OpenShift 4 — administration 2: production operations
Running OpenShift in production means administering operators, a release cycle, dynamic storage, integrated monitoring and a security posture. This second module covers day-two operations, up to a cluster upgrade carried out in the classroom by each participant.
Training objectives
- Administer dynamic storage through the logical volume operator.
- Master the operator lifecycle manager and catalogues.
- Carry out a cluster upgrade and manage release channels.
- Monitor the platform with the integrated metrics stack and its query language.
- Harden: access control, security constraints and network policies.
- Back up, restore and troubleshoot the platform.
Target audience
- OpenShift cluster administrators.
- SRE engineers and cloud native architects.
- Operations teams running an enterprise platform.
Prerequisites
- OpenShift administration 1 course or equivalent practice.
- Advanced Linux administration.
Detailed program
Day 1 — Platform storage
- Storage architecture and the dynamic provisioning model
- Logical volume operator: volume groups and storage classes
- Internal registry storage and network exports
Day 2 — Operators and catalogues
- Operator framework and lifecycle manager architecture
- Catalogues, sources and release channels
- Subscriptions, install plans and approval policies
Day 3 — Cluster release cycle
- Update architecture and the cluster version operator
- Channels, extended support releases and upgrade paths
- Progressive configuration rollout and in-class cluster upgrade
Day 4 — Observability and networking
- Integrated monitoring: metrics, alerts and query language
- Centralized logging and operator troubleshooting
- Network policies and secure service exposure
Day 5 — Security and continuity
- Authentication, access control and security context constraints
- Backup, restore and platform continuity
- Repository-driven deployment and closing workshop
Certification
At the end of this training, you will receive a certificate of participation issued by squint.
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