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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)

Advanced installation

Being able to start a small cluster in a matter of minutes with minimal effort is great, but what if you need more control over various features so that you get a fully functional cluster right after installation? The answer is advanced installation. As opposed to quick installation, it involves the following:

  1. Creating an Ansible inventory file, containing all hosts spread over groups in accordance with the chosen deployment model, and variables customizing the installation for your environment
  2. Running the Ansible playbook to install, configure, and start all OpenShift components, including internal registry, registry console, and router

OpenShift Ansible inventory

A typical Ansible inventory is a text...