Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 brings Kubernetes to Oracle Database Appliance

Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 continues to expand the reach of enterprise Kubernetes into Oracle's infrastructure portfolio. Our expanded Oracle Cloud Infrastructure support in OpenShift 4.20 brings OpenShift to Oracle's distributed and edge cloud services. We now extend support to another key Oracle offering: Oracle Database Appliance (ODA).

What is Oracle Database Appliance?

Oracle Database Appliance is an engineered system designed to simplify Oracle Database deployments for small to medium organizations and distributed environments. ODA combines optimized hardware and software into a single appliance that delivers end-to-end automation, high availability with Oracle Real Application Clusters, and reduced licensing costs by allowing Oracle Database licensing to start from as few as two CPU cores. It is widely adopted across industries where organizations need reliable database infrastructure without the complexity and overhead of building and managing it themselves.

Why Red Hat OpenShift on Oracle Database Appliance?

Bringing OpenShift to ODA creates a compelling opportunity for organizations that already rely on Oracle Database Appliance as the foundation for their database workloads. Instead of managing separate infrastructure for containerized applications, teams can now run OpenShift alongside their Oracle databases on the same appliance, consolidating their footprint while maintaining the operational simplicity that ODA is known for.

This combination benefits Red Hat and Oracle customers in several ways. Organizations can modernize their application layer by deploying cloud-native workloads on OpenShift while keeping their critical Oracle databases where they are.

Core Benefits

• Minimized latency: Applications running in OpenShift containers benefit from high-speed, co-located connectivity to Oracle databases, which is vital for transactional and data-intensive workloads.
• Footprint consolidation: Reduce hardware sprawl by running your entire modern application stack, from the Kubernetes orchestration layer to the data layer on the same appliance.
• Edge readiness: ODA is frequently deployed in branch offices and regional sites. This integration brings enterprise-grade container orchestration to the edge without requiring new hardware.
• Modernized DevOps: Adopt Kubernetes and modern CI/CD practices on infrastructure you already trust, lowering the barrier to digital transformation.

Get started

OpenShift 4.21 support for Oracle Database Appliance is available now. To deploy OpenShift on ODA, consult the official installation documentation:

• Installing OpenShift on Oracle Database Appliance

If you're new to OpenShift or want to explore the platform before deploying on your ODA environment, get started with a trial:

• Try Red Hat OpenShift

Looking ahead

This addition reflects our ongoing commitment to giving OpenShift users deployment flexibility across Oracle's infrastructure ecosystem, from public and sovereign clouds to on-premises engineered systems. As our partnership with Oracle continues to evolve, we look forward to enabling you to run your workloads wherever your business needs them.