Hybrid cloud blog

    September 6, 2023

    How to feed external secrets for Kubernetes applications with the External Secret Operator, and GitLab on Red Hat OpenShift

    External Secrets Operator is a Kubernetes operator that integrates with external secret management systems like AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Google Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, and many ...

    Saurav Issar

    August 22, 2023

    Running 2500 pods per node on OCP 4.13

    The goal To determine the maximum number of pods per node (PPN) that can be used with equal or better performance. Background There is a default PPN of 250. Customers who exceed 250 ask whether they ...

    Andrew Collins

    August 14, 2023

    Introducing a new operator in developer preview for Istio on OpenShift

    In recent releases of Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh, we have spoken about our goal of converging OpenShift Service Mesh with upstream Istio. While we have been taking incremental steps toward this ...

    Jamie Longmuir

    August 22, 2023

    IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) and Red Hat OpenShift

    This post was written with the help of Alex Donatelli (IBM). IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) is an integrated solution for asset monitoring, management, predictive maintenance, and reliability ...

    Santosh Gurijala and Lakshman Easwaran

    August 21, 2023

    The Value of OpenShift

    Value can be a hard word to nail down. Does it refer to the actual dollar amount you can get for your car, today? Is it about the amount you paid for it when it was new? Is it a function of the ...

    Alex Handy

    August 14, 2023

    Introducing the Argo CD Application Pull Controller for Open Cluster Management

    This article highlights the benefits of using the pull model method for managing multiple Kubernetes clusters in a CD system like Argo CD. It explains how to enhance Argo CD without significant code ...

    Feng Xiang, Mike Ng, Maggie Chen, Christian Stark

    August 24, 2023

    Operator installation with Argo CD/GitOps

    From the beginning, I try to achieve a GitOps approach for application deployment and cluster configuration for every customer when starting the Kubernetes journey. I am on the infrastructure side, ...

    Thomas Jungbauer

    April 25, 2023

    Installing OpenShift on VMWare and Deploying a Sample Application - Part 1

    The release of Red Hat OpenShift 4.7 added a new vSphere Installer Provisioned Installation (IPI) option that makes it very easy to quickly provision an OpenShift cluster in a VMWare EXSi ...

    Paul Lucas

    August 16, 2023

    Red Hat Quay 3.9 is Generally Available

    Red Hat Quay 3.9 is generally available as of today! This version increases the vulnerability reporting coverage of container image content, broadens audit logging coverage and integration with ...

    Daniel Messer

    November 10, 2022

    3 Methods of “Auto” Scaling OpenShift Applications

    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) makes it easy for developers to deploy kubernetes-native solutions that can automatically handle apps' horizontal scaling needs, as well as many other ...

    Luqman Barry

    July 17, 2023

    Using oc adm top to Monitor Memory Usage

    To provide reliable services, you need to monitor your services’ performance by examining the containers and pods in OpenShift (Kubernetes) clusters. OpenShift provides the oc adm top command for ...

    Daein Park

    August 25, 2023

    Argo CD Disaster Recovery strategy using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management and OADP

    Imagine that your company relies on Argo CD to manage Kubernetes configurations, but you lose all of your Argo CD data when a disaster occurs. Without a disaster recovery strategy in place, you face ...

    Idan Henik

    August 25, 2023

    How to Survive a Penetration Test

    Recently a cluster I setup in an Air-Gapped environment underwent a PT test and passed with flying colors! I thought I would take the opportunity to share with others the main items I focused on when ...

    Guy Rakover

    December 20, 2022

    How to Setup External Secrets Operator (ESO) as a Service

    Overview "The External Secrets Operator (ESO) extends Kubernetes with Custom Resources, which define where secrets live and how to synchronize them. The controller fetches secrets from an external ...

    Luqman Barry

    October 20, 2022

    Red Hat OpenShift is now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace

    We’re thrilled to announce that Red Hat OpenShift is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. Red Hat OpenShift is an enterprise-ready application platform built for open hybrid cloud and ...

    Sarah Shang

    June 2, 2023

    Your guide to the GitLab Runners Operator on OpenShift

    Continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines have become a crucial part of modern software development, allowing developers to build, test, and deploy code changes quickly and ...

    Tayler Geiger

    September 7, 2023

    Running VMs the Cloud Native Way

    Did you know that you can run virtual machines on OpenShift? OpenShift Virtualization is an operator that allows you to do just that. Once the operator is installed, you can run your VMs on ...

    Ronen Sde-Or

    August 10, 2023

    A Simple Path to Virtual Machines

    In the past, I have blogged about different ways to create working VirtualMachine (VM) definitions for OpenShift Virtualization in YAML. Whether you choose to create an example VM in the console, or ...

    Chandler Wilkerson