OpenShift

Enterprise Kubernetes. If Kubernetes is the engine, OpenShift is the luxury car built around it. It adds developer tools, security, and a console out of the box.

⚖️ Vanilla K8s vs. OpenShift

Feature	Kubernetes (Vanilla)	OpenShift (Red Hat)
Interface	Basic Dashboard (often installed manually)	Developer Console (Top-tier UI)
Security	Open by default (Root allowed)	Locked down (No Root allowed)
Building Images	You write Dockerfiles & build manually	Source-to-Image (S2I) (Automated)
Ingress	Ingress Controller	Routes (Easier to configure)
Updates	Manual Cluster Upgrades	Over-the-Air Updates (One click)

🕹️ The "Magic" of Source-to-Image (S2I)

In standard K8s, you need a Dockerfile. In OpenShift, you just provide the Source Code.
Drag the repository on the left into the OpenShift Pipeline to see it happen.

YOUR REPOSITORIES

Node.js

📦

my-web-app

https://github.com/me/app

DRAG CODE HERE

🔍

Detect

🏗️

Build

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Deploy

🔗 my-web-app.openshift.com

🧠 Key OpenShift Objects

📂 Project

It's just a Kubernetes Namespace, but with extra features like user quotas and self-service creation for developers.

🛣️ Route

The OpenShift version of Ingress. It exposes a Service to the internet with a public URL (e.g., app.cluster.com) automatically.

🏗️ BuildConfig

Defines how to turn source code into an image. It watches your Git repo and triggers a new build whenever you push code.