Getting started with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
This guide is meant for developers who are looking to learn how to bolster their application building and deployment capabilities by leveraging Azure and Red Hat OpenShift for full-service deployment of fully managed OpenShift clusters.
In this guide, we will walk you through the ins and outs of using Azure’s development tools on the OpenShift platform. We will begin by introducing you to Red Hat OpenShift and the reasons why so many developers and operators choose this as their cluster management platform and how they derive so much utility from it. After learning why OpenShift is your preferred platform, you’ll learn how to get the most out of it. We’ll explain everything you’ll need to know about Red Hat OpenShift, as well as how Azure fits into the picture, starting with the fundamental concepts and building blocks of OpenShift. Once you have a solid understanding of the basic OpenShift concepts, a hands-on guide will teach you everything from how to set up your first cluster, to management, to deploying data services, all powered by Azure.
WHAT CAN AZURE DO FOR YOU?
Whether you’re a professional developer or just write code for fun, developing with Azure puts the latest cloud technology and best-in-class developer tools at your fingertips, making it easy to build cloud-native applications in your preferred language.
With Azure, you can get work done faster, take your development skills to the next level, and imagine and build tomorrow’s applications.
INTRODUCTION TO RED HAT OPENSHIFT
Red Hat OpenShift is an enterprise-ready Kubernetes container platform with full-stack automated operations to manage hybrid cloud and multi-cloud deployments and is optimized to improve developer productivity and promote innovation. With automated operations and streamlined lifecycle management, RedHat OpenShift empowers development teams to build and deploy new applications and helps operations teams provision, manage, and scale a Kubernetes platforms.
Development teams have access to validated images and solutions from hundreds of partners with security scanning and signing throughout the delivery process. They can access on-demand images and get native access to a wide range of third-party cloud services, all through a single platform.
Operations teams are given visibility into deployments wherever they are, and across teams, with built-in logging and monitoring. Red Hat Kubernetes Operators embed the unique application logic that enables the service to be functional, not simply configured but tuned for performance and updated and patched from the OS with a single touch. Red Hat OpenShift is truly a one-stop-shop that enables organizations to unleash the power of their IT and development teams.
