Restricted OpenShift entitlement for IBM Cloud Paks

Depending on where you obtain Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform from, it can have implications on what you can deploy on it.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform clusters are entitled by cores, not by individual nodes. You can stack entitlements of different types together to ensure that all of the cores in a cluster have a valid entitlement according to the terms and conditions for that entitlement.

If you obtain Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform as part of a bundle with your IBM Cloud Pak®, your Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform cores are restricted cores. They can only be used in support of your IBM Cloud® Paks. Refer to the specific IBM Cloud Pak or product's documentation for any additional clarification.

Important: Whether or not your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cores are restricted or not, you can still take full advantage of all of the features that are included in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, for example, but not limited to, OpenShift Pipelines.

If you obtain Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform independent of your IBM Cloud Pak, such as purchasing it directly through Red Hat, your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cores are unrestricted cores. They can be used to support your IBM Cloud Paks and any other application or monitoring agent.

The following diagrams illustrate what you can deploy on which cores depending on your entitlement type.

Permitted deployment

You can run IBM Cloud Paks and bundled applications on restricted cores. Any application that runs on worker cores and is not bundled with your IBM Cloud Paks (for example a 3rd party Business Analytics application) requires additional unrestricted worker cores. Any applications that do not run on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform are not affected.

Not permitted deployment

You cannot run any non IBM Cloud Pak or non IBM Cloud Pak bundled application or monitoring agent on restricted worker cores that are bundled with IBM Cloud Paks. All documented use cases for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform infrastructure cores are permitted on infrastructure cores entitled through your IBM Cloud Pak. For more information about the use cases, see Self-managed Red Hat OpenShift subscription guide in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation.