Capability Development / Cloud Infrastructure
OpenShift Cloud for Azure Professionals
This OpenShift Cloud program helps participants plan, deploy, secure, modernize, and manage containerized applications on Red Hat OpenShift in a practical enterprise environment. The course covers OpenShift deployment models, application lifecycle management, identity and RBAC, and DevOps automation through pipelines and GitOps. A dedicated migration track guides Azure and AKS professionals through workload assessment, service mapping, data and registry migration, and phased cutover to OpenShift.
Program Overview
This OpenShift Cloud program helps participants plan, deploy, secure, modernize, and manage containerized applications on Red Hat OpenShift in a practical enterprise environment. The course covers OpenShift deployment models, application lifecycle management, identity and RBAC, and DevOps automation through pipelines and GitOps. A dedicated migration track guides Azure and AKS professionals through workload assessment, service mapping, data and registry migration, and phased cutover to OpenShift.
Audience Profile
Cloud administrators, DevOps engineers, and platform engineers; Kubernetes professionals moving toward enterprise OpenShift; Solution architects designing hybrid or multi-cloud platforms; and Application modernization teams managing containerized workloads.
Course Syllabus
Module 1: OpenShift Cloud Fundamentals
Topics
- OpenShift platform overview
- Kubernetes foundation
- Managed cloud services
- Hybrid cloud architecture
- Key business use cases
Module 2: OpenShift Cloud Deployment Models
Topics
- Managed OpenShift cloud services
- Self-managed OpenShift
- Public cloud options
- Environment planning
- Scalability and governance considerations
Module 3: Application Development and Deployment
Topics
- Projects, builds, and deployments
- Services and routes
- Source-to-image and container images
- Config maps and secrets
- Application lifecycle management
Module 4: Security, Identity, and Compliance
Topics
- Authentication and authorization
- Role-based access control
- Image security and network policies
- Compliance practices
- Vulnerability management
Module 5: DevOps, Pipelines, and GitOps
Topics
- OpenShift Pipelines
- GitOps workflows
- Container registry integration
- Automated deployments and rollbacks
- Release management
Module 6: Monitoring, Operations, and Troubleshooting
Topics
- Cluster health monitoring
- Application monitoring
- Logs, metrics, and alerts
- Upgrades and autoscaling
- Troubleshooting and operational readiness
Module 7: OpenShift Migration from Azure Cloud
Topics
- Azure workload discovery and readiness assessment
- Migration strategy and rollback planning
- Azure-to-OpenShift service mapping
- Application containerization and modernization
- AKS workload and Helm chart migration
- Persistent storage and image registry migration
- DNS, ingress, and load balancing cutover
- RBAC and compliance alignment
- Post-migration testing and optimization