OpenShift Developer II: Building and Deploying Cloud-Native Applications

Transitioning to cloud-native development requires more than just writing code; it demands a solid understanding of how applications run, scale, and recover in containerized environments. This text-based course guides you through building and deploying applications on OpenShift, bridging the gap between local development and production-ready Kubernetes environments. You will learn how to design, package, and manage applications that are resilient, secure, and highly scalable. By working through this comprehensive material, you will transform from a traditional application developer into a cloud-native professional ready to deploy containerized software with confidence. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational OpenShift architecture, core Kubernetes concepts, and essential container terminology - Build custom container images using Source-to-Image (S2I) and modern multi-stage Dockerfiles - Deploy multi-container applications and configure networking, services, and route objects - Manage application configuration, sensitive credentials, and storage using ConfigMaps and Secrets - Implement health probes, resource limits, and basic CI/CD deployment pipelines for automated rollouts - Troubleshoot containerized applications using log analysis, port forwarding, and interactive terminal debugging Starting with key definitions and core container concepts, the course systematically progresses through image creation, deployment configurations, and runtime management. You will read detailed technical explanations, analyze clean configuration files, and study architectural patterns that you can apply directly to your own projects. This course is designed for software developers, system architects, and technical professionals who are new to OpenShift and want to master building cloud-native applications. No prior container orchestration experience is required, though basic familiarity with command-line interfaces and software development concepts is helpful. Begin reading today to master the essential skills for modern cloud-native application deployment on OpenShift.