OpenShift Developer II: Building and Deploying Cloud-Native Applications

Deploying applications in the modern cloud environment requires more than just writing code; it demands a solid understanding of container orchestration and robust deployment pipelines. This course provides a clear, text-based path to mastering application development on OpenShift, helping you move from basic container concepts to fully automated deployments. You will start with foundational cloud-native terminology, container mechanics, and OpenShift architecture basics before diving into practical configuration. By the end of this course, you will be able to confidently build, deploy, monitor, and scale secure applications on an OpenShift cluster. What you'll learn: Understand core OpenShift components, container registries, and pod orchestration; Build and package container images optimized for secure enterprise deployment; Configure application deployments using Source-to-Image (S2I) workflows; Manage application configuration, secrets, and persistent storage volumes; Implement health checks, routing, and basic service mesh concepts; Deploy multi-container applications and integrate basic CI/CD pipeline automation. The curriculum starts with essential terminology and structural foundations, then guides you through step-by-step written exercises to configure, troubleshoot, and scale your applications. This course is designed for software developers, system engineers, and DevOps beginners who want to build cloud-native applications on OpenShift without needing prior container orchestration experience. Start reading today to elevate your cloud-native development skills.