Workshop Overview - Red Hat Advanced Developer Suite Workshop

Welcome to the Red Hat Advanced Developer Suite (RHADS) Workshop!

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll experience how modern development teams can deliver secure applications at enterprise speed without compromising on security or developer productivity.

What You’ll Learn

Throughout this workshop, you will:

  • Experience self-service application creation using Red Hat Developer Hub software templates

  • Understand how security is automated throughout the development lifecycle

  • See GitOps deployment in action from development to production

  • Learn about trusted software supply chains and how they protect your organization

The Challenge

Modern development teams face a common dilemma: they need to move fast to meet business demands, but they also need to ensure security and compliance. Traditional approaches create bottlenecks:

  • Long setup times: 2-3 weeks to get a new project configured

  • Manual security reviews: Delays and inconsistencies in security processes

  • Platform team overhead: Developers waiting for infrastructure and pipeline setup

  • Configuration drift: Inconsistent setups across different projects

The RHADS Solution

Red Hat Advanced Developer Suite transforms this challenge by making security and compliance automatic instead of manual gates:

  • Self-service: Developers create projects in minutes, not weeks

  • Built-in security: Every pipeline includes enterprise-grade security scanning and signing

  • Standardized templates: Consistent, compliant configurations across all projects

  • Zero platform overhead: Automated infrastructure and pipeline creation

This workshop uses a pre-configured lab environment with all the necessary components already installed and ready for you to use.

Lab Environment

Your lab environment includes:

  • Red Hat Developer Hub: Internal developer portal with self-service capabilities

  • OpenShift Dev Spaces: Browser-based development environment

  • GitLab: Source code management and Git repositories

  • Red Hat Quay: Container image registry

  • OpenShift Pipelines: Tekton-based CI/CD automation

  • Enterprise security tools: Automated scanning, signing, and compliance

All credentials and access information are provided in the "Lab Access Information" section. Keep this handy throughout the workshop.

Workshop Structure

This workshop offers two learning paths to demonstrate RHADS capabilities:

🚀 OpenShift Pipelines (Tekton) Path: Modern Kubernetes-native development . Create applications using OpenShift Pipelines templates . Experience browser-based development with OpenShift Dev Spaces . See Tekton workflows automate security and deployment . Deploy through staging to production with GitOps

🔧 Jenkins Path: Enhanced enterprise development . Create applications using enhanced Jenkins integration . Experience familiar Jenkins workflows with modern security . See Jenkins pipelines with built-in compliance and scanning . Deploy through enterprise-approved promotion workflows

Each path includes learning objectives and hands-on activities that build upon each other.

Ready to get started? Choose your learning path in the Introduction!