OpenShift 102: Helm, Advanced Deployment Techniques, Istio, and Prometheus

Hands-On Workshop Agenda

Workshop Overview

Duration: Full Day

Prerequisites: OpenShift 101 or equivalent experience with basic OpenShift operations

Format: Hands-on lab with guided exercises

Links

• Infrastructure

  • OpenShift Cluster

• Workshops

  • Helm-Workshop

  • Tuning-Workshop

  • Istio-Workshop

  • Prometheus-Workshop

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Morning Session: Example Application Setup and Deployment Techniques

Welcome & Setup

• Workshop introduction and objectives

• Lab environment overview

• Access credentials and environment setup

Hands-On Lab: Initial Application Deployment with Helm

• Learn Helm Templating to reduce repeat configuration.

Hands-On Lab: Image Management and Distribution

• Tune and schedule your workloads in new and effective ways.

Lunch Break

Hands-On Lab: Service Mesh Implementation

• Get up to speed on the basics of Service Mesh

Hands-On Lab: Prometheus Queries in Depth

• Learn how to slice and dice time series data to you benefit.

Wrap-Up and Q&A

• Open discussion and Q&A

• Workshop feedback

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Lab Environment Requirements

Prerequisites for Participants

• OpenShift CLI (oc) installed and configured

• Access to OpenShift cluster (provided or personal)

• Basic understanding of Kubernetes concepts

• Familiarity with command-line interface

Cluster Requirements

• OpenShift 4.x cluster

• Admin or cluster-admin access for some exercises

• Sufficient resources (CPU, memory, storage)

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Key Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Deploy applications using Helm including understanding Helm charts, values, and release management

2. Implement advanced deployment patterns control exactly where your pods are based on a plethora of circumstances.

3. Implement service mesh for microservices communication, traffic management, security policies, and observability

4. Dive Deeper into Observability using tools provided by OpenShift.

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Additional Resources

• OpenShift Documentation: https://docs.openshift.com

• Kubernetes Documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs

• Helm Documentation: https://helm.sh/docs

• Istio Documentation: https://istio.io

• Prometheus Documentation: https://prometheus.io

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