What is OpenShift?
OpenShift is an enterprise open source container orchestration platform by RedHat. It is a cloud development Platform as a Service (PaaS).which enables developers to develop and deploy their applications on cloud infrastructure. The UI of the openshift is very user-friendly.
One of the key features of OpenShift is it is extensible, which helps the users support the application written in other languages. The underlying concept behind OpenShift is based on virtualization. It’s a software product that includes components of the Kubernetes container management project and adds productivity and security features that are important to large-scale companies.
Why OpenShift?
OpenShift provides a common platform for enterprise units to host their applications on cloud without worrying about the underlying operating system. This makes it very easy to use, develop, and deploy applications on cloud. With OpenShift, PaaS developer has the freedom to design their required environment with specifications. OpenShift also offers on-premises version known as OpenShift Enterprise. With all these services OpenShift have very affordable plans to access all these services.
Features of OpenShift
- Container host and runtime
- Enterprise Kubernetes
- Easy access to services
- Integrated container registry
- Developer workflows
- Validated integrations etc
Customers
Now days OpenShift is quite famous. Big Banks are shifting their business to OpenShift. Below is the Data provided by the RedHat. The top fortune companies using OpenShift.
UUECASE: How Airbus uses OPENSHIFT
Airbus SE is a European multinational aerospace corporation. It designs, manufactures, and delivers industry-leading commercial aircraft, helicopters, military transports, satellites, and launch vehicles, as well as providing data services, navigation, secure communications, urban mobility, and other solutions for customers on a global scale.
Challenge
Airbus is undergoing a transformation to offer services on any type of platform and provide on-demand access to software-defined infrastructure. The organization chose to create a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).
Solution
By using Red Hat OpenShift and other Red Hat technology They build a path to faster application delivery with DevOps practices, Airbus participated in a Red Hat Open Innovation Labs engagement. During the 6-week residency, Airbus’s teams worked closely with Red Hat consultants to learn about building cloud-native applications following DevOps practices. The project used Open Practice Library foundational approaches to collaborative, iterative strategy and development to envision, plan, and begin building an initial prototype platform. Weekly review meetings helped participants hone the project roadmap and stay informed of progress.
Business outcomes
- Built and demonstrated an initial unified PaaS and reusable components for supporting key business capabilities
- Gained hands-on skills and experience for in-house creation of cloud-native applications following DevOps and cloud-native design practices
- Established foundation for significantly faster delivery of new services and ongoing expansion of the platform
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