Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes is a powerful software solution that enables organizations to control clusters and applications from a single console. It extends the capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift by providing tools for deploying apps, managing multiple clusters, and enforcing policies across multiple clusters at scale. The software includes built-in security policies to ensure compliance and maintain consistency across environments.

Key Features

Unified Multicluster Management Centralized control and management of Kubernetes clusters across multiple clouds.

• Create, update, and delete clusters across private and public clouds
• Search and modify Kubernetes resources across the entire domain
• Integrate with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for task automation

Policy-based Governance, Risk, and Compliance Comprehensive tools for maintaining security and compliance across clusters.

• Set and enforce policies for security, applications, and infrastructure
• Visualize detailed auditing on app and cluster configurations
• Automate remediation of policy violations

Advanced Application Lifecycle Management Streamlined deployment and management of applications across clusters.

• Define and deploy applications based on policies
• View service endpoints and pods associated with application topologies
• Automatically deploy applications to specific clusters based on definitions

Multicluster Observability Comprehensive monitoring and optimization capabilities for cluster health.

• Access out-of-the-box multicluster dashboards for health and optimization
• Perform deep scans of individual clusters or at the aggregated level
• Utilize Dynamic Search and Visual Web Terminal for faster troubleshooting

Multicluster Networking with Submariner Enhanced networking capabilities for cross-cluster communication.

• Provide cross-cluster network infrastructure with Submariner
• Use DNS service discovery for Kubernetes clusters in multi-cluster environments
• Manage and observe microservices-based application network flow

Benefits

Improved Operational Efficiency Streamline management of multiple Kubernetes clusters and applications.

• Centralized control reduces complexity and management overhead
• Automation capabilities minimize manual tasks and potential errors

Enhanced Security and Compliance Maintain consistent security policies and compliance across environments.

• Centrally set and enforce policies for security, applications, and infrastructure
• Gain immediate visibility into compliance posture based on defined standards

Simplified Application Deployment Accelerate and standardize application deployment across clusters.

• Deploy applications across clusters based on policies
• Automate configurations for networking, databases, and more

Comprehensive Observability Gain deep insights into cluster health and performance.

• Access aggregated views of cluster metrics and health
• Quickly identify and resolve issues across the federated domain