Red Hat OpenShift Development I: Introduction to Containers with Podman
- Course Code DO188
- Duration 3 days
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Course Overview
TopA developer introduction to building and managing containers with Podman for deploying applications on Red Hat OpenShift.
Red Hat OpenShift Development I: Introduction to Containers with Podman (DO188) introduces students to building, running, and managing containers with Podman and Red Hat OpenShift. This course helps students build the core skills for developing containerized applications through hands-on experience. These skills can be applied using all versions of OpenShift, including Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA), Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO), and OpenShift Container Platform.
As a result of attending this course, you will understand the foundations of container-based application development. You will be able to run, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications. This course is the starting point for the OpenShift developer curriculum and provides the foundation you will need to advance to cloud-native developer courses.
This course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 9, Podman 5 and Red Hat OpenShift® 4.18.
Note: Starting January 1, 2026, Red Hat introduces RHLS-Course — a flexible subscription model now included with this catalog offering. This replaces the previous direct virtual class enrollment from Global Knowledge.
When you purchase this item, you’ll receive an RHLS subscription at the course level, giving you the freedom to choose the schedule that works best and self-enroll in your selected class.
Your RHLS subscription includes:
• One live, instructor-led virtual session
• 12 months of self-paced learning access
• One certification exam with a free retake
Onsite Classroom-based sessions and closed course options remain unchanged.
Updated Jan2026
Course Schedule
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 09-11 February, 2026 | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (Egypt Stan)
- Language: English
- Ver: 4.14
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 09-11 February, 2026 | 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (Arab Stand)
- Language: English
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 09-11 February, 2026 | 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (Arabian St)
- Language: English
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 23-25 February, 2026 | 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (Egypt Stan)
- Language: English
- Ver: 4.14
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 23-25 February, 2026 | 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (Arab Stand)
- Language: English
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 23-25 February, 2026 | 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (Arab Stand)
- Language: English
Target Audience
Top- Developers and Site Reliability Engineers that are new to container technology.
Course Objectives
TopAfter this course participants should be able to:
- Understand containers
- Run containers with Podman CLI and Podman Desktop
- Build custom container images
- Manage container images
- Remote debugging with containers
- Understand Basic container networking
- Persist data with containers
- Run multi-container applications
- Troubleshoot Container Deployments
- Orchestrate containers with OpenShift and Kubernetes
Course Content
TopIntroduction and overview of containers
Describe how containers facilitate application development.
Podman basics
Manage and run containers with Podman.
Container images
Navigate container registries to find and manage container images.
Custom container images
Build custom container images to containerize applications.
Persisting data
Run database containers with persistence.
Troubleshooting containers
Analyze container logs and configure a remote debugger.
Multi-container applications with compose
Run multi-container applications using Compose.
Container orchestration with Kubernetes and OpenShift
Orchestrate containerized applications with Kubernetes and OpenShift.
Course Prerequisites
Top- Some experience with web application architectures and their corresponding technologies is expected
- Experience in the use of a Linux terminal session, issuing operating system commands, and familiarity with shell scripting is recommended
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Test Certification
Top- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers Exam (EX188)
Follow on Courses
Top- Red Hat OpenShift Development II: Containerizing Applications (DO288)
- Introduction to Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift (DO121)
Further Information
Top- Official course book provided to participants.