Developing Applications in OKD Course Overview

Prerequisites for Successfully Undertaking the Developing Applications in OKD Course

To ensure a productive and beneficial learning experience in the Developing Applications in OKD course, we recommend that participants meet the following prerequisites:

• Basic Understanding of Containerization: Familiarity with Docker or other container technologies, including writing Dockerfiles and managing container images.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes: Basic knowledge of Kubernetes concepts and architecture, as OKD is the community distribution of Kubernetes.
• Experience in Application Development: Practical experience in developing applications using languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, or Go.
• Familiarity with CLI Tools: Comfort with using command-line interfaces and basic Unix/Linux commands.
• Understanding of Networking Basics: Basic understanding of networking concepts, including IP addresses, ports, and DNS.
• Version Control Systems: Experience with version control systems like Git for managing source code.

Meeting these prerequisites will help you maximize the benefits of the course and effectively leverage OKD for scalable application development.

Target Audience for Developing Applications in OKD

Developing Applications in OKD is an intensive 5-day course aimed at developers looking to master OKD cluster setup, application deployment, and management strategies through hands-on labs.

• Software Developers
• DevOps Engineers
• Cloud Engineers
• System Administrators
• IT Managers
• Kubernetes Administrators
• Infrastructure Architects
• Application Architects
• Technical Leads
• OpenShift Administrators
• Cloud Consultants
• Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
• Security Engineers
• IT Consultants
• Solution Architects

Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this Developing Applications in OKD?

Introduction to Course Learning Outcomes

The "Developing Applications in OKD" course provides developers with the expertise to develop, deploy, and manage scalable applications on an OKD Cluster. Key concepts covered include cluster setup, deployment strategies, networking, storage, security, and utilizing Helm for application management.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

• Understanding OKD Fundamentals

  • Gain a comprehensive overview of OKD, its key features, and benefits.
  • Learn prerequisites and how to access your OKD Cluster.

• Mastering OKD CLI Tools

  • Manage users and permissions.
  • Understand and set resource quotas and limits.
  • Implement effective monitoring and logging practices.

• Application Development Workflow

  • Set up a local development environment.
  • Create and manage projects with best practices.
  • Learn Source-to-Image (S2I) basics and advanced handling.

• Deploying Applications on OKD

  • Containerize applications using Dockerfiles.
  • Build and push images to a registry.
  • Deploy both source code and pre-built images.
  • Manage and scale multi-container applications, perform rolling updates, and rollbacks.

• Networking in OKD

  • Understand OKD networking concepts.
  • Configure routes,