CNF Lifecycle management in Openshift
This lab will guide you through the full lifecycle of telco CNFs on OpenShift from onboarding and configuration to upgrades, scaling, and troubleshooting using hands-on exercises to apply best practices for stable, production-grade operations.
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About The Lab
Prerequisites
Audiences
This Hand-On Training provides an environment for managing the full lifecycle of Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNFs) on OpenShift, using GitLab as the source of truth and ACM/Argo CD for automated delivery. It supports orchestration, deployment, upgrades, and operation of Telco CNFs such as Open5GS across hub-and-spoke clusters, enabling comparison with standard Kubernetes workflows.
Why this Lab ?
This lab will cover end-to-end lifecycle management of CNFs on OpenShift, from onboarding to day-2 operations and platform upgrades, using native OpenShift features to keep CNFs stable in production. It blends focused theory with hands-on exercises and is designed for technical profiles responsible for operating CNF-based platforms.
Lab Objectives
- Discover how to manage CNF healing during cluster upgrade, maintenance or Node failure.
- Apply real world use cases to manage CNF entire lifecycle in Openshift
- Uninstall CNF and associated resources in Openshift
- Develop strong skill in CNF Onboarding in Openshift from CNF packaging to deployment/configuration.
- Build skill and knowledge in CNF Scaling (1 or multicluster environment).
- Get a better understanding of CNF self-healing in Openshift.
