OpenShift Essential Training: Container Orchestration and Deployment

Course details

This course provides a comprehensive examination of OpenShift and Kubernetes, covering everything from setting up a lab environment to managing containers, pods, and application lifespans. Learn how to work with OpenShift resources, networking, scaling, storage, and security. The course also includes practical demos and challenges to reinforce learning, such as deploying applications, managing permissions, and configuring network policies. By the end of the course, you should have a solid understanding of OpenShift's capabilities and how to effectively use it for container orchestration and deployment.

Learning objectives
Deploy your own containerized Openshift Cluster.
Deploy and manage applications within an Openshift Cluster
Understand and work with Openshift networking.
Manage OpenShift Storage.
Work with both the OpenShift CLI and GUI.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Container orchestration skills with OpenShift

1. OpenShift and Kubernetes

02 - Introduction to Kubernetes
03 - Introduction to OpenShift
04 - Setting up the lab environment

2. Working with OpenShift

05 - Managing containers and pods
06 - Working with container images
07 - Challenge - Deploying your first application on OpenShift
08 - Solution - Deploying your first application on OpenShift

3. OpenShift Resources

09 - Understanding OpenShift resources
10 - OpenShift templates
11 - Managing application lifespans

4. Networking and Scaling

12 - Introduction to OpenShift networking
13 - Scaling and exposing applications
14 - Secure routes
15 - Network policies
16 - Challenge - Deploying a containerized webserver
17 - Solution - Deploying a containerized webserver

5. Working with Storage

18 - Understanding OpenShift storage
19 - Storage classes

6. Security and Resource Management

20 - OpenShift secrets
21 - Limiting resource use
22 - Managing permissions using role-based access controls (RBAC)
23 - Challenge - Deploying a database
24 - Solution - Deploying a database

7. Application Reliability

25 - Kubernetes probes
26 - Application autoscaling

8. Managing a Cluster using the Web Console

27 - Cluster administration
28 - Challenge - Deploying an application using the web console
29 - Solution - Deploying an application using the web console

Conclusion

30 - Moving forward with OpenShift