Red Hat - EX288

The Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development exam (EX288) tests your ability to deploy existing applications in a Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform environment.

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

This exam is based on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2

Exam Preparation - Study points for the exam

To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance.

As part of this exam, you should be able to perform these tasks:

Work with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

• Create and work with multiple OpenShift projects
• Implement application health monitoring

Work with container images

• Use command line utilities to manipulate container images
• Optimize container images

Troubleshoot application deployment issues

• Troubleshoot application deployment issues

Work with image streams

• Create custom image streams to deploy applications
• Pull applications from existing Git repositories
• Debug minor issues with application deployment

Work with configuration maps

• Create configuration maps
• Use configuration maps to inject data into applications

Work with the source-to-image (S2I) tool

• CDeploy applications using S2I
• Deploy virtual machines using templates
• Customize existing S2I builder images

Work with hooks and triggers

• Create a hook that runs a provided script
• Test and confirm proper operation of the hook

Work with templates

• Use pre-existing templates written in either JSON or YAML format
• Work with multicontainer templates
• Add a custom parameter to a template

As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention.

Preparation

• Red Hat encourages you to consider taking Red Hat OpenShift Application Development I: Containerizing Applications (DO288) to help prepare. Attendance in these classes is not required; students can choose to take just the exam.
• While attending Red Hat classes can be an important part of your preparation, attending class does not guarantee success on the exam. Previous experience, practice, and native aptitude are also important determinants of success.
• Many books and other resources on system administration for Red Hat products are available. Red Hat does not endorse any of these materials as preparation guides for exams. Nevertheless, you may find additional reading helpful to deepen your understanding.

Exam format

• This exam consists of a single section lasting three hours. The exam is a performance-based evaluation of your ability to deploy applications in a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform environment. You will perform a number of routine tasks similar to those you would be expected to perform in an OpenShift Container Platform DevOps environment and will be evaluated on whether you have met specific objective criteria.

Audience for this exam

These audiences may be interested in becoming a Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development:

• Application developers in a DevOps role who are responsible for managing a Red Hat® OpenShift Container Platform environment
• Application developers in a DevOps role who are responsible for implementing a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform environment
• Application developers who are responsible for creating containerized applications or converting existing applications into containerized applications

Prerequisites for this exam

• Prior to taking this exam, you should possess a basic understanding of container technology. Some programming experience is recommended, but not required.

Recommended next exam or course

• Red Hat OpenShift Development II: Creating Microservices with Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes (DO292)