Keen to build web applications for the cloud? Get a quick hands-on introduction to OpenShift, the open source Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering from Red Hat. With this practical guide, you'll learn the steps necessary to build, deploy, and host a complete real-world application on OpenShift without having to slog through long, detailed explanations of the technologies involved. OpenShift enables you to use Docker application containers and the Kubernetes cluster manager to automate the way you create, ship, and run applications. Through the course of the book, you'll learn how to use OpenShift and the Wildfly application server to build and then immediately deploy a Java application online.Learn about OpenShift's core technology, including Docker-based containers and Kubernetes Use a virtual machine with OpenShift installed and configured on your local environment Create and deploy your first application on the OpenShift platform Add language runtime dependencies and connect to a database Trigger an automatic rebuild and redeployment when you push changes to the repository Get a working environment up in minutes with application templates Use commands to check and debug your application Create and build Docker-based images for your application

Get an in-depth tour of OpenShift, the container-based software deployment and management platform from Red Hat that provides a secure multi-tenant environment for the enterprise. This practical guide describes in detail how OpenShift, building on Kubernetes, enables you to automate the way you create, ship, and run applications in a containerized environment. Author Graham Dumpleton provides the knowledge you need to make the best use of the OpenShift container platform to deploy not only your cloud-native applications, but also more traditional stateful applications. Developers and administrators will learn how to run, access, and manage containers in OpenShift, including how to orchestrate them at scale. Build application container images from source and deploy them Implement and extend application image builders Use incremental and chained builds to accelerate build times Automate builds by using a webhook to link OpenShift to a Git repository Add configuration and secrets to the container as project resources Make an application visible outside the OpenShift cluster Manage persistent storage inside an OpenShift container Monitor application health and manage the application lifecycle This book is a perfect follow-up to OpenShift for Developers: A Guide for Impatient Beginners (O'Reilly).