DO280 Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Operating a Production Kubernetes Cluster

This course is designed for system administrators, system architects, and developers who want to install and configure Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

• System and Software Architects interested in understanding features and functionality of an OpenShift cluster.
• System Administrators interested in the initial establishment of a cluster.
• Cluster Operators interested in the ongoing maintenance of a cluster.
• Site Reliability Engineers interested in the ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting of a cluster.

Impact on the organization

This course is intended to develop the skills needed to install, configure, and manage the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform to deploy containerized applications that are highly available, resilient, and scalable. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform enables rapid application development and deployment, as well as portability of an application across environments. The platform also offers simplified application scaling, administration, and maintenance of adapted or cloud-native applications.

Red Hat has created this course in a way intended to benefit our customers, but each company and infrastructure is unique, and actual results or benefits may vary.

Impact on the individual

After completing this course, you should be able to demonstrate the skills to establish a new OpenShift cluster, perform initial configuration of the cluster, and manage the cluster on a day-to-day basis. One major focus of the course is troubleshooting common problems that will be encountered beyond day one.

Recommended next exam or course

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280)
• Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: High Availability (DO380)
• Red Hat Security: Securing Containers and OpenShift (DO425)

• Become a Red Hat Certified System Administrator, or demonstrate equivalent Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration experience
• Complete Red Hat OpenShift I: Containers & Kubernetes (DO180), or demonstrate equivalent experience with containers, Kubernetes, and OpenShift basics
• Take our free assessment to gauge whether this offering is the best fit for your skills.

Technology considerations

• Internet access is required.

Describe the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Learn the components of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and how they interact.

Verify a Cluster Verify a cluster is installed and healthy.

Configure Authentication Configure authentication with an identity provider.

Control Access to OpenShift Resources Define and apply role-based access controls and protect sensitive information with secrets.

Configure OpenShift Networking Components Identify the components of OpenShift software-defined networking and configure some of the components.

Control Pod Scheduling Control which nodes a pod runs on.

Scale an OpenShift Cluster Control the size of an OpenShift cluster.

Perform Cluster Updates Describe how to perform a cluster update.

Manage the Cluster with the Web Console Manage the OpenShift cluster using the web console.

Comprehensive Review Verify, manage, and troubleshoot an OpenShift cluster for enterprise use. Note: Course outline is subject to change with technology advances and as the nature of the underlying job evolves. For questions or confirmation on a specific objective or topic, contact one of our training specialists.