Red Hat OpenShift Administration EX280 Study Guide

About the book

A hands-on guide to the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration exam (OCP 4.14 – 4.18 objectives). Every objective mapped, worked examples, hands-on labs, a full practice exam with solutions and a command reference.

Who this book is for

• Kubernetes engineers moving to OpenShift who want the exam-relevant differences, fast
• Administrators preparing for the Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator (EX280) exam
• Platform and DevOps engineers who want a practical oc command reference they will actually use

What you'll learn

• Inspect, query and troubleshoot clusters with oc, JSONPath and must-gather
• Deploy with manifests, Kustomize, templates, Helm and oc new-app
• Configure HTPasswd identity, users, groups, RBAC and custom roles
• Secure workloads with SCCs, network policies, routes and TLS
• Manage storage, secrets, config maps, probes, quotas and autoscaling
• Work with operators, image streams, scheduling and cluster updates
• Sit a full practice exam with worked solutions

Table of contents

1. —About the AuthorFree sample
2. —How to Use This BookFree sample
3. CHAPTER 1OpenShift for Kubernetes EngineersFree sample
4. CHAPTER 2Managing and Inspecting the Cluster
5. CHAPTER 3Deploying Applications
6. CHAPTER 4Storage, Secrets and Configuration
7. CHAPTER 5Application Reliability
8. CHAPTER 6Managing Application Updates
9. CHAPTER 7Authentication and Authorization
10. CHAPTER 8Network Security
11. CHAPTER 9Exposing Non-HTTP Applications
12. CHAPTER 10Enabling Developer Self-Service
13. CHAPTER 11Managing OpenShift Operators
14. CHAPTER 12Configuring Application Security
15. CHAPTER 13Controlling Pod Scheduling
16. CHAPTER 14Updating OpenShift
17. CHAPTER 15Practice Exam
18. —Appendix A: Command Quick Reference
19. —Appendix B: Configuration Objects Map
20. —Appendix C: Final-Week Checklist

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