OpenShift 4.16 EX280 Mastery: Hands-On Practice & Exam Prep

About this course

Prepare to pass the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280) exam with confidence. This 25-hour, end-to-end course takes you from installing and bootstrapping OpenShift 4.16 through advanced cluster operations, security hardening, application deployment, and disaster recovery. Each module combines concise theory, live CLI and web-console demos, real-world troubleshooting scenarios, and targeted practice questions. You’ll learn to:Deploy and bootstrap both IPI and UPI clusters in connected and air-gapped environmentsConfigure OVN-Kubernetes networking, Services, and Routes for production workloadsIntegrate identity providers, craft RBAC policies, and apply SecurityContextConstraintsBuild, deploy, and automate apps with BuildConfigs, Operators, and GitOps pipelinesMonitor with Prometheus/Grafana, aggregate logs via EFK, and perform etcd backup/restoreAutomate node management with MachineSets and MachineHealthChecksExecute blue/green and canary deployments, plus advanced Operator SDK developmentOver 10 modules you’ll get full slide decks, spoken scripts, and built-in practice tests modeled on the EX280 blueprint. By course end, you’ll not only know the how—but also the why—behind every command, manifest, and best practice. Enroll now, tackle the 100+ practice questions, and elevate your OpenShift administration skills!What Will Students Learn?Deploy and bootstrap fully functional OpenShift 4.16 clusters using IPI and UPI in both connected and air-gapped environments.Configure and manage core networking (OVN-Kubernetes, Services, Routes) and storage (CSI drivers, PVs, PVCs) in production.Secure the platform by integrating LDAP/AD identity providers, defining RBAC policies, and enforcing SecurityContextConstraints.Build, deploy, and automate appli