A developer introduction to building and managing containers with Podman for deploying applications on Red Hat OpenShift.
Red Hat OpenShift Development I: Introduction to Containers with Podman (DO188) introduces students to building, running, and managing containers with Podman and Red Hat OpenShift. This course helps students build the core skills for developing containerized applications through hands-on experience. These skills can be applied using all versions of OpenShift, including Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA), Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO), and OpenShift Container Platform.
As a result of attending this course, you will understand the foundations of container-based application development. You will be able to run, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications. This course is the starting point for the OpenShift developer curriculum and provides the foundation you will need to advance to cloud-native developer courses.
This course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 9, Podman 5 and Red Hat OpenShift® 4.18.
Note: Starting January 1, 2026, Red Hat introduces RHLS-Course — a flexible subscription model now included with this catalog offering. This replaces the previous direct virtual class enrollment from Global Knowledge.
When you purchase this item, you’ll receive an RHLS subscription at the course level, giving you the freedom to choose the schedule that works best and self-enroll in your selected class.
Your RHLS subscription includes:
• One live, instructor-led virtual session
• 12 months of self-paced learning access
• One certification exam with a free retake
Onsite Classroom-based sessions and closed course options remain unchanged.
Updated Jan2026
Introduction and overview of containers
Describe how containers facilitate application development.
Podman basics
Manage and run containers with Podman.
Container images
Navigate container registries to find and manage container images.
Custom container images
Build custom container images to containerize applications.
Persisting data
Run database containers with persistence.
Troubleshooting containers
Analyze container logs and configure a remote debugger.
Multi-container applications with compose
Run multi-container applications using Compose.
Container orchestration with Kubernetes and OpenShift
Orchestrate containerized applications with Kubernetes and OpenShift.
After this course participants should be able to:
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