Red Hat OpenStack on OpenShift
CHALLENGE
Virtualisation needs more flexibility and control
Traditional virtualisation environments can become expensive, complex and difficult to evolve as infrastructure requirements change. Organisations may find themselves dependent on proprietary platforms while needing greater flexibility over where workloads run and how their infrastructure is managed.
At the same time, existing virtual machines cannot simply disappear. The challenge is to modernise infrastructure while continuing to support critical workloads, maintaining availability and avoiding unnecessary disruption.
For those looking to build a private cloud or move away from existing virtualisation platforms, the challenge is creating an infrastructure foundation that provides greater control without adding unnecessary operational complexity.
SOLUTION
Build a scalable private cloud with OpenStack
Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift provides an enterprise platform for building and operating private cloud infrastructure, bringing together virtualised and cloud-native workloads on a scalable foundation.
OpenStack provides the infrastructure services needed to manage compute, networking and storage, while the OpenShift-based control plane simplifies management and creates a common foundation for virtual machines, containers and bare-metal workloads.
This provides greater infrastructure flexibility while creating a path for modernisation. Existing virtual machines can continue to run while new application platforms and cloud-native services are introduced over time. Red Hat also provides tooling and documented workflows for migrating virtual machines from VMware environments to Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift.
About Redpill Linpro
Redpill Linpro is the leading provider of Open Source services and solutions in the Nordics.
With around 300 specialists across Sweden, Norway and Denmark, we help organisations build, integrate and operate secure and sustainable digital solutions across cloud, integration, data and open source technologies.
HOW REDPILL LINPRO CAN HELP
Redpill Linpro helps design, implement and operate OpenStack environments - combining deep open-source expertise with hands-on experience from business-critical cloud infrastructure.
Together with you, we help:
Design and implement your private cloud
Build an OpenStack architecture around your workloads, infrastructure and business requirements, from compute and networking to storage and capacity.
Migrate and modernise your infrastructure
Plan upgrades and migrations from existing virtualisation or OpenStack environments while creating a foundation for both existing workloads and future cloud-native services.
Operate and optimise your OpenStack platform
Get ongoing expertise for troubleshooting, upgrades, optimisation and operations to keep your environment reliable, scalable and ready to evolve.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
OpenStack is an open-source cloud platform used to create and manage cloud infrastructure. It provides services for areas such as compute, networking, storage, identity and images, giving organisations a foundation for building private and public clouds.
Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift is Red Hat's enterprise OpenStack offering. It combines OpenStack infrastructure services with an OpenShift-based control plane, allowing organisations to manage virtualised and cloud-native workloads on scalable private cloud infrastructure.
Yes. Red Hat provides migration tooling and workflows for moving virtual machines from VMware environments to Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift. A migration still requires assessment and planning around workloads, storage, networking and other dependencies.
OpenStack primarily provides cloud infrastructure for compute, networking and storage, while OpenShift is an application platform built around Kubernetes. In Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift, the technologies work together: OpenShift hosts the OpenStack control plane while OpenStack provides infrastructure services for virtualised workloads.
Talk to an OpenStack expert
OpenStack helps organisations manage compute, network, and storage resources with greater modularity, flexibility, and control. If you would like to explore how it could support your organisation, Kirsti can guide you through the possibilities.
Kirsti Stien
Region Manager DevOps Oslo