Digital Sovereignty Training in Sofia

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is designed for 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 (available online or onsite) is targeted 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 Sofia (online or onsite) targets database administrators and developers who want to migrate from proprietary databases to open-source PostgreSQL.

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

This instructor-led live training in Sofia (online or onsite) targets intermediate to advanced IT leaders, compliance officers, and digital transformation managers who wish to adopt a structured roadmap approach for implementing 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 Sofia (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 Sofia (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 Sofia (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 solution for self-hosted Git services. It offers repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) integration. For teams seeking complete control over their source code—free from third-party terms of service or export restrictions—Gitea has become an increasingly popular alternative to GitHub and GitLab.com.

GitLab Self-Managed represents the on-premises implementation of GitLab's all-encompassing DevSecOps platform, encompassing source code management, CI/CD, container registry, security scanning, and monitoring capabilities. It serves as the premier choice for organizations seeking the complete GitLab feature set without relying on SaaS services or allowing data to exit their internal networks.

Jitsi Meet is a fully encrypted, open-source video conferencing solution that allows you to self-host on your own infrastructure. It supports HD video, screen sharing, collaborative editing, and live streaming without requiring user accounts or exposing meeting data to third-party services.

This instructor-led training (available online or onsite) targets intermediate DevOps engineers and system administrators looking to deploy Jitsi Meet as a replacement for Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet.

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

• Install and configure Jitsi Meet using Docker or Debian packages.
• Configure Prosody, Jicofo, and Jitsi Videobridge for optimal performance.
• Set up TURN servers to ensure NAT traversal and firewall compatibility.
• Secure meetings with passwords, lobby rooms, and end-to-end encryption.
• Integrate Jitsi with LDAP, SSO, and calendar systems.

Course Format

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

Customization Options

• To request tailored training for this course, please contact us to arrange the details.

This instructor-led, live training in Sofia (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 Sofia (online or onsite) is targeted at developers and technical teams who want to use 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 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, on-premise data residency, and federation with external trusted partners.

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is designed for cloud professionals aiming to create and implement multi-cloud architectures that mitigate vendor lock-in risks and ensure data sovereignty.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to identify vendor lock-in risks, design portable architectures, enforce data sovereignty controls, and utilize cloud-agnostic tools.

NixOS is a Linux distribution built on the Nix package manager, offering fully declarative and reproducible system configuration. By describing entire operating systems as pure functions, NixOS eliminates configuration drift and enables atomic rollbacks, making it ideal for sovereign infrastructure that must be auditable and exactly reproducible.

This instructor-led, live training (online or in-person) is designed for IT professionals who want to evaluate and implement open source office suites as alternatives to proprietary solutions in corporate settings.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to compare suites, plan migrations, configure deployment, address compatibility, implement collaboration, and manage user adoption.

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

This instructor-led, live training in Sofia (online or onsite) is designed for network engineers and infrastructure professionals who want 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 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 session (available online or onsite) targets system administrators and infrastructure engineers seeking 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 (online or onsite) is tailored for project management and IT professionals aiming to deploy and manage open-source platforms that guarantee data sovereignty while supporting various project methodologies.

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

This instructor-led live training in Sofia (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level network engineers and infrastructure administrators who aim 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 processes.

This instructor-led live training in Sofia (available online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level network and infrastructure professionals who wish to use 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 Sofia (online or onsite) is tailored for intermediate-level IT leaders, compliance professionals, security teams, and enterprise architects aiming to leverage sovereign AI principles and governance practices. The goal is to design AI environments that protect sensitive data, fulfill localization requirements, and decrease vendor lock-in.

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

This capstone course instructs participants on how to design, deploy, and manage a comprehensive sovereign digital infrastructure stack from scratch. Upon completion, students will have constructed a fully functional mini-organization utilizing exclusively self-hosted, open-source tools for identity, communication, productivity, development, security, AI, and monitoring—eliminating any dependency on Google, Microsoft, AWS, or proprietary SaaS solutions.

This instructor-led, live training in Sofia (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 acts as the reference homeserver implementation for the Matrix protocol, enabling decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging. This instructor-led live training (online or onsite) targets intermediate DevOps engineers and system administrators who intend to use Synapse and Element to replace cloud chat platforms with a self-hosted, federated messaging infrastructure.

Terraform is an open-source infrastructure-as-code tool that enables teams to define and provision data center resources through a declarative configuration language. When combined with self-hosted backends and on-premise providers, Terraform becomes a powerful solution for managing sovereign infrastructure, effectively eliminating reliance on cloud vendors.

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate infrastructure engineers looking to use Terraform to manage self-hosted environments, including Proxmox, VMware, libvirt, and bare-metal provisioning.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Write robust Terraform configurations for on-premise and hybrid resources.
• Securely manage state using self-hosted backends such as PostgreSQL, S3-compatible storage, and Gitea.
• Utilize provisioners and custom providers to manage the entire bare-metal lifecycle.
• Implement efficient workspaces, modular architectures, and variable hierarchies.
• Integrate Terraform into CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure delivery.

Course Format

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

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training track for this course, please contact us to arrange specific requirements.

Uptime Kuma is a user-friendly, self-hosted monitoring solution that tracks the availability of websites, services, and infrastructure. It replaces Pingdom, Datadog Synthetics, and UptimeRobot for teams that prefer to keep their monitoring data under their own control. This instructor-led live training (online or onsite) targets beginner-to-intermediate SREs and DevOps engineers who wish to use Uptime Kuma to replace cloud uptime monitoring with a self-hosted, sovereign status tracking platform.

This instructor-led live training (online or onsite) is targeted 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 Sofia (online or onsite) 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. 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 delivers unified XDR and SIEM capabilities for threat detection, integrity monitoring, incident response, and compliance. It consolidates endpoint telemetry into a self-managed analysis engine, serving as a reliable alternative to Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, and other cloud-native SIEMs

Woodpecker CI is a simple yet powerful continuous integration engine designed specifically for self-hosted Git forges like Gitea and Forgejo. It provides a lightweight, Docker-native CI/CD experience without the complexity or licensing overhead of enterprise CI platforms.

Zammad is a modern, web-based, open-source helpdesk and customer support system. It unifies tickets from email, chat, phone, and social media into a single queue, providing a self-hosted alternative to Zendesk, Freshdesk, and ServiceNow that keeps customer data within your infrastructure.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate support managers and system administrators who wish to use Zammad to replace cloud helpdesk platforms with a self-hosted, sovereign ticketing system.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install Zammad from 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 base, reporting, and webhooks.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

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

This instructor-led, live training in Sofia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level security professionals who wish 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, and monitor zero trust policies.

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