OpenShift
More info
- Creator
- Red Hat
- Released
- Owner
- Red Hat (IBM)
- Type
- Enterprise Kubernetes distribution
- License
- Apache 2.0 (OKD) / commercial
- Website
- redhat.com/openshift
- Source
- github.com/openshift
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Red Hat's enterprise Kubernetes distribution — opinionated, security-hardened, with built-in CI/CD, image registry, monitoring and operator framework.
Stricter defaults than vanilla K8s: SecurityContextConstraints instead of PSP/Pod Security Standards, no "run as root" by default, integrated ImageStream for signing. The oc CLI is a superset of kubectl.
Heavy and expensive — often runs on 6+ nodes just for the control plane. Wins in regulated industries (banking, healthcare) where Red Hat support, RHEL CoreOS and FIPS certification are non-negotiable. Competitors: Rancher, Tanzu, EKS/GKE/AKS.