About Enablement for OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Approach

• There are several user profiles in the world of OCP. For example -
  1. Administration - Installation and Configuration
  2. DevOps - Day Two Operations, including operators and CI/CD
  3. Developers - Working with containerized applications
• All profiles will benefit from basic knowledge of the following:
  • Container Management tools (not specific to OCP)
    • ContainerFiles
    • Buildah
    • Podman
    • Quay
  • Container Orchestration
    • Kubernetes
    • OCP
  • OCP
    • Command line oc
    • OCP User Interface (admin and dev views)
    • Build and Deploy applicatons
    • GitOps Operator
      • ArgoCD
      • Helm
      • Tekton
• Do you have suggestions for the CoP or tips to share?
  • Podman
  • Quay
  • Helm
  • Jenkins
• Do you have tips for OCP Admin to share?
  • OCP - Install
  • OCP - Machine Config Operator

Note because of installation requirements, for enablement it is recommended to use existing clusters from the RHLS labs or no cost labs

Key References

• OpenShift Documentation
• Self-managed for Administrators
• Red Hat OpenShift Cheat Sheet
• OpenShift Container Platform 4.x Tested Integrations

RHLS Core Recommendations

While there are two paths for RHLS OCP courses, system admin and developer, these core courses could be useful to all the profiles.

• Take a free skills assessment to see where you should start training
• Containers, Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Technical Overview - Free course
• Stretch Goals - Red Hat OpenShift skill paths

Integrators and Field Operations

• Red Hat OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster (DO180)
• Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Configuring a Production Cluster (DO280)

Developers

• Red Hat OpenShift Development I: Introduction to Containers with Podman (DO188)
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers exam (EX188)
• Red Hat OpenShift Developer II: Building and Deploying Cloud-native Applications (DO288)
• Red Hat Certified OpenShift Application Developer exam (EX288)

Independent Learning Path Recommendations

Phase	Recommended Resources	Notes
Prep	Understanding Containers	Containers - Exploration of concepts
Prep	What is Podman?	Containers - Use podman to build, manage, and run images
Prep	What is a Container Registry?	Containers - Registry
Prep	What is Buildah?	Containers - Build tool
Prep	Overview: Container Fundamentals	Containers - Lab
Prep	Podman in Action	eBook - Podman
Prep	3 advantages of Podman vs. Docker	Podman
Prep	What is CI/CD?	CI/CD - Pipelines
Crawl	What is container orchestration?	Intro
Crawl	What is Kubernetes?	K8 - Intro
Crawl	Red Hat OpenShift vs. Kubernetes	K8 v OCP
Crawl	Interactive labs for Red Hat OpenShift	OCP - Hands on Lab - Login, Build and Deploy Application
Crawl	Overview: Foundations of OpenShift	OCP - Hands on Lab - Login, Build and Deploy Application
Crawl	Kubernetes: A Pod’s Life	Concept of PODS
Crawl	DevOps with OpenShift Pipelines and OpenShift GitOps	DevOps, CI/CD, GitOps
Crawl	What are Red Hat OpenShift Operators?	What is an Operator? Community v Certified (skip SDK)
Crawl	Get started with Argo CD and GitOps with Red Hat OpenShift	GitOps - Hands on Lab
Crawl	Red Hat OpenShift GitOps	GitOps - Operator
Crawl	What is Argo CD?	GitOps - ArgoCD
Crawl	What is Helm?	GitOps - Helm
Run	5 steps to getting started with Red Hat OpenShift	Sys admin - Intro to Installation
Run	Installation overview	Sys admin - Installation Documentation
Run	Day 2 operations for OpenShift Container Platform	Sys admin - Networking, Machine Configuration
Run	Security and compliance	Sys admin - Compliance
Run	Observability overview	Sys admin - Logging
Run	Kubernetes Patterns, 2nd Edition	eBook - Building and Running containers
Run	GitOps Cookbook: Kubernetes Automation in Practice	eBook - Git-based workflow
Run	The Path to GitOps	eBook - Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD
Run	Getting GitOps: A practical platform with OpenShift, Argo CD, and Tekton	eBook - ArgoCD Tekton
Run	DevOps Culture and Practice with OpenShift	eBook - DevOps Culture
Run	5 Ways developers benefit from OpenShift	eBook - Developer
Run	Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh	Service Mesh - Overview, Links to eBooks, Documentation