Red Hat Certified Openshift Administrator Exam (Ex280K)

By passing this exam, you become a Red Hat Certified Specialist, which also counts toward becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA). 

• System and Software Architects who need an understanding of the features and functionality of an OpenShift Container Platform cluster. 
• System Administrators who need to support the initial establishment of an OpenShift cluster. 
• Cluster Operators who need to support ongoing maintenance of an OpenShift cluster. 
• Site Reliability Engineers who need to support the ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting of an OpenShift cluster. 

• System administrators who want to demonstrate their OpenShift Container Platform skills 
• Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCEs) who wish to become a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) 
• System administrators or developers who are working in a DevOps environment using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform  

• Become a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or have comparable work experience and skills 
• Take the Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Operating a Production Kubernetes Cluster (DO280) course or have comparable work experience using OpenShift Container Platform 

• Review the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration exam (EX280) objectives 
• Experience with container technology is recommended 

Manage OpenShift Container Platform 

• Use the command-line interface to manage and configure an OpenShift cluster 
• Use the web console to manage and configure an OpenShift cluster 
• Create and delete projects 

• Import, export, and configure Kubernetes resources 
• Examine resources and cluster status 
• View logs 
• Monitor cluster events and alerts 
• Troubleshoot common cluster events and alerts 

• Use product documentation Manage users and policies 
• Configure the HTPasswd identity provider for authentication 
• Create and delete users 
• Modify user passwords 
• Modify user and group permissions 

• Create and manage groups 

Control access to resources 

• Define role-based access controls 
• Apply permissions to users 
• Create and apply secrets to manage sensitive information 

• Create service accounts and apply permissions using security context constraints 

Configure networking components 

• Troubleshoot software defined networking 
• Create and edit external routes 
• Control cluster network ingress 

• Create a self signed certificate 
• Secure routes using TLS certificates 

Configure pod scheduling 

• Limit resource usage 
• Scale applications to meet increased demand 

• Control pod placement across cluster nodes