professional Kubernetes & Cloud Native paid
Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator
by Red Hat ↗
Platform administrators who configure, manage, and troubleshoot Red Hat OpenShift clusters and workloads.
Exam facts
- Provider
- Red Hat
- Exam code
- EX280
- Level
- professional
- Domain
- Kubernetes & Cloud Native
- Exam format
- Performance-based hands-on lab on a live OpenShift cluster, at a test center, onsite, or remote
- Duration
- 180 minutes
- Cost
- $500 USD (varies by region)
- Renewal
- 3 years
- Prerequisites
- None formally; RHCSA-level Linux skills and OpenShift administration training (DO180/DO280) are strongly recommended.
Recommended preparation
Practice on an OpenShift lab cluster (CRC or a sandbox) covering users and RBAC, networking, operators, quotas, and application deployment with oc commands. Follow the DO180 and DO280 course material and rehearse all published exam objectives hands-on.
Follow the free Platform Engineering 90-Day Learning Path — its final phase (days 76–90) is built for certification preparation.
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