Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Operating a Production Kubernetes Cluster (OCP v4.18)

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Duration 5 days – 35 hrs

 

Overview

 

The Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Operating a Production Kubernetes Cluster (OCP v4.18) Training Course is an advanced, hands-on training program designed for IT professionals responsible for administering and operating enterprise-grade OpenShift Kubernetes environments.

 

This course focuses on managing and securing production OpenShift clusters using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) v4.18. Participants will learn how to implement declarative resource management, deploy packaged applications, configure authentication and authorization, secure networking, manage operators, enable developer self-service, and perform cluster maintenance and updates.

 

Through guided exercises, labs, and comprehensive reviews, participants will gain practical experience in operating scalable, secure, and highly available Kubernetes environments in production settings.

 

Objectives

 

    • Manage OpenShift resources using declarative configuration methods 
    • Deploy and manage applications using Templates and Helm Charts 
    • Configure authentication providers and role-based access control (RBAC) 
    • Implement OpenShift network security and TLS protection 
    • Expose non-HTTP and specialized applications securely 
    • Configure quotas, limits, and developer self-service capabilities 
    • Install, manage, and update Kubernetes Operators 
    • Implement application security using Security Context Constraints (SCC) 
    • Automate maintenance tasks using Kubernetes CronJobs 
    • Perform OpenShift cluster updates and manage deprecated APIs 
  • Operate and maintain production-grade OpenShift Kubernetes clusters

Target Audience

 

  • OpenShift Cluster Administrators 
  • Kubernetes Administrators 
  • Linux System Administrators 
  • DevOps Engineers 
  • Platform Engineers 
  • Cloud Infrastructure Engineers 
  • Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) 
  • IT Operations Professionals managing container platforms

 

Prerequisites 

  • Basic knowledge of Linux system administration 
  • Experience working with containers and Kubernetes concepts 
  • Understanding of OpenShift fundamentals 
  • Experience using the command line interface (CLI) 
  • Completion of OpenShift Administration I training or equivalent experience is recommended

 

Course Outline 

 

Module 1: Declarative Resource Management

 

  • Resource Manifests 
  • Guided Exercise: Resource Manifests 
  • Kustomize Overlays 
  • Guided Exercise: Kustomize Overlays 
  • Lab: Declarative Resource Management 
  • Summary 

 

Module 2: Deploy Packaged Applications

 

  • OpenShift Templates 
  • Guided Exercise: OpenShift Templates 
  • Helm Charts 
  • Guided Exercise: Helm Charts 
  • Lab: Deploy Packaged Applications 
  • Summary 

 

Module 3: Authentication and Authorization

 

  • Configure Identity Providers 
  • Guided Exercise: Configure Identity Providers 
  • Define and Apply Permissions with RBAC 
  • Guided Exercise: Define and Apply Permissions with RBAC 
  • Lab: Authentication and Authorization 
  • Summary 

 

Module 4: Network Security

 

  • Protect External Traffic with TLS 
  • Guided Exercise: Protect External Traffic with TLS 
  • Configure Network Policies 
  • Guided Exercise: Configure Network Policies 
  • Protect Internal Traffic with TLS 
  • Guided Exercise: Protect Internal Traffic with TLS 
  • Lab: Network Security 
  • Summary 

 

Module 5: Expose non-HTTP/SNI Applications

 

  • Load Balancer Services 
  • Guided Exercise: Load Balancer Services 
  • Multus Secondary Networks 
  • Guided Exercise: Multus Secondary Networks 
  • Lab: Expose non-HTTP/SNI Applications 
  • Summary 

 

Module 6: Enable Developer Self-Service

 

  • Project and Cluster Quotas 
  • Guided Exercise: Project and Cluster Quotas 
  • Per-Project Resource Constraints: Limit Ranges 
  • Guided Exercise: Per-Project Resource Constraints: Limit Ranges 
  • The Project Template and the Self-Provisioner Role 
  • Guided Exercise: The Project Template and the Self-Provisioner Role 
  • Lab: Enable Developer Self-Service 
  • Summary 

 

Module 7: Manage Kubernetes Operators

 

  • Kubernetes Operators and the Operator Lifecycle Manager 
  • Quiz: Kubernetes Operators and the Operator Lifecycle Manager 
  • Install Operators with the Web Console 
  • Guided Exercise: Install Operators with the Web Console 
  • Install Operators with the CLI 
  • Guided Exercise: Install Operators with the CLI 
  • Lab: Manage Kubernetes Operators 
  • Summary 

 

Module 8: Application Security

 

  • Control Application Permissions with Security Context Constraints 
  • Guided Exercise: Control Application Permissions with Security Context Constraints 
  • Allow Application Access to Kubernetes APIs 
  • Guided Exercise: Allow Application Access to Kubernetes APIs 
  • Cluster and Node Maintenance with Kubernetes Cron Jobs 
  • Guided Exercise: Cluster and Node Maintenance with Kubernetes Cron Jobs 
  • Lab: Application Security 
  • Summary 

 

Module 9: OpenShift Updates

 

  • The Cluster Update Process 
  • Quiz: The Cluster Update Process 
  • Detect Deprecated Kubernetes API Usage 
  • Quiz: Detect Deprecated Kubernetes API Usage 
  • Update Operators with the OLM 
  • Quiz: Update Operators with the OLM 
  • Quiz: OpenShift Updates 
  • Summary 

 

Module 10: Comprehensive Review

 

  • Comprehensive Review 
  • Lab: Cluster Self-service Setup 
  • Lab: Secure Applications 
  • Lab: Deploy Packaged Applications

 

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