Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications running as Kubernetes workloads in OpenShift clusters.
Red Hat OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster (DO180) prepares OpenShift cluster administrators to manage Kubernetes workloads and to collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers, system administrators, and SREs to ensure the availability of application workloads.
This course focuses on managing typical end-user applications that are often accessible from a web or mobile UI and that represent most cloud-native and containerized workloads. Managing applications also includes deploying and updating their dependencies, such as databases, messaging, and authentication systems.
This course is intended to develop the skills to manage Red Hat OpenShift clusters, and to support containerized applications that are highly available, resilient, and scalable.
Red Hat OpenShift is an enterprise-hardened application platform based on Kubernetes that provides a common set of APIs and abstractions that enable application portability across cloud providers and traditional data centers. Red Hat OpenShift adds consistency and portability of operational processes across these environments, and can also be deployed as a managed service.
An external SRE team shares the responsibility of managing Red Hat OpenShift clusters with a customerโs IT operations team when using a managed OpenShift offering such as Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA) or Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO).
The skills that you learn in this course apply to all versions of OpenShift, including Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA), Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO), and OpenShift Container Platform.
This course is based on Red Hat OpenShift 4.18.
Note: Starting January 1, 2026, Red Hat introduces RHLS-Course โ 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, youโll 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:
โข One live, instructor-led virtual session
โข 12 months of self-paced learning access
โข One certification exam with a free retake
Onsite Classroom-based sessions and closed course options remain unchanged.
Updated Jan2026
Virtual Learning
This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.
Introduction to Kubernetes and OpenShift
Identify the main Kubernetes cluster services and OpenShift platform services, and monitor them from the web console.
Kubernetes and OpenShift Command-Line Interfaces and APIs
Access an OpenShift cluster from the command line, and query its Kubernetes API resources to assess the health of a cluster.
Run Applications as Containers and Pods
Run and troubleshoot containerized applications as unmanaged Kubernetes pods.
Deploy Managed and Networked Applications on Kubernetes
Deploy applications and expose them to network access from inside and outside a Kubernetes cluster.
Manage Storage for Application Configuration and Data
Externalize application configurations in Kubernetes resources, and provision storage volumes for persistent data files.
Configure Applications for Reliability
Configure applications to work with Kubernetes for high availability and resilience.
Manage Application Updates
Manage reproducible application updates and rollbacks of code and configurations.
After this course participants should be able to:
Participants will understand the architecture of Red Hat OpenShift clusters and of Kubernetes applications, and will be able to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot applications on OpenShift. They will also be able to identify and escalate application and infrastructure issues to development teams, operation teams, and IT vendors.
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