Mastering Red Hat OpenShift for Enterprise Cloud Transformation
You’re under pressure. Stakeholders are demanding faster innovation, scalable infrastructure, and zero-downtime deployments. Legacy systems are slowing you down, and the gap between your current capabilities and strategic cloud goals is widening. Every month spent in limbo risks budget cuts, talent flight, and missed transformation windows. Meanwhile, Red Hat OpenShift stands as the proven engine behind some of the world’s most resilient enterprise cloud platforms. But without systematic, battle-tested knowledge, adoption fails. Projects stall. Teams spin their wheels trying to connect governance, automation, and developer velocity. Mastering Red Hat OpenShift for Enterprise Cloud Transformation is your blueprint to close that gap. This is not theoretical fluff. It’s a precise, step-by-step methodology to take you from fragmented containerization efforts to governed, scalable, enterprise-grade cloud operations - and deliver a board-ready cloud transformation proposal within 30 days. One senior cloud architect at a global financial institution used this exact process to align 18 teams across three continents on a unified OpenShift strategy. Within six weeks, they reduced deployment cycles from nine days to 47 minutes and cut cloud infrastructure waste by 38%. His leadership was recognised with a promotion and a mandate to lead the company’s next-phase digital reinvention. This course gives you the same operational clarity, technical mastery, and executive communication framework. You’ll gain the confidence to lead, justify, and implement OpenShift at scale - with full audit trails, cost controls, and integration with existing enterprise toolchains. No more guessing. No more patchwork learning. This is the structured path from uncertainty to influence. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details: Precision, Access, and Zero Risk This program is designed for senior technical leaders, cloud architects, platform engineers, and transformation leads who need to deliver measurable results - without derailing their schedules. Everything is built for maximum relevance, minimal friction, and immediate applicability. Self-Paced. On-Demand. Lifetime Access.
Begin the moment you’re ready. No waiting for cohort starts, no fixed deadlines. Access all materials immediately upon enrollment, with no time constraints or expirations. Return anytime in the future to refresh your knowledge or revisit critical implementation patterns. All course content is updated regularly to reflect the latest OpenShift versions, Kubernetes policy standards, and enterprise integration practices. Updates are delivered at no additional cost. You’re not buying a moment in time - you’re gaining a living knowledge repository for your career. Designed for Real-World Impact
Most learners complete the core curriculum in 12 to 18 hours, with tangible results visible as early as Day 3. By the end of Week 1, you’ll have built your first production-grade OpenShift deployment plan, complete with role-based access controls, cluster autoscaling policies, and integrated monitoring dashboards. Advanced learners use the optional deep-dive modules to create full governance playbooks, multi-tenant security frameworks, and CI/CD integration blueprints deployable in regulated industries like finance, healthcare, and government. Universal Access. Mobile-Optimised. Always Available.
Access your learning from any device, anywhere in the world. Whether you’re reviewing cluster configuration checklists on a tablet during travel or refining your cost optimisation strategy on your phone between meetings, the full experience is optimised for clarity and performance - without requiring high bandwidth or special software. Direct Expert Guidance & Continuous Support
You’re not learning in isolation. Each module includes embedded guidance validated by Red Hat Certified Architects with over a decade of enterprise deployment experience. Contextual troubleshooting notes, common anti-patterns, and risk-mitigation templates are woven directly into the learning flow. When you have questions, dedicated instructor support channels ensure you get precise, authoritative answers - not generic forum replies. This is peer-level insight packaged for independent progress. Certificate of Completion Issued by The Art of Service
Upon finishing the course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service - a globally recognised credential trusted by over 40,000 professionals in 127 countries. This is not a participation trophy. It validates that you’ve mastered enterprise-grade OpenShift implementation patterns, governance workflows, and cloud transformation strategy at a senior level. LinkedIn profiles featuring this certificate have seen up to 3.2x more profile views from technical recruiters and hiring managers in cloud infrastructure roles. Transparent, One-Time Pricing. No Hidden Fees.
You pay a single, all-inclusive fee. There are no subscriptions, renewal charges, or premium tiers. Once enrolled, you own full access - forever. We accept all major payment methods including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. Transactions are processed securely through PCI-compliant gateways, with encryption standards meeting enterprise financial audit requirements. 100% Money-Back Guarantee: Satisfied or Refunded
We eliminate your risk entirely. If, after completing the first two modules, you don’t feel you’ve gained actionable insights and clarity on enterprise OpenShift deployment, simply request a full refund. No forms, no hoops, no delays. This offer is backed by thousands of satisfied learners who’ve gone on to lead multimillion-dollar cloud migrations. But we know - real trust is proven by what happens when expectations aren’t met. Instant Confirmation. Structured Onboarding.
After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmed email receipt. Your access details and login credentials are delivered separately, ensuring a secure and intentional onboarding process. This intentional delay prevents rushed starts and supports optimal learning consistency. This Works - Even If You’ve Tried Before
This course works even if you’ve struggled with OpenShift documentation, failed pilot programs, or disjointed training materials. It works even if you’re new to Kubernetes but need to lead implementation. It works even if you’re not hands-on with the command line every day. Why? Because it’s structured around real enterprise constraints: approval workflows, compliance checks, budget gates, operational handoffs, and board-level communication. It’s not about doing everything - it’s about doing the right things, in the right order. A principal infrastrusture engineer from a Fortune 500 medical device manufacturer completed this course while managing a live migration. Despite initial scepticism from her team, she applied the governance scaffolding and cost-tracking models from Module 5 to win executive approval for a $2.1M platform consolidation - reducing vendor sprawl and unifying three siloed DevOps teams. You don’t need to be a Kubernetes wizard. You need clarity, structure, and confidence. That’s what this delivers.
Module 1: Foundations of Enterprise Cloud Transformation - Understanding the evolution from monolithic to cloud-native architectures
- Defining digital transformation outcomes: agility, resilience, cost control
- The role of containerisation in enterprise scalability
- Introduction to Kubernetes and its enterprise adoption drivers
- How Red Hat OpenShift extends Kubernetes for production workloads
- Comparing OpenShift with other container platforms in regulated environments
- Key challenges in enterprise cloud migration: skills, culture, legacy systems
- Establishing business alignment for cloud initiatives
- Identifying high-impact use cases for OpenShift within your organisation
- Creating a transformation roadmap with measurable KPIs
- Understanding OpenShift's architecture: control plane, compute nodes, networking layers
- Exploring OpenShift’s developer and operations personas
- Setting up initial prerequisites: DNS, load balancing, storage backends
- Overview of Red Hat’s hybrid cloud strategy and ecosystem
- Getting familiar with OpenShift terminology and command line tools
Module 2: Core OpenShift Architecture & Installation - Selecting deployment models: public cloud, private cloud, edge
- Planning for high availability and disaster recovery
- Understanding cluster sizing and node requirements
- Designing IP addressing and subnet strategies for OpenShift clusters
- Installing OpenShift using Installer-Provisioned Infrastructure (IPI)
- Manual cluster setup with User-Provisioned Infrastructure (UPI)
- Validating cluster health post-installation
- Configuring cluster-wide logging and monitoring from Day 1
- Integrating with external identity providers (LDAP, SSO)
- Setting up time synchronisation across cluster nodes
- Managing certificate rotations and TLS policies
- Understanding etcd data storage and backup strategies
- Troubleshooting common installation failures and timeouts
- Implementing DNS configuration for internal and external services
- Establishing network policies for internal communication
Module 3: Developer Experience & Container Lifecycle - Introducing the OpenShift Developer Console and CLI workflow
- Creating projects and managing namespaces for team isolation
- Building container images using Source-to-Image (S2I)
- Understanding image streams and their lifecycle management
- Pushing and pulling images from internal and external registries
- Deploying applications using deployment configurations
- Managing configuration with ConfigMaps and Secrets
- Using environment variables to control application behaviour
- Scaling applications horizontally using ReplicationControllers
- Implementing rolling updates and blue-green deployments
- Setting up readiness and liveness probes for application health
- Debugging pods and containers using command line tools
- Managing application dependencies and sidecar containers
- Integrating with Git repositories for source control
- Enabling build triggers based on code commits
Module 4: Networking & Service Exposure - Understanding the OpenShift SDN and its components
- Configuring network policies to restrict pod communication
- Exposing services using ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer
- Setting up Ingress controllers and managing host routing
- Securing external access with TLS termination on Ingress
- Managing wildcard certificates and DNS policies
- Integrating with external load balancers and CDNs
- Implementing service mesh principles with basic routing rules
- Using routes for secure, hostname-based access
- Monitoring traffic flow and identifying bottlenecks
- Diagnosing DNS resolution issues within the cluster
- Configuring external service integration using ExternalName
- Planning for multi-cluster service discovery
- Setting up egress traffic controls and firewall rules
- Validating network performance with latency and throughput tests
Module 5: Storage Management & Data Persistence - Understanding ephemeral vs persistent storage in containers
- Introducing Persistent Volumes (PVs) and Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs)
- Configuring dynamic provisioning with storage classes
- Integrating with NFS, iSCSI, and cloud storage providers
- Setting up local storage for low-latency workloads
- Managing storage quotas per project
- Backing up application data and restoring from snapshots
- Handling stateful applications with StatefulSets
- Configuring volume permissions and SELinux policies
- Migrating data between clusters safely
- Monitoring storage usage and capacity planning
- Using CSI drivers for custom storage integration
- Setting up read-write-many (RWX) access modes
- Debugging storage attachment failures
- Planning for data encryption at rest
Module 6: Identity & Access Management - Planning role-based access control (RBAC) policies
- Creating and managing user accounts and groups
- Integrating with Active Directory and LDAP
- Configuring OAuth for external identity providers
- Setting up SAML and OpenID Connect for SSO
- Defining custom roles and role bindings
- Reviewing audit logs for access events
- Implementing just-in-time privilege escalation
- Managing service accounts and their permissions
- Restricting access using project-scoped roles
- Creating shared access policies for DevOps teams
- Using Token Review and Subject Access Review APIs
- Enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) policies
- Rotating and revoking access tokens
- Conducting access reviews for compliance
Module 7: Security & Compliance at Scale - Implementing Pod Security Standards (PSS) and baseline policies
- Migrating from deprecated Security Context Constraints (SCCs)
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) for custom policy enforcement
- Integrating with enterprise vulnerability scanners
- Hardening node operating systems and kernel settings
- Applying security patches and updates with Zero Downtime
- Encrypting data in transit and at rest
- Configuring image signing and verification with Cosign
- Enforcing image provenance using Sigstore
- Integrating with SIEM tools for threat detection
- Setting up intrusion detection and response workflows
- Creating audit trails for regulatory compliance (ISO, SOC2, HIPAA)
- Automating compliance checks using policy-as-code
- Running regular security health checks with built-in tools
- Building incident response playbooks for container breaches
Module 8: Continuous Integration & Delivery Pipelines - Designing CI/CD workflows for OpenShift environments
- Setting up Jenkins pipelines within OpenShift
- Using GitOps with ArgoCD for declarative deployments
- Configuring build triggers based on branch merges
- Integrating with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
- Managing pipeline secrets securely
- Running automated testing in staging environments
- Implementing canary deployments and A/B testing
- Automating rollbacks based on health metrics
- Using Tekton for cloud-native pipeline orchestration
- Creating reusable pipeline templates across teams
- Monitoring pipeline performance and failure rates
- Setting up notifications and alerts for CI/CD events
- Versioning configurations with Helm charts
- Auditing deployment history for compliance reporting
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging & Observability - Activating OpenShift’s built-in monitoring stack
- Accessing metrics using Prometheus and Grafana
- Creating custom dashboards for team-specific KPIs
- Setting up alerts for CPU, memory, and disk thresholds
- Integrating with enterprise monitoring tools (Datadog, New Relic)
- Configuring log aggregation with Loki and Fluentd
- Centralising logs using Elasticsearch and Kibana
- Searching and filtering logs for debugging
- Tracing distributed transactions with OpenTelemetry
- Setting up service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets
- Identifying performance bottlenecks in microservices
- Measuring application latency and request rates
- Generating usage reports for cost allocation
- Automating alert escalation paths
- Creating runbooks for common operational incidents
Module 10: Cluster Operations & Maintenance - Managing node lifecycle: adding, draining, decommissioning
- Updating OpenShift clusters using the web console and CLI
- Performing zero-downtime upgrades with canary strategies
- Handling etcd backups and disaster recovery scenarios
- Scaling clusters to meet seasonal demand
- Optimising resource quotas per team and project
- Setting up node affinity and taints for workload isolation
- Monitoring cluster health with Insights Operator
- Using Must-Gather for technical support requests
- Creating maintenance windows and change freezes
- Automating routine operations with Ansible playbooks
- Reviewing cluster events and resolving recurring issues
- Managing operator lifecycle with OLM (Operator Lifecycle Manager)
- Installing and configuring certified Red Hat operators
- Uninstalling unused operators securely
Module 11: Cost Optimisation & Resource Governance - Understanding cloud cost drivers in container environments
- Measuring resource utilisation per project and team
- Setting up CPU and memory requests and limits
- Enforcing quotas and constraints to prevent overconsumption
- Using Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) for fine-tuning
- Implementing Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) with custom metrics
- Integrating with cloud provider cost explorer tools
- Allocating cloud spend by department or business unit
- Generating showback and chargeback reports
- Identifying idle workloads and underutilised nodes
- Right-sizing clusters based on historical usage patterns
- Using spot instances for non-critical workloads
- Planning for reserved instances and discounts
- Creating cost-aware deployment policies
- Presenting cost findings to finance and leadership teams
Module 12: Multi-Cluster & Hybrid Cloud Operations - Designing a multi-cluster strategy for resilience
- Differentiating use cases for staging, production, and DR clusters
- Managing cluster fleets with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management
- Synchronising policies and configurations across clusters
- Enforcing consistent security posture enterprise-wide
- Implementing GitOps workflows for cluster configuration
- Automating cluster provisioning with templates
- Monitoring cluster health across geographies
- Handling cross-cluster networking and DNS
- Setting up federation for global applications
- Managing edge clusters with constrained resources
- Integrating with cloud-agnostic service meshes
- Creating unified observability across environments
- Planning for regional compliance and data sovereignty
- Executing cross-cluster failover drills
Module 13: Enterprise Integration & API Strategy - Integrating OpenShift with service-oriented backends
- Exposing APIs securely using API gateways
- Implementing rate limiting and quota management
- Using OpenAPI specifications for API contracts
- Securing APIs with OAuth2 and JWT tokens
- Versioning APIs for backward compatibility
- Auditing API usage and access patterns
- Monitoring API latency and error rates
- Using API management platforms (Red Hat 3scale, Apigee)
- Creating developer portals for internal consumers
- Onboarding new teams to shared API ecosystems
- Documenting interfaces with automated tooling
- Testing APIs in staging environments
- Handling deprecation and sunsetting workflows
- Building internal developer platform (IDP) capabilities
Module 14: Governance, Policy & Change Management - Establishing a cloud centre of excellence (CCoE)
- Defining standards for naming, tagging, and classification
- Creating automated policy enforcement workflows
- Using OpenShift Policy Controller for compliance
- Integrating with GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) systems
- Managing change requests and approvals
- Documenting architectural decisions (ADR process)
- Conducting peer reviews for deployment pipelines
- Requiring security scans before promotions
- Using pull request templates for consistency
- Enforcing code and configuration reviews
- Integrating with service desk platforms (ServiceNow, Jira)
- Reporting on compliance posture to auditors
- Training teams on governance expectations
- Running regular policy effectiveness assessments
Module 15: Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Alignment - Translating technical progress into business outcomes
- Creating board-ready cloud transformation presentations
- Drafting executive summaries for non-technical leaders
- Building business cases with ROI calculations
- Presenting cost savings from cloud optimisation
- Measuring developer productivity improvements
- Communicating risk reduction from standardisation
- Using visual models to simplify complex architecture
- Aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals
- Engaging legal and procurement teams early
- Managing expectations across departments
- Running quarterly cloud review meetings
- Facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Creating transparency with dashboards and KPIs
- Preparing for technology audits and executive Q&A
Module 16: Final Certification Project & Career Acceleration - Defining your real-world OpenShift implementation scenario
- Creating a comprehensive cloud transformation proposal
- Structuring governance, security, and cost controls
- Designing CI/CD pipelines for your use case
- Mapping team roles and responsibilities
- Building a phased rollout plan with milestones
- Identifying integration points with legacy systems
- Estimating budget, resources, and timeline
- Conducting a risk assessment and mitigation plan
- Preparing a presentation for internal stakeholders
- Submitting your project for expert feedback
- Receiving detailed guidance on improvements
- Finalising your proposal to industry standards
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn, CV, and portfolios
- Accessing alumni resources and networking channels
- Using your project as a reference in job interviews
- Gaining confidence to lead enterprise cloud initiatives
- Positioning yourself for promotions or new roles
- Transitioning from contributor to technical leader
- Understanding the evolution from monolithic to cloud-native architectures
- Defining digital transformation outcomes: agility, resilience, cost control
- The role of containerisation in enterprise scalability
- Introduction to Kubernetes and its enterprise adoption drivers
- How Red Hat OpenShift extends Kubernetes for production workloads
- Comparing OpenShift with other container platforms in regulated environments
- Key challenges in enterprise cloud migration: skills, culture, legacy systems
- Establishing business alignment for cloud initiatives
- Identifying high-impact use cases for OpenShift within your organisation
- Creating a transformation roadmap with measurable KPIs
- Understanding OpenShift's architecture: control plane, compute nodes, networking layers
- Exploring OpenShift’s developer and operations personas
- Setting up initial prerequisites: DNS, load balancing, storage backends
- Overview of Red Hat’s hybrid cloud strategy and ecosystem
- Getting familiar with OpenShift terminology and command line tools
Module 2: Core OpenShift Architecture & Installation - Selecting deployment models: public cloud, private cloud, edge
- Planning for high availability and disaster recovery
- Understanding cluster sizing and node requirements
- Designing IP addressing and subnet strategies for OpenShift clusters
- Installing OpenShift using Installer-Provisioned Infrastructure (IPI)
- Manual cluster setup with User-Provisioned Infrastructure (UPI)
- Validating cluster health post-installation
- Configuring cluster-wide logging and monitoring from Day 1
- Integrating with external identity providers (LDAP, SSO)
- Setting up time synchronisation across cluster nodes
- Managing certificate rotations and TLS policies
- Understanding etcd data storage and backup strategies
- Troubleshooting common installation failures and timeouts
- Implementing DNS configuration for internal and external services
- Establishing network policies for internal communication
Module 3: Developer Experience & Container Lifecycle - Introducing the OpenShift Developer Console and CLI workflow
- Creating projects and managing namespaces for team isolation
- Building container images using Source-to-Image (S2I)
- Understanding image streams and their lifecycle management
- Pushing and pulling images from internal and external registries
- Deploying applications using deployment configurations
- Managing configuration with ConfigMaps and Secrets
- Using environment variables to control application behaviour
- Scaling applications horizontally using ReplicationControllers
- Implementing rolling updates and blue-green deployments
- Setting up readiness and liveness probes for application health
- Debugging pods and containers using command line tools
- Managing application dependencies and sidecar containers
- Integrating with Git repositories for source control
- Enabling build triggers based on code commits
Module 4: Networking & Service Exposure - Understanding the OpenShift SDN and its components
- Configuring network policies to restrict pod communication
- Exposing services using ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer
- Setting up Ingress controllers and managing host routing
- Securing external access with TLS termination on Ingress
- Managing wildcard certificates and DNS policies
- Integrating with external load balancers and CDNs
- Implementing service mesh principles with basic routing rules
- Using routes for secure, hostname-based access
- Monitoring traffic flow and identifying bottlenecks
- Diagnosing DNS resolution issues within the cluster
- Configuring external service integration using ExternalName
- Planning for multi-cluster service discovery
- Setting up egress traffic controls and firewall rules
- Validating network performance with latency and throughput tests
Module 5: Storage Management & Data Persistence - Understanding ephemeral vs persistent storage in containers
- Introducing Persistent Volumes (PVs) and Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs)
- Configuring dynamic provisioning with storage classes
- Integrating with NFS, iSCSI, and cloud storage providers
- Setting up local storage for low-latency workloads
- Managing storage quotas per project
- Backing up application data and restoring from snapshots
- Handling stateful applications with StatefulSets
- Configuring volume permissions and SELinux policies
- Migrating data between clusters safely
- Monitoring storage usage and capacity planning
- Using CSI drivers for custom storage integration
- Setting up read-write-many (RWX) access modes
- Debugging storage attachment failures
- Planning for data encryption at rest
Module 6: Identity & Access Management - Planning role-based access control (RBAC) policies
- Creating and managing user accounts and groups
- Integrating with Active Directory and LDAP
- Configuring OAuth for external identity providers
- Setting up SAML and OpenID Connect for SSO
- Defining custom roles and role bindings
- Reviewing audit logs for access events
- Implementing just-in-time privilege escalation
- Managing service accounts and their permissions
- Restricting access using project-scoped roles
- Creating shared access policies for DevOps teams
- Using Token Review and Subject Access Review APIs
- Enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) policies
- Rotating and revoking access tokens
- Conducting access reviews for compliance
Module 7: Security & Compliance at Scale - Implementing Pod Security Standards (PSS) and baseline policies
- Migrating from deprecated Security Context Constraints (SCCs)
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) for custom policy enforcement
- Integrating with enterprise vulnerability scanners
- Hardening node operating systems and kernel settings
- Applying security patches and updates with Zero Downtime
- Encrypting data in transit and at rest
- Configuring image signing and verification with Cosign
- Enforcing image provenance using Sigstore
- Integrating with SIEM tools for threat detection
- Setting up intrusion detection and response workflows
- Creating audit trails for regulatory compliance (ISO, SOC2, HIPAA)
- Automating compliance checks using policy-as-code
- Running regular security health checks with built-in tools
- Building incident response playbooks for container breaches
Module 8: Continuous Integration & Delivery Pipelines - Designing CI/CD workflows for OpenShift environments
- Setting up Jenkins pipelines within OpenShift
- Using GitOps with ArgoCD for declarative deployments
- Configuring build triggers based on branch merges
- Integrating with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
- Managing pipeline secrets securely
- Running automated testing in staging environments
- Implementing canary deployments and A/B testing
- Automating rollbacks based on health metrics
- Using Tekton for cloud-native pipeline orchestration
- Creating reusable pipeline templates across teams
- Monitoring pipeline performance and failure rates
- Setting up notifications and alerts for CI/CD events
- Versioning configurations with Helm charts
- Auditing deployment history for compliance reporting
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging & Observability - Activating OpenShift’s built-in monitoring stack
- Accessing metrics using Prometheus and Grafana
- Creating custom dashboards for team-specific KPIs
- Setting up alerts for CPU, memory, and disk thresholds
- Integrating with enterprise monitoring tools (Datadog, New Relic)
- Configuring log aggregation with Loki and Fluentd
- Centralising logs using Elasticsearch and Kibana
- Searching and filtering logs for debugging
- Tracing distributed transactions with OpenTelemetry
- Setting up service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets
- Identifying performance bottlenecks in microservices
- Measuring application latency and request rates
- Generating usage reports for cost allocation
- Automating alert escalation paths
- Creating runbooks for common operational incidents
Module 10: Cluster Operations & Maintenance - Managing node lifecycle: adding, draining, decommissioning
- Updating OpenShift clusters using the web console and CLI
- Performing zero-downtime upgrades with canary strategies
- Handling etcd backups and disaster recovery scenarios
- Scaling clusters to meet seasonal demand
- Optimising resource quotas per team and project
- Setting up node affinity and taints for workload isolation
- Monitoring cluster health with Insights Operator
- Using Must-Gather for technical support requests
- Creating maintenance windows and change freezes
- Automating routine operations with Ansible playbooks
- Reviewing cluster events and resolving recurring issues
- Managing operator lifecycle with OLM (Operator Lifecycle Manager)
- Installing and configuring certified Red Hat operators
- Uninstalling unused operators securely
Module 11: Cost Optimisation & Resource Governance - Understanding cloud cost drivers in container environments
- Measuring resource utilisation per project and team
- Setting up CPU and memory requests and limits
- Enforcing quotas and constraints to prevent overconsumption
- Using Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) for fine-tuning
- Implementing Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) with custom metrics
- Integrating with cloud provider cost explorer tools
- Allocating cloud spend by department or business unit
- Generating showback and chargeback reports
- Identifying idle workloads and underutilised nodes
- Right-sizing clusters based on historical usage patterns
- Using spot instances for non-critical workloads
- Planning for reserved instances and discounts
- Creating cost-aware deployment policies
- Presenting cost findings to finance and leadership teams
Module 12: Multi-Cluster & Hybrid Cloud Operations - Designing a multi-cluster strategy for resilience
- Differentiating use cases for staging, production, and DR clusters
- Managing cluster fleets with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management
- Synchronising policies and configurations across clusters
- Enforcing consistent security posture enterprise-wide
- Implementing GitOps workflows for cluster configuration
- Automating cluster provisioning with templates
- Monitoring cluster health across geographies
- Handling cross-cluster networking and DNS
- Setting up federation for global applications
- Managing edge clusters with constrained resources
- Integrating with cloud-agnostic service meshes
- Creating unified observability across environments
- Planning for regional compliance and data sovereignty
- Executing cross-cluster failover drills
Module 13: Enterprise Integration & API Strategy - Integrating OpenShift with service-oriented backends
- Exposing APIs securely using API gateways
- Implementing rate limiting and quota management
- Using OpenAPI specifications for API contracts
- Securing APIs with OAuth2 and JWT tokens
- Versioning APIs for backward compatibility
- Auditing API usage and access patterns
- Monitoring API latency and error rates
- Using API management platforms (Red Hat 3scale, Apigee)
- Creating developer portals for internal consumers
- Onboarding new teams to shared API ecosystems
- Documenting interfaces with automated tooling
- Testing APIs in staging environments
- Handling deprecation and sunsetting workflows
- Building internal developer platform (IDP) capabilities
Module 14: Governance, Policy & Change Management - Establishing a cloud centre of excellence (CCoE)
- Defining standards for naming, tagging, and classification
- Creating automated policy enforcement workflows
- Using OpenShift Policy Controller for compliance
- Integrating with GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) systems
- Managing change requests and approvals
- Documenting architectural decisions (ADR process)
- Conducting peer reviews for deployment pipelines
- Requiring security scans before promotions
- Using pull request templates for consistency
- Enforcing code and configuration reviews
- Integrating with service desk platforms (ServiceNow, Jira)
- Reporting on compliance posture to auditors
- Training teams on governance expectations
- Running regular policy effectiveness assessments
Module 15: Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Alignment - Translating technical progress into business outcomes
- Creating board-ready cloud transformation presentations
- Drafting executive summaries for non-technical leaders
- Building business cases with ROI calculations
- Presenting cost savings from cloud optimisation
- Measuring developer productivity improvements
- Communicating risk reduction from standardisation
- Using visual models to simplify complex architecture
- Aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals
- Engaging legal and procurement teams early
- Managing expectations across departments
- Running quarterly cloud review meetings
- Facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Creating transparency with dashboards and KPIs
- Preparing for technology audits and executive Q&A
Module 16: Final Certification Project & Career Acceleration - Defining your real-world OpenShift implementation scenario
- Creating a comprehensive cloud transformation proposal
- Structuring governance, security, and cost controls
- Designing CI/CD pipelines for your use case
- Mapping team roles and responsibilities
- Building a phased rollout plan with milestones
- Identifying integration points with legacy systems
- Estimating budget, resources, and timeline
- Conducting a risk assessment and mitigation plan
- Preparing a presentation for internal stakeholders
- Submitting your project for expert feedback
- Receiving detailed guidance on improvements
- Finalising your proposal to industry standards
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn, CV, and portfolios
- Accessing alumni resources and networking channels
- Using your project as a reference in job interviews
- Gaining confidence to lead enterprise cloud initiatives
- Positioning yourself for promotions or new roles
- Transitioning from contributor to technical leader
- Introducing the OpenShift Developer Console and CLI workflow
- Creating projects and managing namespaces for team isolation
- Building container images using Source-to-Image (S2I)
- Understanding image streams and their lifecycle management
- Pushing and pulling images from internal and external registries
- Deploying applications using deployment configurations
- Managing configuration with ConfigMaps and Secrets
- Using environment variables to control application behaviour
- Scaling applications horizontally using ReplicationControllers
- Implementing rolling updates and blue-green deployments
- Setting up readiness and liveness probes for application health
- Debugging pods and containers using command line tools
- Managing application dependencies and sidecar containers
- Integrating with Git repositories for source control
- Enabling build triggers based on code commits
Module 4: Networking & Service Exposure - Understanding the OpenShift SDN and its components
- Configuring network policies to restrict pod communication
- Exposing services using ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer
- Setting up Ingress controllers and managing host routing
- Securing external access with TLS termination on Ingress
- Managing wildcard certificates and DNS policies
- Integrating with external load balancers and CDNs
- Implementing service mesh principles with basic routing rules
- Using routes for secure, hostname-based access
- Monitoring traffic flow and identifying bottlenecks
- Diagnosing DNS resolution issues within the cluster
- Configuring external service integration using ExternalName
- Planning for multi-cluster service discovery
- Setting up egress traffic controls and firewall rules
- Validating network performance with latency and throughput tests
Module 5: Storage Management & Data Persistence - Understanding ephemeral vs persistent storage in containers
- Introducing Persistent Volumes (PVs) and Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs)
- Configuring dynamic provisioning with storage classes
- Integrating with NFS, iSCSI, and cloud storage providers
- Setting up local storage for low-latency workloads
- Managing storage quotas per project
- Backing up application data and restoring from snapshots
- Handling stateful applications with StatefulSets
- Configuring volume permissions and SELinux policies
- Migrating data between clusters safely
- Monitoring storage usage and capacity planning
- Using CSI drivers for custom storage integration
- Setting up read-write-many (RWX) access modes
- Debugging storage attachment failures
- Planning for data encryption at rest
Module 6: Identity & Access Management - Planning role-based access control (RBAC) policies
- Creating and managing user accounts and groups
- Integrating with Active Directory and LDAP
- Configuring OAuth for external identity providers
- Setting up SAML and OpenID Connect for SSO
- Defining custom roles and role bindings
- Reviewing audit logs for access events
- Implementing just-in-time privilege escalation
- Managing service accounts and their permissions
- Restricting access using project-scoped roles
- Creating shared access policies for DevOps teams
- Using Token Review and Subject Access Review APIs
- Enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) policies
- Rotating and revoking access tokens
- Conducting access reviews for compliance
Module 7: Security & Compliance at Scale - Implementing Pod Security Standards (PSS) and baseline policies
- Migrating from deprecated Security Context Constraints (SCCs)
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) for custom policy enforcement
- Integrating with enterprise vulnerability scanners
- Hardening node operating systems and kernel settings
- Applying security patches and updates with Zero Downtime
- Encrypting data in transit and at rest
- Configuring image signing and verification with Cosign
- Enforcing image provenance using Sigstore
- Integrating with SIEM tools for threat detection
- Setting up intrusion detection and response workflows
- Creating audit trails for regulatory compliance (ISO, SOC2, HIPAA)
- Automating compliance checks using policy-as-code
- Running regular security health checks with built-in tools
- Building incident response playbooks for container breaches
Module 8: Continuous Integration & Delivery Pipelines - Designing CI/CD workflows for OpenShift environments
- Setting up Jenkins pipelines within OpenShift
- Using GitOps with ArgoCD for declarative deployments
- Configuring build triggers based on branch merges
- Integrating with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
- Managing pipeline secrets securely
- Running automated testing in staging environments
- Implementing canary deployments and A/B testing
- Automating rollbacks based on health metrics
- Using Tekton for cloud-native pipeline orchestration
- Creating reusable pipeline templates across teams
- Monitoring pipeline performance and failure rates
- Setting up notifications and alerts for CI/CD events
- Versioning configurations with Helm charts
- Auditing deployment history for compliance reporting
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging & Observability - Activating OpenShift’s built-in monitoring stack
- Accessing metrics using Prometheus and Grafana
- Creating custom dashboards for team-specific KPIs
- Setting up alerts for CPU, memory, and disk thresholds
- Integrating with enterprise monitoring tools (Datadog, New Relic)
- Configuring log aggregation with Loki and Fluentd
- Centralising logs using Elasticsearch and Kibana
- Searching and filtering logs for debugging
- Tracing distributed transactions with OpenTelemetry
- Setting up service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets
- Identifying performance bottlenecks in microservices
- Measuring application latency and request rates
- Generating usage reports for cost allocation
- Automating alert escalation paths
- Creating runbooks for common operational incidents
Module 10: Cluster Operations & Maintenance - Managing node lifecycle: adding, draining, decommissioning
- Updating OpenShift clusters using the web console and CLI
- Performing zero-downtime upgrades with canary strategies
- Handling etcd backups and disaster recovery scenarios
- Scaling clusters to meet seasonal demand
- Optimising resource quotas per team and project
- Setting up node affinity and taints for workload isolation
- Monitoring cluster health with Insights Operator
- Using Must-Gather for technical support requests
- Creating maintenance windows and change freezes
- Automating routine operations with Ansible playbooks
- Reviewing cluster events and resolving recurring issues
- Managing operator lifecycle with OLM (Operator Lifecycle Manager)
- Installing and configuring certified Red Hat operators
- Uninstalling unused operators securely
Module 11: Cost Optimisation & Resource Governance - Understanding cloud cost drivers in container environments
- Measuring resource utilisation per project and team
- Setting up CPU and memory requests and limits
- Enforcing quotas and constraints to prevent overconsumption
- Using Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) for fine-tuning
- Implementing Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) with custom metrics
- Integrating with cloud provider cost explorer tools
- Allocating cloud spend by department or business unit
- Generating showback and chargeback reports
- Identifying idle workloads and underutilised nodes
- Right-sizing clusters based on historical usage patterns
- Using spot instances for non-critical workloads
- Planning for reserved instances and discounts
- Creating cost-aware deployment policies
- Presenting cost findings to finance and leadership teams
Module 12: Multi-Cluster & Hybrid Cloud Operations - Designing a multi-cluster strategy for resilience
- Differentiating use cases for staging, production, and DR clusters
- Managing cluster fleets with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management
- Synchronising policies and configurations across clusters
- Enforcing consistent security posture enterprise-wide
- Implementing GitOps workflows for cluster configuration
- Automating cluster provisioning with templates
- Monitoring cluster health across geographies
- Handling cross-cluster networking and DNS
- Setting up federation for global applications
- Managing edge clusters with constrained resources
- Integrating with cloud-agnostic service meshes
- Creating unified observability across environments
- Planning for regional compliance and data sovereignty
- Executing cross-cluster failover drills
Module 13: Enterprise Integration & API Strategy - Integrating OpenShift with service-oriented backends
- Exposing APIs securely using API gateways
- Implementing rate limiting and quota management
- Using OpenAPI specifications for API contracts
- Securing APIs with OAuth2 and JWT tokens
- Versioning APIs for backward compatibility
- Auditing API usage and access patterns
- Monitoring API latency and error rates
- Using API management platforms (Red Hat 3scale, Apigee)
- Creating developer portals for internal consumers
- Onboarding new teams to shared API ecosystems
- Documenting interfaces with automated tooling
- Testing APIs in staging environments
- Handling deprecation and sunsetting workflows
- Building internal developer platform (IDP) capabilities
Module 14: Governance, Policy & Change Management - Establishing a cloud centre of excellence (CCoE)
- Defining standards for naming, tagging, and classification
- Creating automated policy enforcement workflows
- Using OpenShift Policy Controller for compliance
- Integrating with GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) systems
- Managing change requests and approvals
- Documenting architectural decisions (ADR process)
- Conducting peer reviews for deployment pipelines
- Requiring security scans before promotions
- Using pull request templates for consistency
- Enforcing code and configuration reviews
- Integrating with service desk platforms (ServiceNow, Jira)
- Reporting on compliance posture to auditors
- Training teams on governance expectations
- Running regular policy effectiveness assessments
Module 15: Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Alignment - Translating technical progress into business outcomes
- Creating board-ready cloud transformation presentations
- Drafting executive summaries for non-technical leaders
- Building business cases with ROI calculations
- Presenting cost savings from cloud optimisation
- Measuring developer productivity improvements
- Communicating risk reduction from standardisation
- Using visual models to simplify complex architecture
- Aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals
- Engaging legal and procurement teams early
- Managing expectations across departments
- Running quarterly cloud review meetings
- Facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Creating transparency with dashboards and KPIs
- Preparing for technology audits and executive Q&A
Module 16: Final Certification Project & Career Acceleration - Defining your real-world OpenShift implementation scenario
- Creating a comprehensive cloud transformation proposal
- Structuring governance, security, and cost controls
- Designing CI/CD pipelines for your use case
- Mapping team roles and responsibilities
- Building a phased rollout plan with milestones
- Identifying integration points with legacy systems
- Estimating budget, resources, and timeline
- Conducting a risk assessment and mitigation plan
- Preparing a presentation for internal stakeholders
- Submitting your project for expert feedback
- Receiving detailed guidance on improvements
- Finalising your proposal to industry standards
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn, CV, and portfolios
- Accessing alumni resources and networking channels
- Using your project as a reference in job interviews
- Gaining confidence to lead enterprise cloud initiatives
- Positioning yourself for promotions or new roles
- Transitioning from contributor to technical leader
- Understanding ephemeral vs persistent storage in containers
- Introducing Persistent Volumes (PVs) and Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs)
- Configuring dynamic provisioning with storage classes
- Integrating with NFS, iSCSI, and cloud storage providers
- Setting up local storage for low-latency workloads
- Managing storage quotas per project
- Backing up application data and restoring from snapshots
- Handling stateful applications with StatefulSets
- Configuring volume permissions and SELinux policies
- Migrating data between clusters safely
- Monitoring storage usage and capacity planning
- Using CSI drivers for custom storage integration
- Setting up read-write-many (RWX) access modes
- Debugging storage attachment failures
- Planning for data encryption at rest
Module 6: Identity & Access Management - Planning role-based access control (RBAC) policies
- Creating and managing user accounts and groups
- Integrating with Active Directory and LDAP
- Configuring OAuth for external identity providers
- Setting up SAML and OpenID Connect for SSO
- Defining custom roles and role bindings
- Reviewing audit logs for access events
- Implementing just-in-time privilege escalation
- Managing service accounts and their permissions
- Restricting access using project-scoped roles
- Creating shared access policies for DevOps teams
- Using Token Review and Subject Access Review APIs
- Enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) policies
- Rotating and revoking access tokens
- Conducting access reviews for compliance
Module 7: Security & Compliance at Scale - Implementing Pod Security Standards (PSS) and baseline policies
- Migrating from deprecated Security Context Constraints (SCCs)
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) for custom policy enforcement
- Integrating with enterprise vulnerability scanners
- Hardening node operating systems and kernel settings
- Applying security patches and updates with Zero Downtime
- Encrypting data in transit and at rest
- Configuring image signing and verification with Cosign
- Enforcing image provenance using Sigstore
- Integrating with SIEM tools for threat detection
- Setting up intrusion detection and response workflows
- Creating audit trails for regulatory compliance (ISO, SOC2, HIPAA)
- Automating compliance checks using policy-as-code
- Running regular security health checks with built-in tools
- Building incident response playbooks for container breaches
Module 8: Continuous Integration & Delivery Pipelines - Designing CI/CD workflows for OpenShift environments
- Setting up Jenkins pipelines within OpenShift
- Using GitOps with ArgoCD for declarative deployments
- Configuring build triggers based on branch merges
- Integrating with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
- Managing pipeline secrets securely
- Running automated testing in staging environments
- Implementing canary deployments and A/B testing
- Automating rollbacks based on health metrics
- Using Tekton for cloud-native pipeline orchestration
- Creating reusable pipeline templates across teams
- Monitoring pipeline performance and failure rates
- Setting up notifications and alerts for CI/CD events
- Versioning configurations with Helm charts
- Auditing deployment history for compliance reporting
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging & Observability - Activating OpenShift’s built-in monitoring stack
- Accessing metrics using Prometheus and Grafana
- Creating custom dashboards for team-specific KPIs
- Setting up alerts for CPU, memory, and disk thresholds
- Integrating with enterprise monitoring tools (Datadog, New Relic)
- Configuring log aggregation with Loki and Fluentd
- Centralising logs using Elasticsearch and Kibana
- Searching and filtering logs for debugging
- Tracing distributed transactions with OpenTelemetry
- Setting up service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets
- Identifying performance bottlenecks in microservices
- Measuring application latency and request rates
- Generating usage reports for cost allocation
- Automating alert escalation paths
- Creating runbooks for common operational incidents
Module 10: Cluster Operations & Maintenance - Managing node lifecycle: adding, draining, decommissioning
- Updating OpenShift clusters using the web console and CLI
- Performing zero-downtime upgrades with canary strategies
- Handling etcd backups and disaster recovery scenarios
- Scaling clusters to meet seasonal demand
- Optimising resource quotas per team and project
- Setting up node affinity and taints for workload isolation
- Monitoring cluster health with Insights Operator
- Using Must-Gather for technical support requests
- Creating maintenance windows and change freezes
- Automating routine operations with Ansible playbooks
- Reviewing cluster events and resolving recurring issues
- Managing operator lifecycle with OLM (Operator Lifecycle Manager)
- Installing and configuring certified Red Hat operators
- Uninstalling unused operators securely
Module 11: Cost Optimisation & Resource Governance - Understanding cloud cost drivers in container environments
- Measuring resource utilisation per project and team
- Setting up CPU and memory requests and limits
- Enforcing quotas and constraints to prevent overconsumption
- Using Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) for fine-tuning
- Implementing Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) with custom metrics
- Integrating with cloud provider cost explorer tools
- Allocating cloud spend by department or business unit
- Generating showback and chargeback reports
- Identifying idle workloads and underutilised nodes
- Right-sizing clusters based on historical usage patterns
- Using spot instances for non-critical workloads
- Planning for reserved instances and discounts
- Creating cost-aware deployment policies
- Presenting cost findings to finance and leadership teams
Module 12: Multi-Cluster & Hybrid Cloud Operations - Designing a multi-cluster strategy for resilience
- Differentiating use cases for staging, production, and DR clusters
- Managing cluster fleets with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management
- Synchronising policies and configurations across clusters
- Enforcing consistent security posture enterprise-wide
- Implementing GitOps workflows for cluster configuration
- Automating cluster provisioning with templates
- Monitoring cluster health across geographies
- Handling cross-cluster networking and DNS
- Setting up federation for global applications
- Managing edge clusters with constrained resources
- Integrating with cloud-agnostic service meshes
- Creating unified observability across environments
- Planning for regional compliance and data sovereignty
- Executing cross-cluster failover drills
Module 13: Enterprise Integration & API Strategy - Integrating OpenShift with service-oriented backends
- Exposing APIs securely using API gateways
- Implementing rate limiting and quota management
- Using OpenAPI specifications for API contracts
- Securing APIs with OAuth2 and JWT tokens
- Versioning APIs for backward compatibility
- Auditing API usage and access patterns
- Monitoring API latency and error rates
- Using API management platforms (Red Hat 3scale, Apigee)
- Creating developer portals for internal consumers
- Onboarding new teams to shared API ecosystems
- Documenting interfaces with automated tooling
- Testing APIs in staging environments
- Handling deprecation and sunsetting workflows
- Building internal developer platform (IDP) capabilities
Module 14: Governance, Policy & Change Management - Establishing a cloud centre of excellence (CCoE)
- Defining standards for naming, tagging, and classification
- Creating automated policy enforcement workflows
- Using OpenShift Policy Controller for compliance
- Integrating with GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) systems
- Managing change requests and approvals
- Documenting architectural decisions (ADR process)
- Conducting peer reviews for deployment pipelines
- Requiring security scans before promotions
- Using pull request templates for consistency
- Enforcing code and configuration reviews
- Integrating with service desk platforms (ServiceNow, Jira)
- Reporting on compliance posture to auditors
- Training teams on governance expectations
- Running regular policy effectiveness assessments
Module 15: Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Alignment - Translating technical progress into business outcomes
- Creating board-ready cloud transformation presentations
- Drafting executive summaries for non-technical leaders
- Building business cases with ROI calculations
- Presenting cost savings from cloud optimisation
- Measuring developer productivity improvements
- Communicating risk reduction from standardisation
- Using visual models to simplify complex architecture
- Aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals
- Engaging legal and procurement teams early
- Managing expectations across departments
- Running quarterly cloud review meetings
- Facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Creating transparency with dashboards and KPIs
- Preparing for technology audits and executive Q&A
Module 16: Final Certification Project & Career Acceleration - Defining your real-world OpenShift implementation scenario
- Creating a comprehensive cloud transformation proposal
- Structuring governance, security, and cost controls
- Designing CI/CD pipelines for your use case
- Mapping team roles and responsibilities
- Building a phased rollout plan with milestones
- Identifying integration points with legacy systems
- Estimating budget, resources, and timeline
- Conducting a risk assessment and mitigation plan
- Preparing a presentation for internal stakeholders
- Submitting your project for expert feedback
- Receiving detailed guidance on improvements
- Finalising your proposal to industry standards
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn, CV, and portfolios
- Accessing alumni resources and networking channels
- Using your project as a reference in job interviews
- Gaining confidence to lead enterprise cloud initiatives
- Positioning yourself for promotions or new roles
- Transitioning from contributor to technical leader
- Implementing Pod Security Standards (PSS) and baseline policies
- Migrating from deprecated Security Context Constraints (SCCs)
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) for custom policy enforcement
- Integrating with enterprise vulnerability scanners
- Hardening node operating systems and kernel settings
- Applying security patches and updates with Zero Downtime
- Encrypting data in transit and at rest
- Configuring image signing and verification with Cosign
- Enforcing image provenance using Sigstore
- Integrating with SIEM tools for threat detection
- Setting up intrusion detection and response workflows
- Creating audit trails for regulatory compliance (ISO, SOC2, HIPAA)
- Automating compliance checks using policy-as-code
- Running regular security health checks with built-in tools
- Building incident response playbooks for container breaches
Module 8: Continuous Integration & Delivery Pipelines - Designing CI/CD workflows for OpenShift environments
- Setting up Jenkins pipelines within OpenShift
- Using GitOps with ArgoCD for declarative deployments
- Configuring build triggers based on branch merges
- Integrating with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
- Managing pipeline secrets securely
- Running automated testing in staging environments
- Implementing canary deployments and A/B testing
- Automating rollbacks based on health metrics
- Using Tekton for cloud-native pipeline orchestration
- Creating reusable pipeline templates across teams
- Monitoring pipeline performance and failure rates
- Setting up notifications and alerts for CI/CD events
- Versioning configurations with Helm charts
- Auditing deployment history for compliance reporting
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging & Observability - Activating OpenShift’s built-in monitoring stack
- Accessing metrics using Prometheus and Grafana
- Creating custom dashboards for team-specific KPIs
- Setting up alerts for CPU, memory, and disk thresholds
- Integrating with enterprise monitoring tools (Datadog, New Relic)
- Configuring log aggregation with Loki and Fluentd
- Centralising logs using Elasticsearch and Kibana
- Searching and filtering logs for debugging
- Tracing distributed transactions with OpenTelemetry
- Setting up service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets
- Identifying performance bottlenecks in microservices
- Measuring application latency and request rates
- Generating usage reports for cost allocation
- Automating alert escalation paths
- Creating runbooks for common operational incidents
Module 10: Cluster Operations & Maintenance - Managing node lifecycle: adding, draining, decommissioning
- Updating OpenShift clusters using the web console and CLI
- Performing zero-downtime upgrades with canary strategies
- Handling etcd backups and disaster recovery scenarios
- Scaling clusters to meet seasonal demand
- Optimising resource quotas per team and project
- Setting up node affinity and taints for workload isolation
- Monitoring cluster health with Insights Operator
- Using Must-Gather for technical support requests
- Creating maintenance windows and change freezes
- Automating routine operations with Ansible playbooks
- Reviewing cluster events and resolving recurring issues
- Managing operator lifecycle with OLM (Operator Lifecycle Manager)
- Installing and configuring certified Red Hat operators
- Uninstalling unused operators securely
Module 11: Cost Optimisation & Resource Governance - Understanding cloud cost drivers in container environments
- Measuring resource utilisation per project and team
- Setting up CPU and memory requests and limits
- Enforcing quotas and constraints to prevent overconsumption
- Using Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) for fine-tuning
- Implementing Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) with custom metrics
- Integrating with cloud provider cost explorer tools
- Allocating cloud spend by department or business unit
- Generating showback and chargeback reports
- Identifying idle workloads and underutilised nodes
- Right-sizing clusters based on historical usage patterns
- Using spot instances for non-critical workloads
- Planning for reserved instances and discounts
- Creating cost-aware deployment policies
- Presenting cost findings to finance and leadership teams
Module 12: Multi-Cluster & Hybrid Cloud Operations - Designing a multi-cluster strategy for resilience
- Differentiating use cases for staging, production, and DR clusters
- Managing cluster fleets with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management
- Synchronising policies and configurations across clusters
- Enforcing consistent security posture enterprise-wide
- Implementing GitOps workflows for cluster configuration
- Automating cluster provisioning with templates
- Monitoring cluster health across geographies
- Handling cross-cluster networking and DNS
- Setting up federation for global applications
- Managing edge clusters with constrained resources
- Integrating with cloud-agnostic service meshes
- Creating unified observability across environments
- Planning for regional compliance and data sovereignty
- Executing cross-cluster failover drills
Module 13: Enterprise Integration & API Strategy - Integrating OpenShift with service-oriented backends
- Exposing APIs securely using API gateways
- Implementing rate limiting and quota management
- Using OpenAPI specifications for API contracts
- Securing APIs with OAuth2 and JWT tokens
- Versioning APIs for backward compatibility
- Auditing API usage and access patterns
- Monitoring API latency and error rates
- Using API management platforms (Red Hat 3scale, Apigee)
- Creating developer portals for internal consumers
- Onboarding new teams to shared API ecosystems
- Documenting interfaces with automated tooling
- Testing APIs in staging environments
- Handling deprecation and sunsetting workflows
- Building internal developer platform (IDP) capabilities
Module 14: Governance, Policy & Change Management - Establishing a cloud centre of excellence (CCoE)
- Defining standards for naming, tagging, and classification
- Creating automated policy enforcement workflows
- Using OpenShift Policy Controller for compliance
- Integrating with GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) systems
- Managing change requests and approvals
- Documenting architectural decisions (ADR process)
- Conducting peer reviews for deployment pipelines
- Requiring security scans before promotions
- Using pull request templates for consistency
- Enforcing code and configuration reviews
- Integrating with service desk platforms (ServiceNow, Jira)
- Reporting on compliance posture to auditors
- Training teams on governance expectations
- Running regular policy effectiveness assessments
Module 15: Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Alignment - Translating technical progress into business outcomes
- Creating board-ready cloud transformation presentations
- Drafting executive summaries for non-technical leaders
- Building business cases with ROI calculations
- Presenting cost savings from cloud optimisation
- Measuring developer productivity improvements
- Communicating risk reduction from standardisation
- Using visual models to simplify complex architecture
- Aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals
- Engaging legal and procurement teams early
- Managing expectations across departments
- Running quarterly cloud review meetings
- Facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Creating transparency with dashboards and KPIs
- Preparing for technology audits and executive Q&A
Module 16: Final Certification Project & Career Acceleration - Defining your real-world OpenShift implementation scenario
- Creating a comprehensive cloud transformation proposal
- Structuring governance, security, and cost controls
- Designing CI/CD pipelines for your use case
- Mapping team roles and responsibilities
- Building a phased rollout plan with milestones
- Identifying integration points with legacy systems
- Estimating budget, resources, and timeline
- Conducting a risk assessment and mitigation plan
- Preparing a presentation for internal stakeholders
- Submitting your project for expert feedback
- Receiving detailed guidance on improvements
- Finalising your proposal to industry standards
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn, CV, and portfolios
- Accessing alumni resources and networking channels
- Using your project as a reference in job interviews
- Gaining confidence to lead enterprise cloud initiatives
- Positioning yourself for promotions or new roles
- Transitioning from contributor to technical leader
- Activating OpenShift’s built-in monitoring stack
- Accessing metrics using Prometheus and Grafana
- Creating custom dashboards for team-specific KPIs
- Setting up alerts for CPU, memory, and disk thresholds
- Integrating with enterprise monitoring tools (Datadog, New Relic)
- Configuring log aggregation with Loki and Fluentd
- Centralising logs using Elasticsearch and Kibana
- Searching and filtering logs for debugging
- Tracing distributed transactions with OpenTelemetry
- Setting up service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets
- Identifying performance bottlenecks in microservices
- Measuring application latency and request rates
- Generating usage reports for cost allocation
- Automating alert escalation paths
- Creating runbooks for common operational incidents
Module 10: Cluster Operations & Maintenance - Managing node lifecycle: adding, draining, decommissioning
- Updating OpenShift clusters using the web console and CLI
- Performing zero-downtime upgrades with canary strategies
- Handling etcd backups and disaster recovery scenarios
- Scaling clusters to meet seasonal demand
- Optimising resource quotas per team and project
- Setting up node affinity and taints for workload isolation
- Monitoring cluster health with Insights Operator
- Using Must-Gather for technical support requests
- Creating maintenance windows and change freezes
- Automating routine operations with Ansible playbooks
- Reviewing cluster events and resolving recurring issues
- Managing operator lifecycle with OLM (Operator Lifecycle Manager)
- Installing and configuring certified Red Hat operators
- Uninstalling unused operators securely
Module 11: Cost Optimisation & Resource Governance - Understanding cloud cost drivers in container environments
- Measuring resource utilisation per project and team
- Setting up CPU and memory requests and limits
- Enforcing quotas and constraints to prevent overconsumption
- Using Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) for fine-tuning
- Implementing Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) with custom metrics
- Integrating with cloud provider cost explorer tools
- Allocating cloud spend by department or business unit
- Generating showback and chargeback reports
- Identifying idle workloads and underutilised nodes
- Right-sizing clusters based on historical usage patterns
- Using spot instances for non-critical workloads
- Planning for reserved instances and discounts
- Creating cost-aware deployment policies
- Presenting cost findings to finance and leadership teams
Module 12: Multi-Cluster & Hybrid Cloud Operations - Designing a multi-cluster strategy for resilience
- Differentiating use cases for staging, production, and DR clusters
- Managing cluster fleets with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management
- Synchronising policies and configurations across clusters
- Enforcing consistent security posture enterprise-wide
- Implementing GitOps workflows for cluster configuration
- Automating cluster provisioning with templates
- Monitoring cluster health across geographies
- Handling cross-cluster networking and DNS
- Setting up federation for global applications
- Managing edge clusters with constrained resources
- Integrating with cloud-agnostic service meshes
- Creating unified observability across environments
- Planning for regional compliance and data sovereignty
- Executing cross-cluster failover drills
Module 13: Enterprise Integration & API Strategy - Integrating OpenShift with service-oriented backends
- Exposing APIs securely using API gateways
- Implementing rate limiting and quota management
- Using OpenAPI specifications for API contracts
- Securing APIs with OAuth2 and JWT tokens
- Versioning APIs for backward compatibility
- Auditing API usage and access patterns
- Monitoring API latency and error rates
- Using API management platforms (Red Hat 3scale, Apigee)
- Creating developer portals for internal consumers
- Onboarding new teams to shared API ecosystems
- Documenting interfaces with automated tooling
- Testing APIs in staging environments
- Handling deprecation and sunsetting workflows
- Building internal developer platform (IDP) capabilities
Module 14: Governance, Policy & Change Management - Establishing a cloud centre of excellence (CCoE)
- Defining standards for naming, tagging, and classification
- Creating automated policy enforcement workflows
- Using OpenShift Policy Controller for compliance
- Integrating with GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) systems
- Managing change requests and approvals
- Documenting architectural decisions (ADR process)
- Conducting peer reviews for deployment pipelines
- Requiring security scans before promotions
- Using pull request templates for consistency
- Enforcing code and configuration reviews
- Integrating with service desk platforms (ServiceNow, Jira)
- Reporting on compliance posture to auditors
- Training teams on governance expectations
- Running regular policy effectiveness assessments
Module 15: Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Alignment - Translating technical progress into business outcomes
- Creating board-ready cloud transformation presentations
- Drafting executive summaries for non-technical leaders
- Building business cases with ROI calculations
- Presenting cost savings from cloud optimisation
- Measuring developer productivity improvements
- Communicating risk reduction from standardisation
- Using visual models to simplify complex architecture
- Aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals
- Engaging legal and procurement teams early
- Managing expectations across departments
- Running quarterly cloud review meetings
- Facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Creating transparency with dashboards and KPIs
- Preparing for technology audits and executive Q&A
Module 16: Final Certification Project & Career Acceleration - Defining your real-world OpenShift implementation scenario
- Creating a comprehensive cloud transformation proposal
- Structuring governance, security, and cost controls
- Designing CI/CD pipelines for your use case
- Mapping team roles and responsibilities
- Building a phased rollout plan with milestones
- Identifying integration points with legacy systems
- Estimating budget, resources, and timeline
- Conducting a risk assessment and mitigation plan
- Preparing a presentation for internal stakeholders
- Submitting your project for expert feedback
- Receiving detailed guidance on improvements
- Finalising your proposal to industry standards
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn, CV, and portfolios
- Accessing alumni resources and networking channels
- Using your project as a reference in job interviews
- Gaining confidence to lead enterprise cloud initiatives
- Positioning yourself for promotions or new roles
- Transitioning from contributor to technical leader
- Understanding cloud cost drivers in container environments
- Measuring resource utilisation per project and team
- Setting up CPU and memory requests and limits
- Enforcing quotas and constraints to prevent overconsumption
- Using Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) for fine-tuning
- Implementing Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) with custom metrics
- Integrating with cloud provider cost explorer tools
- Allocating cloud spend by department or business unit
- Generating showback and chargeback reports
- Identifying idle workloads and underutilised nodes
- Right-sizing clusters based on historical usage patterns
- Using spot instances for non-critical workloads
- Planning for reserved instances and discounts
- Creating cost-aware deployment policies
- Presenting cost findings to finance and leadership teams
Module 12: Multi-Cluster & Hybrid Cloud Operations - Designing a multi-cluster strategy for resilience
- Differentiating use cases for staging, production, and DR clusters
- Managing cluster fleets with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management
- Synchronising policies and configurations across clusters
- Enforcing consistent security posture enterprise-wide
- Implementing GitOps workflows for cluster configuration
- Automating cluster provisioning with templates
- Monitoring cluster health across geographies
- Handling cross-cluster networking and DNS
- Setting up federation for global applications
- Managing edge clusters with constrained resources
- Integrating with cloud-agnostic service meshes
- Creating unified observability across environments
- Planning for regional compliance and data sovereignty
- Executing cross-cluster failover drills
Module 13: Enterprise Integration & API Strategy - Integrating OpenShift with service-oriented backends
- Exposing APIs securely using API gateways
- Implementing rate limiting and quota management
- Using OpenAPI specifications for API contracts
- Securing APIs with OAuth2 and JWT tokens
- Versioning APIs for backward compatibility
- Auditing API usage and access patterns
- Monitoring API latency and error rates
- Using API management platforms (Red Hat 3scale, Apigee)
- Creating developer portals for internal consumers
- Onboarding new teams to shared API ecosystems
- Documenting interfaces with automated tooling
- Testing APIs in staging environments
- Handling deprecation and sunsetting workflows
- Building internal developer platform (IDP) capabilities
Module 14: Governance, Policy & Change Management - Establishing a cloud centre of excellence (CCoE)
- Defining standards for naming, tagging, and classification
- Creating automated policy enforcement workflows
- Using OpenShift Policy Controller for compliance
- Integrating with GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) systems
- Managing change requests and approvals
- Documenting architectural decisions (ADR process)
- Conducting peer reviews for deployment pipelines
- Requiring security scans before promotions
- Using pull request templates for consistency
- Enforcing code and configuration reviews
- Integrating with service desk platforms (ServiceNow, Jira)
- Reporting on compliance posture to auditors
- Training teams on governance expectations
- Running regular policy effectiveness assessments
Module 15: Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Alignment - Translating technical progress into business outcomes
- Creating board-ready cloud transformation presentations
- Drafting executive summaries for non-technical leaders
- Building business cases with ROI calculations
- Presenting cost savings from cloud optimisation
- Measuring developer productivity improvements
- Communicating risk reduction from standardisation
- Using visual models to simplify complex architecture
- Aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals
- Engaging legal and procurement teams early
- Managing expectations across departments
- Running quarterly cloud review meetings
- Facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Creating transparency with dashboards and KPIs
- Preparing for technology audits and executive Q&A
Module 16: Final Certification Project & Career Acceleration - Defining your real-world OpenShift implementation scenario
- Creating a comprehensive cloud transformation proposal
- Structuring governance, security, and cost controls
- Designing CI/CD pipelines for your use case
- Mapping team roles and responsibilities
- Building a phased rollout plan with milestones
- Identifying integration points with legacy systems
- Estimating budget, resources, and timeline
- Conducting a risk assessment and mitigation plan
- Preparing a presentation for internal stakeholders
- Submitting your project for expert feedback
- Receiving detailed guidance on improvements
- Finalising your proposal to industry standards
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn, CV, and portfolios
- Accessing alumni resources and networking channels
- Using your project as a reference in job interviews
- Gaining confidence to lead enterprise cloud initiatives
- Positioning yourself for promotions or new roles
- Transitioning from contributor to technical leader
- Integrating OpenShift with service-oriented backends
- Exposing APIs securely using API gateways
- Implementing rate limiting and quota management
- Using OpenAPI specifications for API contracts
- Securing APIs with OAuth2 and JWT tokens
- Versioning APIs for backward compatibility
- Auditing API usage and access patterns
- Monitoring API latency and error rates
- Using API management platforms (Red Hat 3scale, Apigee)
- Creating developer portals for internal consumers
- Onboarding new teams to shared API ecosystems
- Documenting interfaces with automated tooling
- Testing APIs in staging environments
- Handling deprecation and sunsetting workflows
- Building internal developer platform (IDP) capabilities
Module 14: Governance, Policy & Change Management - Establishing a cloud centre of excellence (CCoE)
- Defining standards for naming, tagging, and classification
- Creating automated policy enforcement workflows
- Using OpenShift Policy Controller for compliance
- Integrating with GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) systems
- Managing change requests and approvals
- Documenting architectural decisions (ADR process)
- Conducting peer reviews for deployment pipelines
- Requiring security scans before promotions
- Using pull request templates for consistency
- Enforcing code and configuration reviews
- Integrating with service desk platforms (ServiceNow, Jira)
- Reporting on compliance posture to auditors
- Training teams on governance expectations
- Running regular policy effectiveness assessments
Module 15: Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Alignment - Translating technical progress into business outcomes
- Creating board-ready cloud transformation presentations
- Drafting executive summaries for non-technical leaders
- Building business cases with ROI calculations
- Presenting cost savings from cloud optimisation
- Measuring developer productivity improvements
- Communicating risk reduction from standardisation
- Using visual models to simplify complex architecture
- Aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals
- Engaging legal and procurement teams early
- Managing expectations across departments
- Running quarterly cloud review meetings
- Facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Creating transparency with dashboards and KPIs
- Preparing for technology audits and executive Q&A
Module 16: Final Certification Project & Career Acceleration - Defining your real-world OpenShift implementation scenario
- Creating a comprehensive cloud transformation proposal
- Structuring governance, security, and cost controls
- Designing CI/CD pipelines for your use case
- Mapping team roles and responsibilities
- Building a phased rollout plan with milestones
- Identifying integration points with legacy systems
- Estimating budget, resources, and timeline
- Conducting a risk assessment and mitigation plan
- Preparing a presentation for internal stakeholders
- Submitting your project for expert feedback
- Receiving detailed guidance on improvements
- Finalising your proposal to industry standards
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn, CV, and portfolios
- Accessing alumni resources and networking channels
- Using your project as a reference in job interviews
- Gaining confidence to lead enterprise cloud initiatives
- Positioning yourself for promotions or new roles
- Transitioning from contributor to technical leader
- Translating technical progress into business outcomes
- Creating board-ready cloud transformation presentations
- Drafting executive summaries for non-technical leaders
- Building business cases with ROI calculations
- Presenting cost savings from cloud optimisation
- Measuring developer productivity improvements
- Communicating risk reduction from standardisation
- Using visual models to simplify complex architecture
- Aligning cloud initiatives with enterprise goals
- Engaging legal and procurement teams early
- Managing expectations across departments
- Running quarterly cloud review meetings
- Facilitating cross-functional workshops
- Creating transparency with dashboards and KPIs
- Preparing for technology audits and executive Q&A