Red Hat Device Edge
Red Hat® Device Edge provides operational consistency across workloads and devices, no matter where they are deployed.
What is Red Hat Device Edge?
Devices at the far edge need a different approach. Edge devices such as assembly line tools, IoT gateways, points of sale, and industrial controllers have to operate with limited computing resources, power, cooling, and connectivity. They can also be hard to access, or in settings with little or no on-site technical expertise.
Red Hat Device Edge is a flexible platform that consistently supports different workloads across small, resource-constrained devices at the farthest edge.
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What’s included?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Generate edge-optimized OS images to handle a variety of use cases and workloads with Red Hat’s secure and stable operating system. Leverage management services, intelligent device updates, and zero-touch provisioning for visibility and control over field-deployed edge devices.
MicroShift
MicroShift is a lightweight Kubernetes container orchestration solution built from the edge capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift®. MicroShift uses a consistent Kubernetes API to extend operational consistency for hybrid cloud deployments, all the way to the edge
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
With tools for both day 1 device deployments and ongoing platform and workload operations, Red Hat Ansible® Automation Platform helps you quickly scale device and application life cycle management.
Standard edition only
Features
Use case based deployment
Deploy and manage virtual or containerized workloads on resource-constrained edge devices, orchestrated with or without Kubernetes, on the same edge-optimized operating system, with operations consistency from core to cloud to edge.
Lightweight Kubernetes
Use container orchestration through MicroShift, an open source project built with the edge capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift, optimized for resource constrained devices in remote or disconnected areas.
Edge-optimized OS capabilities
Automated device onboarding, customizable image generation, over-the-air updates, and intelligent rollbacks provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux minimize the need for on-site expertise.
Consistent Kubernetes API
Deploy and manage virtual or containerized workloads on resource-constrained edge devices, orchestrated with or without Kubernetes, on the same edge-optimized operating system, with operations consistency from core to cloud to edge.
Lifecycle management
Integrations with Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform make it possible to manage thousands of distributed nodes.
GitOps for consistency
Use Git code repositories to deploy a consistent platform image across potentially tens of thousands devices.
Benefits
Deploy only what you need
The flexibility to meet the needs of different use cases on devices with limited hardware resources, at various locations, running multiple types of workloads.
Use one platform for your workload journey
Start with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, then add Kubernetes, or deploy both. Red Hat Device Edge provides the flexibility to meet evolving use cases.
Ensure operational consistency
Use the same tools and processes across your edge and hybrid cloud deployments so that your teams can focus on driving innovation as the architecture scales.
Automation at scale
Automate your device connectivity requirements, patches, bug fixes, updates, and more, all through a single user interface.
Buying options
Red Hat Device Edge is available at 2 subscription levels.
Red Hat Device Edge (recommended)
Our standard offering, featuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the edge-optimized OS, MicroShift for lightweight Kubernetes container orchestration, and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for initial device deployments and ongoing management through automation at scale.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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MicroShift
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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Red Hat Device Edge Essentials
For users with an existing Ansible Automation Platform subscription, or who plan to use a different management solution, this tier includes edge-optimized Red Hat Enterprise Linux and lightweight Kubernetes with MicroShift.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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MicroShift
Use cases
Workloads and infrastructure
Support a mix of workloads and infrastructure
Provide business value quickly and consistently through support for bare metal, virtualized, or containerized applications in locations with limited space or environments in motion (like trains and airplanes).
Data insights
Leverage data insights
Collect and analyze data from devices in locations with disconnected or intermittent network connectivity, taking advantage of analytics at the collection point. Make your business more responsive to changing conditions in the field and more attuned to the issues affecting your customers.
Management at scale
Consistent management at scale
Manage thousands of edge devices with services that help scale, monitor, remediate security issues, and deploy large fleets from a single interface. Management capabilities include intelligent device updates, zero-touch provisioning and quick security remediations. .
Keep reading
Datasheet
Deploy workloads in resource-constrained devices at the far edge
Red Hat® Device Edge comes equipped with the capabilities needed to deploy and manage edge devices and their workloads at scale.
Press release
Lockheed Martin, Red Hat Collaborate to Advance Artificial Intelligence for Military Missions
Red Hat Device Edge will enable Lockheed Martin to support U.S. national security missions.
