Azure Red Hat OpenShift is an enterprise-grade container platform based on Kubernetes. It runs Kubernetes nodes on Azure virtual machines (VMs).
External tools and plugins are essential for many actions in Kubernetes, including image registry management, storage, networking, logging, and monitoring. Containerized application development requires tight integration with databases, middleware, and CI/CD tools. Azure Red Hat OpenShift provides all these functions in a unified platform.
Red Hat and Microsoft jointly support Azure Red Hat OpenShift, handling VM operation, patching, updating, and monitoring tasks. Customers deploy OpenShift clusters under their Azure subscriptions, with all costs covered by their Azure bill. They can also customize their registries, storage, and networking solutions or use built-in offerings to automate application builds, scaling, deployments, and source code management.
With Azure Active Directory, users can benefit from an integrated sign-in experience for Azure Red Hat OpenShift. It provides security management, health monitoring, service level agreement (SLA) guarantees, and connectivity between nodes/pods and storage.