© William Caban 2019
W. CabanArchitecting and Operating OpenShift Clustershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4985-7_1

1. The OpenShift Architecture

William Caban1 
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Columbia, MD, USA
 

To properly architect an OpenShift cluster, we need to understand the different components of the platform, their roles, and how they interact with each other. This base knowledge is important to be able to fine-tune OpenShift cluster design to your organization’s need beyond what is covered in this book.

Before going into each main component of OpenShift, it is important to understand how it relates to Linux Containers and Kubernetes.

Linux Containers

Nowadays, when we see the term Linux Containers, it is easy to think it only refers to Docker, but that is not the case. ...

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