Red Hat® EX188: Level Up Learning Club Session 3: 10/14/25
Today’s RHLS Module(s): Chapter 2: Podman Basics
Today’s focus: Chapter 2 is a big set of EX188 modules. Exploring how Red Hat positions Podman as the bridge between traditional Linux administration and the OpenShift® container lifecycle, from building and networking containers to managing their lifecycle like mini operating systems.
What we walked through:
- Podman fundamentals
- Creating containers
- Container networking and DNS
- Port forwarding
- Accessing containerized services
- Container transparency & debugging
- Container lifecycle management
Key takeaway: Podman shows us Red Hat’s overall enterprise container philosophy in a single CLI tool: secure defaults, transparent change sets, and reproducible environments. Every command teaches us to think in terms of isolated, composable systems, a mindset that scales directly into OpenShift.
Next session: Containerfile fundamentals and image building with podman build. This will set the stage for how OpenShift uses BuildConfigs and ImageStreams to operationalize this workflow.
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