🎃 Running OpenShift on Azure: A Haunted Hands-On Experience 🕸️

Join us for a spine-tingling October meetup as we dive deep into the crypts of cloud-native architecture! This intensive, hands-on workshop is designed for Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Cloud Operations, Architects, and Developers who dare to explore the eerie depths of modern application platforms.

🧙‍♂️ Workshop Spellbook
We’ll be summoning the powers of Microsoft Azure and Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) — a fully managed OpenShift service conjured by Microsoft and Red Hat.

👻 Topics That Will Raise Your Skills from the Grave:

• Day 2 operations: scaling nodes and clusters, managing upgrades, and using labels for application placement (no necromancy required).
• Deploying scalable, resilient applications using Azure Database for Postgres — even the undead need reliable data!
• Ensuring configuration consistency with OpenShift GitOps so your infrastructure doesn’t become a haunted house of misconfigurations.
• Automating deployments with OpenShift Pipelines and integrating ARO with Azure Entra ID and Azure Files.
• Wrangling microservices with OpenShift Service Mesh — the ultimate potion for taming service chaos.

🧛‍♂️ Meet Your Ghostly Guides:
🗣️ Stephen Nimmo
Staff Specialist Solution Architect at Red Hat, Stephen is a returning speaker with deep expertise in developer experience, platform engineering, and data integration strategies. With roots in the energy industry and a specialty in energy trading and risk management, Stephen will be presenting in-person.

🗣️ Thomas Hall
Associate Principal Specialist Solution Architect for OpenShift at Red Hat, Thomas is a certified specialist in OpenShift Virtualization and Containers. A mentor and technical community contributor, Thomas will also be presenting in-person.

🕷️ Tricks & Treats:

• 🎃 Food & Soft Drinks served at ~5:30pm on the 10th floor.
• 🕸️ Discussion kicks off at 6pm after everyone’s had a chance to eat, mingle, and chat.
• 🧟‍♂️ Arrive early from 5pm if you're nearby — no need to wait until the witching hour!
• 🍬 PLEASE RSVP so we can conjure the right amount of food!

🦇 Optional Spellcasting: Bring your laptop and follow along! A temporary Azure environment and WiFi will be provided — no need to summon your own.

🦇 Costumes optional, curiosity required. Come for the tech, stay for the thrills!

📍 Location:
In-person: 750 Town and Country Blvd #1000 · Houston, TX
Parking: Free parking available across the street on the 3rd and 4th floors of the garage at 12711 Queensbury. (Beware: parking in the Microsoft building is not free!)

📹 Recording: Watch the magic later: https://www.youtube.com/@HoustonAzureUserGroup