Course data sheet
Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Configuring a Production Cluster (DO280)
H8PJ6S
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Overview
This course teaches you how to perform daily administration tasks on clusters that host applications provided by internal teams and external vendors, enable self-service for cluster users with different roles, and deploy applications that require special permissions, such as such as CI/CD tooling, performance monitoring, and security scanners. This course also focuses on configuring multi-tenancy and security features of OpenShift, as well as managing OpenShift add-ons based on operators.
The skills learned in this course apply to all versions of OpenShift, including Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, and OpenShift Container Platform.
Audience
This course is ideal for platform administrators, system administrators, cloud administrators, and other infrastructure-related IT professionals who are responsible for managing and maintaining infrastructure for applications. It is also suitable for enterprise architects, site reliability engineers, DevOps engineers, and other application-related IT professionals who are responsible for designing infrastructure for applications.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should have successfully completed Red Hat OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster (DO180) (H8PK8S) or have equivalent experience and skills deploying and managing Kubernetes applications using the OpenShift web console and command-line interfaces.
Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Deploy packaged applications using manifests, templates, customize, and helm
- Configure authentication and authorization for users and applications
- Protect network traffic with network policies and exposing applications with proper network access
- Deploy and manage applications using resources manifests
- Enable developer self-service of application projects
- Manage OpenShift cluster updates and Kubernetes operator updates
Certifications and related exams
This course prepares you for the following certification exam:
- Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator
Course outline
| Module 1: Declarative Resource Management |
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| Module 2: Deploy Packaged Applications |
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| Module 3: Authentication and Authorization |
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| Module 4: Network Security |
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| Module 5: Expose Non-HTTP/SNI Applications |
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| Module 6: Enable Developer Self-Service |
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| Module 7: Manage Kubernetes Operators |
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| Module 8: Application Security |
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| Module 9: OpenShift Updates |
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