Training Agenda

OpenShift

OpenShift is Red Hat's enterprise Kubernetes platform — Kubernetes hardened with integrated CI/CD, tightened security defaults, the Operator framework, and a developer-friendly console. Where vanilla Kubernetes gives you a platform to build on, OpenShift adds the build-run-manage workflow out of the box. This training covers OpenShift-specific concepts for teams already familiar with Kubernetes basics.

2 days On-site, remote, or hybrid Up to 20 participants German or English
What We Cover
Kubernetes plus the enterprise layer
Day 1

OpenShift Architecture & Developer Workflow

  • OpenShift vs upstream Kubernetes: What's added and why — understanding the delta before diving in
  • Projects, Routes, and the OpenShift Console: OpenShift's namespace model and the web console workflow
  • BuildConfigs & ImageStreams: Source-to-image (S2I) builds — building container images directly in the cluster
  • DeploymentConfigs vs Kubernetes Deployments: When to use each and how to migrate between them
  • oc CLI vs kubectl: Commands that only exist in OpenShift and how they extend the standard toolchain
  • OpenShift Pipelines (Tekton): Tasks, pipelines, triggers — cloud-native CI/CD built into the platform
Day 2

Security, Operators & Operations

  • Security Context Constraints (SCC): The OpenShift permission model and how it differs from Kubernetes PodSecurityAdmission
  • Running non-root containers: Adjusting SCCs for common workloads and third-party images
  • OperatorHub: Consuming community and certified operators from the built-in marketplace
  • Writing a simple operator with the Operator SDK: The Operator pattern explained and implemented
  • OpenShift GitOps (ArgoCD built-in): Application and cluster management with the pre-installed ArgoCD instance
  • Monitoring: OpenShift Monitoring stack — Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager — configuration and custom rules
Learning Outcomes
What your team walks away with

After two days, your team understands the OpenShift-specific layer: security model, operator pattern, built-in tooling — and how to apply it without fighting the platform.

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Prerequisite: basic Kubernetes knowledge. Can be combined with the Kubernetes training as a 5-day complete package.

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