A Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Data Foundation is able to create and manage storage for container based applications using Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation. The skills and knowledge associated with this certification can be applied to both self-managed editions of OpenShift as well as managed services editions like Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA) and Azure Red Hat OpenShift.
A Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Data Foundation is able to:
- Perform basic OpenShift Container Platform management
- Deploy OpenShift Data Foundation
- Configure OpenShift Cluster Services to Use Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation
- Deploy and manage applications and images
- Configure application workloads to use Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation file and block storage
- Manage Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation block and file storage capacity
- Perform backup and restore of Kubernetes block and file volumes
- Configure applications to use Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation object storage
The following audiences may be interested in earning the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Data Foundation:
- Site reliability engineers, system administrators and/or developers who need to provision and manage storage for container based applications.
- Red Hat Certified System Administrators (RHCSAs)—or those with equivalent skills—recommended.
Exams and recommended training
The Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Data Foundation exam (EX370) will test your ability to:
- Perform basic OpenShift Container Platform management
- Deploy OpenShift Data Foundation
- Configure OpenShift Cluster Services to Use Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation
- Deploy and manage applications and images
- Configure application workloads to use Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation file and block storage
- Manage Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation block and file storage capacity
- Perform backup and restore of Kubernetes block and file volumes
- Configure applications to use Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation object storage
In preparation to earn the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Data Foundation exam, Red Hat recommends the following courses:
- !Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Configuring a Production Cluster (DO280)
- Enterprise Kubernetes Storage with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (DO370)