Red Hat / Cloud-native applications / EX288

Deploy and manage cloud-native applications on OpenShift

Move from standalone containers to application delivery on OpenShift. Container competence is recommended but not a formal prerequisite; the official exam is performance-based.

Recommended foundation · not a formal prerequisite

Build on EX188

Use this checkpoint to identify gaps, or move directly to the role-specific material if you already have the skills.

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Core learning

Follow the current official objectives

  1. 1.Projects and application resources
  2. 2.Container and multi-container deployment
  3. 3.Helm and Kustomize
  4. 4.Builds, images, and internal registry
  5. 5.Configuration, secrets, service accounts, and security
  6. 6.Health checks, scaling, updates, and troubleshooting
Official exam objectives and preparation ↗Current certification requirements ↗

Hands-on consolidation

Perform the work in an isolated lab

In a disposable OpenShift environment, deploy an application from source and images, customize it with Helm and Kustomize, configure routes, secrets, probes, limits and service accounts, perform an update and rollback, and troubleshoot one failed build and one unhealthy workload.

Ready when…

You can deploy an existing application, secure and configure it, expose it safely, observe health, roll it forward or back, and diagnose failures under time pressure.

Knowledge check · not an exam simulator

Find gaps with our EX288 test

75 original, source-backed questions; the first 7 are free. Red Hat's official exam is performance-based, so complete the practical lab as well.

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