September 2016
Intermediate to advanced
100 pages
2h 5m
English
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Introduction
OpenShift has been available since 2011 and has seen great success as a polyglot platform for the deployment of web applications and services. Part of the success of OpenShift derives from the use of containers in conjunction with a Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) environment. These technologies enable OpenShift to implement a secure multi tenant environment suitable for the enterprise, as well as OpenShift Online, Red Hat’s own public platform as a service (PaaS) offering.
Technology is always evolving, and to keep up with the latest advances OpenShift has also evolved. The latest version of OpenShift takes advantage of newer technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, for managing and running applications within containers. Building on Kubernetes and OpenShift’s own magic sauce, OpenShift takes PaaS to a new level, what we like to call a container application platform.
OpenShift offers you the ability to easily deploy your web application code directly using a library of pre-defined image builders, or you can bring your own Docker images. With support in OpenShift for features such as persistent volumes, you are not limited to just running 12-factor or cloud native applications. You can also deploy databases and many legacy applications which you otherwise would not be able to run on a traditional PaaS.
OpenShift is the modern take on PaaS that you can use with your current applications, but which also provides the power and flexibility to meet future needs. This ...
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