Duration 5 days – 35 hrs
Overview
The Red Hat OpenShift Administration I – Managing Containers and Kubernetes on OCP v4.18 Training Course is a foundational hands-on training designed for IT professionals who want to learn how to deploy, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) v4.18.
This course introduces participants to Kubernetes and OpenShift core concepts, container management, application deployment, networking, storage, scaling, application reliability, and update management. Participants will gain practical experience using both the OpenShift web console and command-line interfaces to manage enterprise Kubernetes environments.
Through guided exercises, quizzes, and hands-on labs, learners will develop the essential administration skills required to operate OpenShift clusters and manage applications in modern cloud-native environments.
Objectives
- Understand container, Kubernetes, and OpenShift concepts and architecture
- Navigate and manage OpenShift clusters using the web console and CLI tools
- Deploy and manage containerized applications and Kubernetes pods
- Monitor cluster health and inspect Kubernetes resources
- Configure networking and expose applications to external access
- Manage persistent storage and application configuration
- Configure application reliability, autoscaling, and high availability
- Manage application updates using image streams and image triggers
- Troubleshoot containers, pods, and application deployments
- Perform day-to-day OpenShift administration tasks in enterprise environments
Target Audience
- OpenShift Administrators
- Kubernetes Administrators
- Linux System Administrators
- DevOps Engineers
- Cloud Engineers
- Platform Engineers
- Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
- Application Support Engineers
- IT Operations Professionals
Prerequisites
- Basic Linux administration knowledge
- Familiarity with command-line interfaces
- Basic understanding of networking concepts
- Basic understanding of virtualization or container concepts is beneficial but not required
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Kubernetes and OpenShift
- Containers and Kubernetes
- Quiz: Containers and Kubernetes
- Red Hat OpenShift Components and Editions
- Quiz: Red Hat OpenShift Components and Editions
- Navigate the OpenShift Web Console
- Guided Exercise: Navigate the OpenShift Web Console
- Monitor an OpenShift Cluster
- Guided Exercise: Monitor an OpenShift Cluster
- Lab: Introduction to Kubernetes and OpenShift
- Quiz: Introduction to Kubernetes and OpenShift
- Summary
Module 2: Kubernetes and OpenShift Command-line Interfaces and APIs
- The Kubernetes and OpenShift Command-line Interfaces
- Guided Exercise: The Kubernetes and OpenShift Command-line Interfaces
- Inspect Kubernetes Resources
- Guided Exercise: Inspect Kubernetes Resources
- Assess the Health of an OpenShift Cluster
- Guided Exercise: Assess the Health of an OpenShift Cluster
- Lab: Kubernetes and OpenShift Command-line Interfaces and APIs
- Quiz: Kubernetes and OpenShift Command-line Interfaces and APIs
- Summary
Module 3: Run Applications as Containers and Pods
- Create Linux Containers and Kubernetes Pods
- Guided Exercise: Create Linux Containers and Kubernetes Pods
- Find and Inspect Container Images
- Guided Exercise: Find and Inspect Container Images
- Troubleshoot Containers and Pods
- Guided Exercise: Troubleshoot Containers and Pods
- Lab: Run Applications as Containers and Pods
- Quiz: Run Applications as Containers and Pods
- Summary
Module 4: Deploy Managed and Networked Applications on Kubernetes
- Deploy Applications from an Image and from a Template
- Guided Exercise: Deploy Applications from an Image and from a Template
- Manage Long-lived and Short-lived Applications by Using the Kubernetes Workload API
- Guided Exercise: Manage Long-lived and Short-lived Applications by Using the Kubernetes Workload API
- Kubernetes Pod and Service Networks
- Guided Exercise: Kubernetes Pod and Service Networks
- Scale and Expose Applications to External Access
- Guided Exercise: Scale and Expose Applications to External Access
- Lab: Deploy Managed and Networked Applications on Kubernetes
- Summary
Module 5: Manage Storage for Application Configuration and Data
- Externalize the Configuration of Applications
- Guided Exercise: Externalize the Configuration of Applications
- Provision Persistent Data Volumes
- Guided Exercise: Provision Persistent Data Volumes
- Selecting a Storage Class for an Application
- Guided Exercise: Selecting a Storage Class for an Application
- Manage Non-shared Storage with Stateful Sets
- Guided Exercise: Manage Non-shared Storage with Stateful Sets
- Lab: Manage Storage for Application Configuration and Data
- Summary
Module 6: Configure Applications for Reliability
- Application High Availability with Kubernetes
- Guided Exercise: Application High Availability with Kubernetes
- Application Health Probes
- Guided Exercise: Application Health Probes
- Reserving Compute Capacity for Applications
- Guided Exercise: Reserving Compute Capacity for Applications
- Limit Compute Capacity for Applications
- Guided Exercise: Limit Compute Capacity for Applications
- Application Autoscaling
- Guided Exercise: Application Autoscaling
- Lab: Configure an Application for Reliability
- Quiz: Configure an Application for Reliability
- Summary
Module 7: Manage Application Updates
- Container Image Identity and Tags
- Guided Exercise: Container Image Identity and Tags
- Update Application Image and Settings
- Guided Exercise: Update Application Image and Settings
- Reproducible Deployments with OpenShift Image Streams
- Guided Exercise: Reproducible Deployments with OpenShift Image Streams
- Automatic Image Updates with OpenShift Image Change Triggers
- Guided Exercise: Automatic Image Updates with OpenShift Image Change Triggers
- Lab: Manage Application Updates
- Summary
Module 8: Comprehensive Review
- Comprehensive Review
- Lab: Deploy Web Applications
- Lab: Troubleshoot and Scale Applications
