatives to proprietary software in corporate settings.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to compare different suites, plan migrations, configure deployments, handle compatibility, enable collaboration, and oversee user adoption.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at network engineers and infrastructure professionals who wish to use SONiC and ONL to deploy and manage open network infrastructure on white-box switches.

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

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is designed for system administrators and infrastructure engineers who wish to design, deploy, and manage private OpenStack cloud infrastructure 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 (available online or onsite) targets project management and IT professionals who wish 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 able to evaluate solutions, deploy Taiga, OpenProject, and Focalboard, configure integrations, and migrate from proprietary tools.

This instructor-led live training in Gaia (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 Gaia (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level network and infrastructure professionals who wish to utilise 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 develop an operational plan for ongoing support.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) targets intermediate-level IT leaders, compliance professionals, security teams, and enterprise architects who wish to apply sovereign AI principles and governance practices to design AI environments that safeguard sensitive data, meet localization requirements, and minimize vendor lock-in.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to: explain sovereign AI concepts, evaluate hosting and governance options, define controls for prompts and logs, and create a practical adoption roadmap.

This instructor-led live training in Gaia (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 is the reference homeserver implementation for the Matrix protocol, enabling decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging. This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate DevOps engineers and system administrators who wish to leverage 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 offers an alternative to Pingdom, Datadog Synthetics, and UptimeRobot for teams that require monitoring data under their own control. This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) targets beginner-to-intermediate SREs and DevOps engineers who wish to transition from cloud uptime monitoring to a self-hosted, sovereign status tracking platform using Uptime Kuma.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) targets technical professionals wishing to deploy and manage self-hosted video conferencing solutions. The programme ensures 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 organisational workloads.

This instructor-led live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is targeted at security engineers and system administrators seeking 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 and secure the VPN infrastructure.

OpenVPN and WireGuard are the two dominant open-source VPN protocols. Running 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 for different threat models and performance requirements.

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.

Woodpecker CI is a straightforward yet robust continuous integration engine tailored specifically for self-hosted Git forges such as Gitea and Forgejo. It delivers a lightweight, Docker-native CI/CD experience, avoiding 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 that ensures customer data remains within your own infrastructure.

This instructor-led live training (available online or on-site) is designed for intermediate support managers and system administrators seeking to migrate from cloud-based helpdesk platforms to a self-hosted, sovereign ticketing solution using Zammad.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

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

Format of the Course

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

Course Customization Options

• To request customized training for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is targeted at intermediate to advanced-level security professionals seeking 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 technologies, and monitor Zero Trust policies.

The Zimbra Collaboration Suite is an open-source enterprise messaging and collaboration platform that delivers email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and file sharing through a unified web interface. It acts as a direct, self-managed alternative to Microsoft Exchange and Google Workspace.