OpenShift 4 Essentials Training in Vancouver, Canada

This course provides a practical introduction to OpenShift Container Platform 4, focusing on its architecture, core components, and essential operations. Participants will learn to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications using OpenShift. The course combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on labs to ensure learners gain both understanding and proficiency in day-to-day OpenShift operations.

Introduction and Platform Fundamentals

• Introduction to OpenShift and Kubernetes

• OpenShift 4 architecture: Operators, Nodes, Control Plane

• Installing OpenShift (overview of installation tools and approaches)

• Using the OpenShift Web Console and CLI (oc)

• Working with Projects and Namespaces

• Deploying sample applications

Application Management and Networking

• Working with Pods, Deployments, and ReplicaSets

• Managing services and routes

• Configuring environment variables, secrets, and config maps

• Rolling updates, rollbacks, and scaling applications

• Monitoring and logging basics

• Container image management and registries

Storage, Security, and Troubleshooting

• Persistent Volume (PV) and Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) setup

• Storage classes and dynamic provisioning

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and user permissions

• Security context and SCC (Security Context Constraints)

• Troubleshooting tools (oc describe, oc logs, oc exec)

• Backup and recovery concepts

Hands-on Exercises