Open for Shifting Installation
May 24, 2023
Open for Shifting Installation
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (self-managed)
Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat OpenShift
We are just starting our journey with containers. We currently are trying to move all our DevOps tools to containers. Once we have our self-hosted dev ops tools on Red Hat OpenShift, we can upgrade them easily. This is really difficult with our dev ops tools sitting on VMs. In addition, we would be able to retire our VMs and use less resources.
For developers, we are working on creating a pipeline to build and deploy python applications. We currently have 4 python applications. They are using source to image and works with few issues. We do not have any automation at this time. Going to try to automate as soon as possible.
For developers, we are working on creating a pipeline to build and deploy python applications. We currently have 4 python applications. They are using source to image and works with few issues. We do not have any automation at this time. Going to try to automate as soon as possible.
Pros
- It's very easy to set up source to image for a project from git repository.
- The oc and odo command line tools are easy to install on Windows.
- Overall context help is available on most screens.
Cons
- User interface is a bit hard to understand for a novice
- Provide an ai search. It's annoying to dig through many menu items to get what I'm looking for.
- Provides great potential to retire VMs
- Quicker turnaround to test and run upgrades
- Easy to deploy and test python and java applications
Do you think Red Hat OpenShift delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Red Hat OpenShift's feature set?
Yes
Did Red Hat OpenShift live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Red Hat OpenShift go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Red Hat OpenShift again?
Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Feature Ratings
Using Red Hat OpenShift
10 - Currently, Red Hat OpenShift is being used for Dev Ops tools. We are starting to roll it out for other business groups. When software needs to be installed, we are trying to do containers instead of Linux distributions.
3 - Right now, it's installed and we haven't set up governance and policies yet. Minimal support with wide open use right now.
- Start getting teams to think about installing images and use containers instead of VMs.
- Get developers to run apps as containers instead of VMs and processes on Bare Metal OS.
- Quick deployment and test right away even if code is not done or perfect.
- Just starting our journey. Users and developers are still somewhat confused. Working on educating and calming the anxiety of new technology.
- New software will be containerized apps.
- Less requirements for VMs and quicker turn around time.
- Developers don't need to know that app is running on a container.
- Eventually shift some apps out to the cloud when it's reasonable.
Evaluating Red Hat OpenShift and Competitors
- Ease of Use
Teams are intimidated with new technology. Red Hat OpenShift takes a lot of the knowledge overload off initial learning. It just works and it is easy to get something up and running.
Overall, the evaluation and selection went well. Nothing significant to change.
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