OpenShift 4 for Administrators

• An understanding of container concepts
• System administration or devops experience

Audience

• System administrators
• Architects
• Devops engineers
• Developers

OpenShift Container Platform (formerly OpenShift Enterprise) v. 4 is a collection of software put together by Red Hat for deploying containers and Kubernetes in the enterprise. New features in version 4 include Operators, machine sets, and CoreOS -- all of which enable clusters to self-manage some functions previously performed by administrators.

In this instructor-led, live training (online or onsite), participants will learn how to install, configure, and manage OpenShift Container Platform v4.

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

• Undersand OCI (Open Containers Initiative) and its implications for using container enginees such as Docker in OpenShift.
• Understand the relationship between the different versions of OpenShift (OKP, OpenShift Container Platform, Red Hat OpenShift, etc.).
• Create, configure, manage, and troubleshoot an OpenShift Container Platform cluster.
• Implement OpenShift Container Platform's self-manage capabilities to improve platform stability and consistency.
• Secure OpenShift Container Platform.
• Monitor and gather metrics.
• Manage storage.
• Upgrade an OpenShift Container Platform 3 cluster to OpenShift Container Platform 4.

Format of the Course

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

Course Customization Options

• This course focuses on OpenShift Container Platform, version 4. If you wish to use a different version of OpenShift (e.g. OpenShift Container Platform 3 or OKD), please contact us to arrange.
• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction

Overview of New Features in OpenShift Container Platform 4

Installing an Openshift Cluster

Configuring and Managing Masters and Nodes

Securing OpenShift

Monitoring Openshift

Deploying Applications on Openshift using Source-to-Image (S2I)

Managing Storage on Openshift

Upgrading an OpenShift 3 Cluster to OpenShift 4

Summary and Next Steps