OpenShift Virtualization: Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines

Organizations are rapidly modernizing their infrastructure, but completely rewriting legacy virtual machines into containers is not always practical. Integrating virtual machines directly into a container orchestration platform allows you to manage all your workloads using a single, unified workflow. This text-based course provides a clear, conceptual foundation and practical guidance for system administrators and developers looking to bridge the gap between traditional virtualization and modern container platforms. You will start with the core concepts of containerization and virtualization convergence, understanding how OpenShift Virtualization leverages Kubernetes custom resources to run virtual machines. From there, you will progress to importing existing virtual machines, configuring persistent storage, establishing network connectivity, and managing the lifecycle of your virtualized workloads. Additionally, you will explore modern DevOps practices, including infrastructure-as-code principles and basic declarative configuration for your virtual environments. What you'll learn: - Understand the foundational architecture of OpenShift Virtualization and how it integrates with Kubernetes - Deploy, start, stop, and manage virtual machines alongside standard container workloads - Configure persistent storage, storage classes, and dynamic provisioning for virtual machine disks - Establish robust networking for virtual machines using Pod networks and bridged interfaces - Import and migrate existing virtual machine images into your cluster environment - Apply modern declarative configuration practices to automate virtual machine templates and deployments This course is designed for system administrators, system integrators, and infrastructure engineers who want to manage virtual machines within a unified container platform. No prior experience with OpenShift Virtualization is required, though a basic understanding of Linux administration and general container concepts will help you get the most out of the material. Start reading today to unify your infrastructure management.