Introduction to OpenShift
Workshop

OpenShift promises a production-ready Kubernetes platform with integrated CI/CD pipelines, a strict security model, and a web console that simplifies daily work for developers and administrators. But getting started is challenging: Which concepts come from Kubernetes, and which are OpenShift-specific? When should you use Routes instead of Ingress? What are Security Context Constraints? And how do Operators, Helm Charts, and Templates fit together? On the first day, you explore OpenShift's architecture, navigate the cluster via Web Console and oc CLI, and deploy your first applications. You cre

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Workshop overview

Duration, per-participant price and logistics for Introduction to OpenShift.

On-site options

  • Live online or on-site at your location

  • In-house: content, duration and focus can be tailored

  • Flexible dates, from 1 participant

  • German; English on request

  • Preconfigured cloud lab (also on-site)

  • Open groups: max. 8 people

  • Seat price same as online: €721.50 × days, excl. VAT

  • On-site in-house: individual quote (travel/logistics as incurred)

  • No published flat on-site surcharge

  • You provide the training room and internet

  • Open sessions: 09:00–16:00 (CET/CEST)

Curriculum

Topics by day at a glance.

Day 1: Understand OpenShift, explore the cluster and deploy first apps

  • Kubernetes vs. OpenShift: What Does OpenShift Add?
  • The OpenShift Web Console and the oc CLI
  • Projects, Users and Initial RBAC Concepts
  • Deploying Applications: Console, CLI and Manifest
  • Routes and External Network Access
Day 1

Day 2: Automate builds, manage deployments and handle configuration

  • Build Strategies: Source-to-Image, Docker Build and Pipelines
  • ImageStreams and Build Triggers
  • Deployments and Rollout Strategies
  • ConfigMaps, Secrets and Environment Configuration
  • Persistent Storage: PVs, PVCs and Dynamic Provisioning
Day 2

Day 3: Enforce security, use Operators and configure for production readiness

  • RBAC, Roles and Security Context Constraints
  • Resource Quotas, LimitRanges and Autoscaling
  • Operators and the OperatorHub
  • Helm Charts and Templates in OpenShift
  • Monitoring Overview and Next Steps
Day 3

Workshop schedule

Published daily rhythm. Topics are listed in the curriculum.

09:00–16:00 (CET/CEST)

Official window for open sessions.

Frame

09:00 – Introductions

On day 1: meet the instructor and participants, plus the agenda and workshop structure.

Day 1

09:00 – Q&A

On later days, resolve open questions from the previous day before the day’s topics (usually 09:00–09:30 or 09:00–10:00).

Later days

Content blocks follow the curriculum

Theory and hands-on in the morning and afternoon blocks. The topic list is in the curriculum above.

Topics

12:00–13:00 – Lunch

A shared break before the afternoon.

Break

16:00–16:30 – Q&A

End of the day: questions, exchange and wrap-up.

Close

Prerequisites

What participants should bring.

Hardware

Your own notebook (Linux, macOS or Windows) with permission to install software. Devices available at extra cost.

HardwareNotebook

Environment

Each participant works in a provided cloud lab. Local installation of the training stack is not required.

LabCloud

Prerequisites

Basic Linux/terminal skills are helpful.

Prerequisites

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