Lab: Introduction to Kubernetes and OpenShift

Find essential information about your OpenShift cluster by navigating its web console.

Outcomes

You should be able to navigate the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console to find various information items and configuration details.

As the student user on the workstation machine, use the lab command to prepare your system for this exercise.

This command ensures that the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is deployed and ready for the lab.

[student@workstation ~]$ lab start intro-review

Procedure 1.3. Instructions

1. Log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console, with Red Hat Identity Management as the admin user with the redhatocp password, and review the answers for the preceding quiz.

   1. Use a browser to view the login page at the web console address https://console-openshift-console.apps.ocp4.example.com.

      

   2. Click Red Hat Identity Management, and supply the admin username and the redhatocp password, and then click Log in to access the home page.

      

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1. View the cluster version on the Overview page for the cluster.

   1. From the Home → Overview page, scroll down to view the cluster details.

      

   2. Locate the OpenShift version in the Details section.

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1. View the available alert severity types within the filters on the Alerting page.

   1. Navigate to the Observe → Alerting page.

      

   2. Click the Filter drop-down to view the available severity options.

      

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1. View the labels for the thanos-querier route.

   1. Navigate to the Networking → Routes page.

      

   2. Type the thanos keyword in the text search field.

      

   3. Select the thanos-querier route in the Name column.

      

   4. Scroll down on the thanos-querier Route details page to view Labels.

      

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1. View the available storage classes in the cluster.

   1. Navigate to the Storage → StorageClasses page.

      

   2. View the available storage classes in the cluster.

      

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1. View the installed operators for the cluster.

   1. Navigate to the Operators → Installed Operators page.

      

   2. View the listed operators that are installed in the cluster.

      

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Evaluation

As the student user on the workstation machine, use the lab command to grade your work. Correct any reported failures and rerun the command until successful.

[student@workstation ~]$ lab grade intro-review

Finish

As the student user on the workstation machine, use the lab command to complete this exercise. This step is important to ensure that resources from previous exercises do not impact upcoming exercises.

[student@workstation ~]$ lab finish intro-review