Overview

This workshop is intended to give you a hands on introduction to using OpenShift from the perspective of a developer.

Topics which this workshop will cover include:

  • Using the OpenShift command line client and web console.

  • Deploying an application using a pre-existing container image.

  • Working with application labels to identify component parts.

  • Scaling up your application in order to handle web traffic.

  • Exposing your application to users outside of the cluster.

  • Viewing and working with logs generated by your application.

  • Accessing your application container and interacting with it.

  • Giving access to other users to collaborate on your application.

  • Deploying an application from source code in a Git repository.

  • Deploying a database from the OpenShift service catalog.

  • Configuring an application so it can access a database.

  • Setting up web hooks to enable automated application builds.

Additional topics may also be covered relevant to the specific programming language used by the applications being deployed. While the default language used in this workshop is Java, you can choose to use a .NET, NodeJS, or Python backend service.