Course Objectives

• Configure pools of cluster nodes with special configurations, and ensure that only the intended workloads for those pools are scheduled on those nodes.

• Configure enterprise authentication and group management with legacy LDAP and cloud-native OIDC identity management systems.

• Deploy, manage, and query OpenShift Logging and configure log forwarding to external log aggregators and security information and event management (SIEM) systems.

• Automate cluster configuration and application deployment by using OpenShift GitOps.

• Troubleshoot application and cluster performance and availability issues by using OpenShift Monitoring.

• Configure and automate application-level backups by using OADP.

Audience

• Primary: Platform Engineers, System Administrators, Cloud Administrators, and other infrastructure-related IT roles who are responsible for implementing and managing infrastructure for applications.

• Secondary: Enterprise Architects, Site Reliability Engineers (SRE), DevOps Engineers, and other application-related IT roles who are responsible for designing infrastructure for applications.

Prerequisites

• Possess a current Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration certification, or equivalent experience and skills with managing OpenShift clusters and containerized applications, according to the topics of the DO180 and DO280 courses for version 4.12 and any later versions. Earlier 4.x releases of DO180 and DO280 are not sufficient.

• Experience with enterprise authentication, monitoring, and other IT infrastructure systems is helpful but not required.

• Significant Linux experience is not needed for this course. Basic skills with operating a Bash shell are sufficient.