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What are Red Hat OpenShift self‑managed editions?

Red Hat® OpenShift® self-managed editions are designed for organizations that want the most flexibility and granular control of their Red Hat OpenShift environments. They provide a consistent platform to build, modernize, and deploy applications across on-premises  servers,  private cloud environments, and supported public cloud environments. 

Red Hat offers three self-managed editions to meet different organizational needs, including OpenShift Platform Plus, the most complete solution for bringing apps to market on your hybrid cloud.

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How do self-managed editions compare?

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Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus logo

Builds on the capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform with a complete platform for accelerating application development and application modernization. Download the datasheet.


Includes:

  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
  • Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Essentials
  • Red Hat Quay

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Mid-level

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Adds a full set of operations and developer services and tools that includes everything in the Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine plus additional features. Download the datasheet.


Includes:

  • 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

Delivers 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:

  • Administrator console
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS immutable container operation system
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
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Why choose self-managed Red Hat OpenShift?

Red Hat OpenShift® self-managed editions allow deployment on any private or public cloud, on premise, or at the edge. Long-term support provides flexible lifecycles with the option to choose when to upgrade to the next version of Red Hat OpenShift.

No matter where you run Red Hat OpenShift, you’ll benefit from a consistent, unified application platform with built-in security features and support for traditional and modernized workloads, including virtual machines and artificial intelligence (AI).

Run anywhere

Red Hat OpenShift runs anywhere Red Hat Enterprise Linux® runs—with an ecosystem of certified hardware options and supported infrastructure. Here’s where you can install and run Red Hat OpenShift, with links to additional partners, certifications, and platforms.

Cloud providers Virtualization
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift VMware vSphere Nutanix
Hyperconverged appliances
Dell technologies HPE IBM
Hardware and architectures
AMD IBM Intel NVIDIA

Red Hat OpenShift is optimized for accelerator hardware, with support for devices such as GPUs, TPUs, and other AI-focused systems. Bare metal servers and devices or systems that are certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux  are certified to run Red Hat OpenShift on bare metal. View all hardware and platform partners.

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Key features and benefits

Support the entire application lifecycle

Build, test, scale, secure, and deploy applications consistently across any environment, while receiving platform support, upgrades, and patches.

Consistent operations

Apply consistent operational policies for security, configuration, compliance, and governance to Red Hat OpenShift clusters across on-premise and cloud infrastructures.

Built-in security capabilities

Monitor running workloads for security issues or threats with system-level data collection and analysis.

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Red Hat named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Application Platforms

Red Hat was positioned as a Leader in the first-ever Gartner Cloud Application Platforms Magic Quadrant. Red Hat® OpenShift® was recognized as a Leader for its ability to execute and completeness of vision.

How our customers use Red Hat OpenShift self‑managed editions

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Poste Italiane accelerated cloud-native application development by 80% to provide a more seamless customer experience.

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HCA Healthcare improved patient care to save lives using real-time data at scale with new insights.

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