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Learn OpenShift

By : Denis Zuev, Artemii Kropachev, Aleksey Usov
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Learn OpenShift

By: Denis Zuev, Artemii Kropachev, Aleksey Usov

Overview of this book

Docker containers transform application delivery technologies to make them faster and more reproducible, and to reduce the amount of time wasted on configuration. Managing Docker containers in the multi-node or multi-datacenter environment is a big challenge, which is why container management platforms are required. OpenShift is a new generation of container management platforms built on top of both Docker and Kubernetes. It brings additional functionality to the table, something that is lacking in Kubernetes. This new functionality significantly helps software development teams to bring software development processes to a whole new level. In this book, we’ll start by explaining the container architecture, Docker, and CRI-O overviews. Then, we'll look at container orchestration and Kubernetes. We’ll cover OpenShift installation, and its basic and advanced components. Moving on, we’ll deep dive into concepts such as deploying application OpenShift. You’ll learn how to set up an end-to-end delivery pipeline while working with applications in OpenShift as a developer or DevOps. Finally, you’ll discover how to properly design OpenShift in production environments. This book gives you hands-on experience of designing, building, and operating OpenShift Origin 3.9, as well as building new applications or migrating existing applications to OpenShift.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)

OpenShift flavors

OpenShift for production comes in several variants:

  • OpenShift Origin
  • OpenShift Container Platform
  • OpenShift Online
  • OpenShift Dedicated

As with other products under the Red Hat umbrella, OpenShift has an upstream project called OpenShift Origin. The OpenShift Origin homepage is available at http://openshift.org. It has a number of installation methods, including the installation of a development environment on a local developer machine.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is a production-ready build of OpenShift Origin with all Red Hat production advantages including official support, certification, and so on. OpenShift Container Platform integrates with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and is tested via Red Hat's QA process in order to offer a stable, supportable product for customers who want to have their own private or on-site cloud. An enterprise might get...