Enterprise Kubernetes Foundation
Production-ready Kubernetes with enhanced security and stability
Full Red Hat support with long-term lifecycle management
Certified Kubernetes distribution with 100% API compatibility
Automated installation, upgrades, and lifecycle management
Multi-cluster management capabilities
Node management with automated health checks and remediation
Developer Productivity
Integrated CI/CD pipelines with OpenShift Pipelines (Tekton)
Source-to-image (S2I) deployment for major languages and frameworks
Developer CLI and web console with intuitive interfaces
Built-in image streams and image registry
CodeReady Workspaces for cloud-based development environments
Automated build processes with webhooks integration
Hybrid Cloud Deployments
Consistent platform across on-premises and public clouds
Bare metal, virtualized, and edge deployment options
Portable workloads with standardized Kubernetes API
Multi-cluster federation for geographic distribution
Unified management across hybrid environments
Application Services
Service Mesh based on Istio for microservices networking
Serverless capabilities with Knative (OpenShift Serverless)
Operator Framework for managing complex applications
Integrated API management capabilities
Database services with operator-managed databases
Enterprise Security
Role-based access control (RBAC) with fine-grained permissions
Built-in container security with Security Context Constraints
Integrated authentication with enterprise systems (LDAP, OAuth)
Network policy enforcement and network segmentation
Vulnerability scanning for container images
Compliance automation with security profiles
Operational Excellence
Comprehensive monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana
Centralized logging with Loki stack
Automated horizontal and vertical scaling
Resource quotas and limit management
Cost management and optimization tools
Advanced troubleshooting capabilities
Storage Solutions
Container Storage Interface (CSI) support for diverse storage options
OpenShift Data Foundation for software-defined storage
Persistent volumes with dynamic provisioning
Storage classes for different performance tiers
Backup and restore capabilities
Data replication across clusters
Networking Features
Software-defined networking (SDN) with OVN-Kubernetes
Integrated load balancing capabilities
Ingress controllers for HTTP/HTTPS routing
Network policies for micro-segmentation
IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack support
Integration with existing network infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
Integration with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub
Support for external image registries
Authentication integration with corporate identity providers
Connection to existing monitoring and logging systems
Compliance with industry regulations and standards
Support for legacy and cloud-native applications