OpenShift 4 Essentials Training by AcadNXT is designed to provide participants with practical expertise in container orchestration and enterprise Kubernetes platform management using Red Hat OpenShift 4. This instructor-led training program covers OpenShift architecture, cluster components, project management, deployments, pods, services, routes, persistent storage, security, and CI/CD basics within OpenShift environments. Participants will gain hands-on experience in deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using OpenShift’s enterprise-grade Kubernetes platform. The course is ideal for DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, and system administrators working with containerized workloads and modern application platforms.

• Understand OpenShift 4 architecture and components
• Deploy and manage containerized applications
• Configure services, routes, and networking
• Implement storage and configuration management
• Apply security and RBAC policies
• Use OpenShift CLI for cluster operations
• Monitor and troubleshoot applications
• Build basic CI/CD pipelines in OpenShift

• DevOps Engineers
• Cloud Engineers
• Kubernetes Administrators
• Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
• System Administrators
• Platform Engineers
• Application Developers working with containers
• IT Infrastructure Teams

• Basic understanding of Linux/Unix systems
• Familiarity with Docker and container concepts is helpful
• Basic knowledge of Kubernetes concepts is beneficial
• Understanding of networking fundamentals is recommended

• Understanding OpenShift 4 architecture and components
• Managing projects, namespaces, and workloads
• Deploying and scaling containerized applications
• Working with pods, services, and routes
• Managing persistent storage in OpenShift
• Implementing security and access control basics
• Using OpenShift CLI (oc) for cluster operations
• Understanding CI/CD concepts within OpenShift
• Monitoring and troubleshooting applications
• Applying Kubernetes-based orchestration practices

After completing the OpenShift 4 Essentials Training, participants will be able to deploy, manage, and operate containerized applications on OpenShift 4. Learners will gain practical expertise in Kubernetes-based orchestration, application lifecycle management, security, networking, and CI/CD integration.

Introduction to OpenShift 4 and Kubernetes Fundamentals

• Overview of container orchestration
• Introduction to OpenShift 4 platform
• OpenShift vs Kubernetes comparison
• Cluster architecture and components
• OpenShift web console and CLI (oc)

Projects, Pods, and Deployments

• Understanding projects (namespaces)
• Creating and managing pods
• Deployment configurations and replicas
• Scaling applications
• Managing application lifecycle

Services and Networking Basics

• Cluster networking concepts
• Services and service types
• Routes and external access
• Load balancing fundamentals
• Internal communication between pods

Storage and Configuration Management

• Persistent volumes and claims
• ConfigMaps and Secrets
• Storage classes overview
• Managing application configuration
• Stateful application basics

Security and Access Control

• OpenShift security model overview
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Service accounts
• Security contexts and constraints (SCC)
• User and permission management

Application Deployment Strategies

• Deployment strategies (rolling, recreate)
• Image streams and container images
• Build configs and source-to-image (S2I)
• Application lifecycle management
• Rollback and updates

CI/CD and Automation in OpenShift

• CI/CD concepts in OpenShift
• Jenkins integration overview
• Build pipelines basics
• Automated deployments
• Git-based workflows

Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Cluster monitoring overview
• Logs and events analysis
• Debugging pod and deployment issues
• Resource utilization monitoring
• Health checks and probes

Mini Project and Practical Implementation

• Deploying a multi-tier application on OpenShift
• Configuring services, routes, and storage
• Implementing security policies
• Setting up basic CI/CD workflow
• Final project review and optimization

• OpenShift architecture and cluster components
• Pod and deployment management
• Services, routes, and networking
• Storage and persistent volumes
• Security and RBAC concepts
• CI/CD pipeline basics
• Monitoring and troubleshooting
• OpenShift mini project implementation

• Hands-on OpenShift cluster exercises
• Application deployment tasks
• Networking and storage configuration assignments
• Security and RBAC implementation activities
• Mini project development and evaluation
• Troubleshooting and debugging scenarios

Participants will receive course materials, slides, reference materials, exercises and access to resources for further learning.

Participants who successfully complete the training will receive an AcadNXT Certification in OpenShift 4 Essentials Training, validating their expertise in container orchestration, Kubernetes-based deployment, security, networking, CI/CD, and enterprise OpenShift operations.