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What is Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine?
Red Hat® OpenShift® Kubernetes Engine provides you with the basic functionality of Red Hat OpenShift. It offers a subset of the features that Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform offers, like full access to an enterprise-ready Kubernetes environment and an extensive compatibility test matrix with many of the software elements that you might use in your datacenter.
Entry-level Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine lets you explore the benefits of Red Hat OpenShift in an entry-level solution.
The core components of Red Hat Enterprise Linux® CoreOS, Kubernetes, and basic cluster services—all deployed using a fully automated installer—make up the base of every Red Hat OpenShift installation. This process is the foundation of the Red Hat OpenShift experience, which can automate the upgrade and management functions of the platform.
Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine is built from the most innovative upstream open source projects, and supported by Red Hat.
Features & benefits
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Red Hat OpenShift
In a fast-moving technology ecosystem, Red Hat OpenShift offers a trusted, comprehensive, and consistent platform for application development, deployment, and management across all environments.
As a long-time contributor to the upstream Kubernetes project, Red Hat has the expertise you need behind your container platform. From that expertise has come the perspective of how to enhance the power of Kubernetes with additional capabilities from the open source community.
With OpenShift, your team can build, test, and scale applications with a variety of integrated tools that promote developer efficiency and innovation.
Red Hat OpenShift subscription offerings
Red Hat OpenShift is the enterprise application development platform trusted by organizations across industries and the globe for security-first innovation.
Read the sizing and subscription guide to better understand the subscription model for self-managed Red Hat OpenShift offerings.
Red Hat OpenShift editions
Red Hat OpenShift also offers editions designed to support full operations and developer services, and complete application lifecycle management and security.
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Provides a complete platform for accelerating application development and application modernization. Download the datasheet.
Includes everything in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, plus:
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
- Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Essentials
- Red Hat Quay
Mid-level
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Provides a full set of operations and developer services and tools. Download the datasheet.
Includes everything in the Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine, plus:
- Developer console
- Red Hat OpenShift Serverless
- Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines and Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
Entry-level
Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine
Provides the foundational, security-focused capabilities of enterprise Kubernetes on Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS to run containers in hybrid cloud environments. Download the datasheet.
Includes everything in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine, plus:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS immutable container operation system
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
Entry-level for virtual machines
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine
Provides the proven virtualization capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift in a streamlined, cost-effective solution to deploy, manage, and scale VMs exclusively. Download the datasheet.
Includes:
- Administrator console
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
- User workload monitoring
- Platform logging
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The Red Hat subscription advantage
A Red Hat subscription offers production-ready code, life-cycle management, software interoperability, and the flexibility to choose from multiple supported versions.
It also gives you access to a community of experts, thousands of software, cloud, and hardware partners, knowledge resources, security updates, and support tools that you can't get anywhere else.
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