DO156

Course Description

Create and manage virtual machines by using the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator.

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Administration I: Operating Virtual Machines teaches the essential skills required to create and manage virtual machines (VMs) on OpenShift by using the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator.

Course Content Summary

• Describe the underlying Kubernetes architecture that supports OpenShift and how to access and identify key OpenShift cluster services by using both the web console and command-line utilities.
• Deploy the OpenShift Virtualization operator and examine the configuration options for the operator.
• Create, manage, and monitor virtual machines in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
• Use comprehensive and flexible networking for virtual machines within an OpenShift environment.
• Configure and manage persistent storage for virtual machines, protect VM data through snapshots, export and import virtual machine images, and efficiently create virtual machine golden images by using cloning within a Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environment.

Audience for this course

• Virtual Machine Administrators who are looking to virtualize workloads from traditional Hypervisors to OpenShift Virtualization.
• Platform Engineers, Cloud Administrators, and System Administrators who are interested in supporting virtualized workloads, either independently from or in the same OpenShift cluster as containerized workloads.

Prerequisites for this course

• Take our free assessment to gauge whether this offering is the best fit for your skills.
• This course requires no previous experience with containers, Kubernetes, and OpenShift, however, learners are encouraged to attend, before taking DO156, Containers, Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Technical Overview (DO080).
• Although Linux skills are not required for managing OpenShift clusters and OpenShift Virtualization, operating individual Linux VMs requires Linux system administration skills that the Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) and Red Hat System Administration II (RH134) courses provide.
• Learners are encouraged to attend Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Technical Overview (DO016), before taking DO156.

Course Outline

• Introduction to Kubernetes and OpenShift
  Describe the underlying Kubernetes architecture that supports OpenShift and how to access and identify key OpenShift cluster services by using both the web console and command-line utilities
• Introduction to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
  Deploy the OpenShift Virtualization operator and examine the configuration options for the operator.
• Creating, Managing, and Monitoring Virtual Machines in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
  Create, manage, and monitor virtual machines in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
• Managing Virtual Machine Networking in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
  Use comprehensive and flexible networking for virtual machines within an OpenShift environment.
• Managing Storage for Virtual Machines in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
  Configure and manage persistent storage for virtual machines, protect VM data through snapshots, export and import virtual machine images, and efficiently create golden images for virtual machines by using cloning within a Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environment

Impact on the Organization

• OpenShift Virtualization enables organizations to realize operational savings by managing virtualized workloads and containerized workloads together using the same orchestration and clustering infrastructure provided by Red Hat OpenShift.

Impact on the Individual 

• IT professionals will learn to deploy and manage virtualized workloads on OpenShift.

Recommended next course or exam

• VM administrators for OpenShift Virtualization require deeper Kubernetes and OpenShift skills to provide production-ready virtual machines than DO156 provides, and these skills are provided in the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Administration II: Configuring Production Virtual Machines course (DO256).
• VM administrators for OpenShift Virtualization require deeper Kubernetes and OpenShift skills than DO156 provides, even if they will not manage containerized, cloud-native applications, and these skills are provided by existing OpenShift Administration courses:
  • Red Hat OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster (DO180) is a recommended follow-up course for deploying and managing workloads in OpenShift clusters.
  • Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Configuring a Production Cluster (DO280) is a recommended follow-up course for security and resource management of OpenShift projects.
  • Red Hat OpenShift Administration III: Scaling Kubernetes Deployments in the Enterprise (DO380) and Enterprise Kubernetes Storage with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (DO370) are recommended follow-up courses for node, storage, and security management of OpenShift clusters.
  • Red Hat OpenShift Installation Lab (DO322) is a recommended follow-up course for installing and configuring OpenShift clusters.