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Red Hat OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster

This course is intended to develop the skills to manage Red Hat OpenShift clusters, and to support containerized applications that are highly available, resilient and scalable

Total Duration
32 Hours
Level
Intermediate
Category
IT System and Networks
About this course

About this course

OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster (DO180) prepares OpenShift cluster administrators to manage Kubernetes workloads and collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers, system administrators, and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to ensure application workload availability. The course focuses on managing typical end-user applications and their dependencies, including databases, messaging systems, and authentication systems. 

Target Audience

System Administrators interested in the ongoing management of OpenShift clusters and containerized applications.
Site Reliability Engineers interested in the ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting of containerized applications on Kubernetes.
System and Software Architects interested in understanding the features and functions of an OpenShift cluster.

Prerequisites

Complete Containers, Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Technical, or have equivalent knowledge of Linux containers.
Basic skills in operating a Bash shell, manipulating files and processes, and verifying system information such as network addresses.

Course Outline

Identify the main Kubernetes cluster services and OpenShift platform services, and monitor them by using the web console
Access an OpenShift cluster by using the command line and query its Kubernetes API resources to assess the health of a cluster
Run and troubleshoot containerized applications as unmanaged Kubernetes pods
Deploy applications and expose them to network access from inside and outside a Kubernetes cluster
Externalize application configurations in Kubernetes resources and provision storage volumes for persistent data files
Configure applications to work with Kubernetes for high availability and resilience
Manage reproducible application updates and rollbacks of code and configurations.
Review the course skills and prepare for further Red Hat OpenShift certification objectives.
Learning outcomes

What you'll learn

Deploy applications on OpenShift from container images, templates, and Kubernetes manifests
Troubleshoot network connectivity between applications inside and outside an OpenShift cluster
Configure Kubernetes workloads for high availability and reliability
Manage updates to container images, settings, and Kubernetes manifests of an application

Skills you'll learn

10 skills
OpenShift Administration
Kubernetes Workloads
CLI & Web Console
Container Deployment
Application Networking
Persistent Storage
High Availability
Application Scaling
Application Updates
Troubleshooting

Certificate

  • Attendance Certificate from CLS Learning Solutions 


Red Hat OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster

Potential Career Paths

OpenShift Administrator
System Administrator
DevOps Engineer
Kubernetes Administrator
Cloud Administrator