Here are 100 chapter titles for a Red Hat OpenShift book with an emphasis on operating system concepts, progressing from beginner to advanced:
Part 1: Foundational Concepts (20 Chapters)
- Introduction to Containerization: The OS Perspective
- Understanding Linux Fundamentals for OpenShift
- Virtualization vs. Containerization: An OS Deep Dive
- Container Images: Building Blocks of OpenShift
- Docker: The Foundation of OpenShift Containers
- Working with Docker Images: OS Interactions
- Container Runtimes: Core to OpenShift's Operation
- Introduction to Kubernetes: Orchestrating Containers
- OpenShift: Kubernetes on Steroids
- OpenShift Architecture: The OS Layer
- Navigating the OpenShift Web Console
- Introduction to the
oc Command-Line Tool
- Deploying Your First Container on OpenShift
- Pods: The Smallest Deployable Unit
- Understanding Pod Lifecycle: An OS View
- Services: Exposing Applications in OpenShift
- Namespaces: Isolating Resources in OpenShift
- OpenShift Projects: Organizing Your Workloads
- Resource Management: CPU and Memory in OpenShift
- Basic Troubleshooting: Examining Pod Logs and Events
Part 2: Core OpenShift Concepts (25 Chapters)
- Deep Dive into Container Networking
- Understanding OpenShift SDN: Software-Defined Networking
- Service Discovery: How Pods Find Each Other
- Ingress: Exposing Services to the Outside World
- Routes: OpenShift's HTTP Routing Mechanism
- Security Context Constraints (SCCs): Controlling Pod Privileges
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Managing User Permissions
- Managing Secrets: Securely Storing Sensitive Data
- ConfigMaps: Managing Application Configuration
- Persistent Volumes: Providing Storage to Pods
- Persistent Volume Claims: Requesting Storage
- Storage Classes: Dynamically Provisioning Storage
- Understanding etcd: Kubernetes' Key-Value Store
- The Control Plane: Heart of OpenShift
- The Node: Where Pods Run
- Node Management: Monitoring and Maintenance
- Container Resource Limits and Requests
- Scheduling: How Kubernetes Places Pods
- Taints and Tolerations: Controlling Pod Placement
- DaemonSets: Running a Pod on Every Node
- StatefulSets: Managing Stateful Applications
- Deployments: Managing Application Updates
- Rollouts and Rollbacks: Deploying Safely
- Scaling Applications: Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)
- Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA): Resource Optimization
Part 3: Advanced OpenShift and OS Integration (30 Chapters)
- Advanced Container Networking: CNI Plugins
- Understanding OVS: Open vSwitch
- Integrating with External Load Balancers
- Advanced Security: Network Policies
- Image Security: Vulnerability Scanning
- Operators: Automating Application Management
- Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs): Extending Kubernetes
- Building and Deploying Operators
- Monitoring OpenShift: Prometheus and Grafana
- Logging in OpenShift: Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana (EFK)
- Tracing: Understanding Application Performance
- Debugging Applications in OpenShift: Advanced Techniques
- Performance Tuning OpenShift: OS Level Optimizations
- Kernel Tuning for Containerized Workloads
- Understanding System Calls in Containers
- Exploring Namespaces and Cgroups
- Resource Quotas: Limiting Resource Consumption
- Limit Ranges: Setting Default Resource Limits
- OpenShift Pipelines: CI/CD Automation
- GitOps: Managing Infrastructure as Code
- Building Container Images with Source-to-Image (S2I)
- Multi-Cluster Management: Managing Multiple OpenShift Clusters
- Disaster Recovery: Backing Up and Restoring OpenShift
- Upgrading OpenShift: Best Practices
- Integrating OpenShift with Identity Providers
- Advanced RBAC: Fine-Grained Access Control
- Security Hardening OpenShift: Best Practices
- Compliance and Auditing in OpenShift
- OpenShift Virtualization: Running VMs on OpenShift
- OpenShift Service Mesh: Istio Integration
Part 4: OpenShift Internals and Deep Dives (25 Chapters)
- Understanding the kubelet: Node Agent
- The API Server: Kubernetes' Central Hub
- The Scheduler: Optimizing Pod Placement
- The Controller Manager: Managing Controllers
- etcd Deep Dive: Data Consistency and Reliability
- Understanding CRI-O: Container Runtime Interface
- Exploring Pod Sandboxing
- Advanced Container Isolation Techniques
- Security Enhancements in the Linux Kernel for Containers
- Understanding seccomp: Secure Computing
- AppArmor and SELinux: Enhancing Container Security
- Performance Analysis of Containerized Applications
- Profiling OpenShift Components
- Troubleshooting OpenShift: Advanced Scenarios
- Analyzing Core Dumps in Containers
- Understanding the Linux Memory Model in Containers
- Network Namespaces and Virtual Interfaces
- Deep Dive into iptables and nftables
- Exploring eBPF for Network Observability
- OpenShift and Cloud Providers: Integrations
- Building Custom OpenShift Operators: Advanced Techniques
- Contributing to OpenShift: Community Involvement
- The Future of Containerization and OpenShift
- OpenShift Certifications: Preparing for the Exam
- OpenShift Best Practices: A Comprehensive Guide