Featured links Open hybrid cloud Support Developers Partners Start a trial Menu English Search Log in Contact us Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® is the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform.* It’s an open source operating system (OS). It’s the foundation from which you can scale existing apps—and roll out emerging technologies—across bare-metal, virtual, container, and all types of cloud environments. *Worldwide Operating Systems and Subsystems Market Shares, 2018; released November 2019 Try it Buy it Talk to a Red Hatter What is Red Hat Enterprise Linux? Red Hat Enterprise Linux is an enterprise Linux operating system, certified on hundreds of clouds and with thousands of vendors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a consistent foundation across environments and the tools needed to deliver services and workloads faster for any application. Red Hat Enterprise Linux reduces deployment friction and costs while speeding time to value for critical workloads, enabling development and operations teams to innovate together in any environment. Features and benefits Get product documentation | Download the datasheet JUMP TO SECTION Expand to the edge Red Hat Enterprise Linux extends your hybrid cloud infrastructure to the edge—across hundreds of thousands of nodes all over the world. Create edge-optimized OS images, minimize workload interruptions caused by OS updates, transfer system updates more efficiently, and have confidence in automatic health checks and rollbacks. Why run our OS at the edge? Mitigate, secure, comply Red Hat Enterprise Linux takes a practical, 3-point approach to addressing security challenges: Mitigate, secure, and comply. Built-in security features help you defend against threats and stay in compliance with regulatory requirements. 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How Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports hybrid cloud Subscription exclusives A Red Hat subscription offers production-ready code, life-cycle management, software interoperability, and access to experts and tools to help you run your business. Existing customers can take advantage of security, performance, and automation support immediately. Check out these benefits Open source innovation Get supported access to open source innovation. As a top contributor to the Linux kernel and hundreds of subsystems, we represent your requirements upstream and return with stable innovations. Learn about this advantage Outcomes of using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Architecture Architecture Development Development Operations Operations Stability in future-ready infrastructure The operating system (OS) is the foundation of your architecture. By starting with an OS that runs anywhere, you can support your current and future requirements. Building on Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a strategic decision that provides consistency across environments and stability as things change in the future. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you can run new applications on a consistent foundation, maintain legacy systems, and enhance security by addressing vulnerabilities and mitigating threats. E-book: Experience Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 now available The latest version adds new and enhanced capabilities to help organizations scale from the datacenter and public clouds to the edge and beyond. See what else is new A shared technological foundation Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud strategy is built on the technological foundation of Linux®, containers, and automation. An open hybrid cloud approach gives you the flexibility to run your applications anywhere you need them. Every technology within your IT stack needs to work well together. Because those connections rely on the operating system, it has to be consistent, reliable, and flexible. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the common link connecting modern IT. How our customers use Red Hat Enterprise Linux UPS created a container-based application platform that enables developers to more efficiently create new features for operations logistics and staffing. Get the story Lufthansa Technik used hybrid cloud infrastructure to build a digital platform that uses data to better organize and schedule airline maintenance. Get the story Tomago Aluminium improved development efficiency, consolidated its server footprint, and enhanced system and data security by migrating its SAP solution. 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