Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

An integrated container platform for developers

Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is a fully managed OpenShift® cloud service designed with built-in security to help organizations efficiently build, deploy, and scale critical applications. Ideal for cloud-native development and modernization projects, this service ensures consistent OpenShift operations across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

The service is highly available and intentionally integrated with IBM Cloud to bring your team the full power of the platform, including:

Identity and access management (IAM) services for fine-grained access controls
Schematics for provisioning and life cycle management
Observability for workload insights

Try IBM Cloud’s fully managed OpenShift offering with a USD 200 credit

Use cases

Mission critical applications

Provide support for mission critical applications across industries.

AI acceleration

Facilitate an AI journey with the watsonx portfolio or Red Hat OpenShift AI.

Application modernization

Run VM-based workloads and modernize to cloud-native at your pace.

Hybrid Cloud software platform

Give Hybrid Cloud support for IBM Software products.

Regulated Industries

Address the specific needs of highly regulated industries.

Get started

OpenShift user new to IBM Cloud

User in a regulated industry

User with container needs for AI/Ml

User ready to create a cluster

Are you familiar with OpenShift but new to IBM Cloud?

1) Create a new IBM Cloud account.

2) Select an option within the banner at the top of the page, which provides simple deployable architecture patterns which enables you to quickly create your first cluster.

3) Once the cluster is complete you can access it from the OpenShift console or the command line to deploy your first app.

Benefits

Deploy highly available and resilient clusters with speed

Let IBM rapidly provision, configure, and install a regional high availability (HA) cluster, delivering resilience and speed with a 99.99% service level agreement, ensuring your application will always be there when your customers need it the most.

Supports your security needs

The default OpenShift cluster configuration is locked down with pre-selected controls*, preventing the unintentional creation and exposure of a cluster.

Meets regulatory standards without the hassle

Use a pre-built deployable architecture pattern to create your cluster that meets hundreds of controls by default.

Integrates with core services

Get the benefits of broader IBM Cloud capabilities by directly integrating your Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud clusters with Observability and Security core services.

Unlock deep AI support

Empowers enterprises to develop and deploy AI-driven applications at scale across hybrid cloud environments, featuring V100, L40s, and H100 worker nodes.

Saves money by applying OpenShift entitlements

Apply the Red Hat OpenShift entitlements included in your IBM Software license directly to your IBM Cloud cluster at creation time.

Case studies

Best experience in golf, built on hybrid multicloud

University of the Arts London

Partnered with IBM as a rapid response to digitally displaying student art during the global pandemic.

BBVA Argentina

Containerized infrastructure achieves faster processes and greater productivity in banking- despite fast-changing regulations

IBM CIO Organization - Hybrid Cloud

Reduced hosting costs and operating costs by hosting identical environments on premises and in the cloud.

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Get started with a managed OpenShift platform that meets your development needs.

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