Redhat Openshift and its Use Cases
Automation is a new trend in the industry these days. OpenShift is one of the finest automation tools to solve complex automated use cases of Industry integrating various tools.
What is Redhat Openshift?
OpenShift was introduced by the RedHat platform as an update to an already existing Kubernetes platform. It can be used to manage, monitor container management tools like Kubernetes. This release of OpenShift uses previous model Operators to improve efficiency. Moreover, the new features have benefited both IT teams and developers. It has multithreading, improved security, and a low response time for applications.
Users can easily make use of public or private resources by running OpenShift. On top of both public and private resources, we have the operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Next, on top of that, is the Kubernetes layer. Lastly, on top of that, is OpenShift.
OpenShift is a cloud-enabled application Platform as a Service (PaaS). It’s an open-source technology that helps organizations move their traditional application infrastructure and platform from physical, virtual mediums to the cloud.
OpenShift supports a very large variety of applications, which can be easily developed and deployed on the OpenShift cloud platform. OpenShift basically supports three kinds of platforms for the developers and users.
Case Study: Porsche Informatik
“Our old approach involved several teams and lots of rounds of approvals, and we’d need sometimes as long as six weeks to develop an application. Today, with Red Hat OpenShift, we can have a prototype available within hours.”
Simon Waldner,
System Engineer,
Porsche Informatik
Porsche Informatik, IT service provider for the Volkswagen Automotive Group, needed to speed application development and delivery to stay competitive in a fast-paced global market. The organization used Red Hat OpenShift to create a private cloud container environment. Porsche Informatik’s developers can now take advantage of self-service capabilities, and teams across the organization can work together more effectively with a DevOps approach supporting continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflows. As a result, Porsche Informatik has cut development time from weeks to hours and created a solid foundation to stay ahead of the competition.
Benefits
- Reduced development times from 5–6 weeks to hours with self-service provisioning
- Established DevOps community for more engaged teamwork
- Gained support for early adoption of Kubernetes and container technology to outpace the competition
Migrating to a container-based, cloud-native platform with Red Hat OpenShift
Porsche Informatik decided to migrate its application infrastructure to Red Hat OpenShift. The organization has used Red Hat Enterprise Linux since 2015 and worked with data center provider and Red Hat partner eww ITandTEL in 2017 to establish a private cloud environment.
To build its teams’ skills with OpenShift and Kubernetes, the organization continues to work closely with its Red Hat Technical Account Manager after initial deployment.
