OpenShift 4 — bare metal deployment with provisioned installation

• Position OpenShift, its editions, subscription model and installation methods.
• Plan the infrastructure: sizing, node roles, networking and storage.
• Prepare the virtualization host, its virtual networks and bridges.
• Configure the provisioning node: name resolution, time and gateway.
• Implement a virtual management controller and write the installation file.
• Run the installation, monitor provisioning and validate the cluster.

• Infrastructure engineers and platform architects.
• Administrators responsible for an OpenShift cluster lifecycle.
• Integrators and infrastructure modernization consultants.

• Advanced Linux administration at a confirmed level.
• KVM virtualization and networking basics: routing, VLANs, name resolution.
• No prior OpenShift experience required.

Day 1 — Positioning and editions

• OpenShift within the Kubernetes distribution landscape
• Editions, product portfolio and subscription model
• Installation methods and selection criteria

Day 2 — Infrastructure planning

• Sizing the control plane and compute nodes
• The role of infrastructure nodes and storage planning
• Network planning: virtual addresses, name resolution, time and filtering

Day 3 — Preparing the virtualization host

• KVM and libvirt fundamentals, preparing the physical host
• Virtual networks, bridges and VLAN tagging
• Deploying the provisioning machine

Day 4 — Provisioning node and tooling

• Provisioning network configuration, name and time services
• Installation toolchain and retrieving the binaries
• Virtual hardware management controller: principles and configuration

Day 5 — Installation and validation

• Installation file and declarative node network configuration
• Running the installer and monitoring provisioning
• Post-installation validation, certificate approval and first steps