Detailed Course Outline
Move from Kubernetes to OpenShift
Demonstrate that OpenShift is Kubernetes by deploying Kubernetes-native applications on OpenShift.
Introduce automation on OpenShift
Automate OpenShift administration tasks using bash scripts and Ansible playbooks.
Manage operators with OpenShift
Deploy Kubernetes Operators and configure OpenShift cluster operators.
Implement GitOps with Jenkins
Implement a GitOps workflow using containerized Jenkins to administer an OpenShift cluster.
Configure enterprise authentication
Integrate OpenShift with enterprise identity providers.
Configure trusted TLS certificates
Configure OpenShift with trusted TLS certificates for external access to cluster services and applications.
Configure dedicated node pools
Add nodes to an OpenShift cluster with custom configurations tuned for special workloads.
Configure persistent storage
Configure storage providers and storage classes to ensure cluster user access to persistent storage.
Manage cluster monitoring and metrics
Configure and manage the OpenShift monitoring stack.
Provision and inspect cluster logging
Deploy, query, and troubleshoot cluster-wide logging.
Recover failed worker nodes
Inspect, troubleshoot, and remediate worker nodes in a variety of failure scenarios.