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OpenShift Deployment Guide

The Red Hat OpenShift Deployment Guide outlines the prerequisites, tools, installation modes, deployment steps, post-installation configuration, validation, testing, and maintenance for deploying OpenShift. It emphasizes the need for specific hardware, DNS setup, and access to Red Hat subscriptions, along with detailed steps for both automated and manual installations. Additionally, it covers post-installation tasks such as configuring storage and security, as well as establishing backup routines and maintenance schedules.

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OpenShift Deployment Guide

The Red Hat OpenShift Deployment Guide outlines the prerequisites, tools, installation modes, deployment steps, post-installation configuration, validation, testing, and maintenance for deploying OpenShift. It emphasizes the need for specific hardware, DNS setup, and access to Red Hat subscriptions, along with detailed steps for both automated and manual installations. Additionally, it covers post-installation tasks such as configuring storage and security, as well as establishing backup routines and maintenance schedules.

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Red Hat OpenShift Deployment Guide

1. Prerequisites
Before deploying OpenShift, ensure the following prerequisites are met:

 ✓ 3+ physical or virtual servers for control plane (masters) with minimum 4 CPUs, 16

✓ Worker nodes with minimum 2 CPUs, 8 GB RAM per node (scalable to desired
GB RAM each.

✓ DNS records (A and PTR) for all nodes (api.<domain>, *.apps.<domain>).


capacity).

✓ Load balancer for control plane (API server) and router ingress.

✓ Internet or Red Hat Satellite access for subscription and image pulls.

✓ Valid Red Hat OpenShift and RHEL subscriptions.


✓ Shared NTP and synchronized time across all nodes.


✓ Passwordless SSH from bootstrap/control node to all hosts.



2. Deployment Tools
The following tools are used:

 ✔ OpenShift Installer CLI (openshift-install)


 ✔ OpenShift Client CLI (oc)
 ✔ Red Hat CoreOS or RHEL 8/9 nodes (for user-managed installations)
 ✔ Ansible (optional for automation)
 ✔ DNS, Load Balancer, and DHCP infrastructure

3. Installation Modes
Choose one of the following installation types:

 a. Installer-Provisioned Infrastructure (IPI): Fully automated installation (requires AWS,


Azure, vSphere etc.)
 b. User-Provisioned Infrastructure (UPI): Manual node and infra setup (recommended
for bare metal/on-prem)

4. Deployment Steps (User-Provisioned Infrastructure - Bare Metal)


1. Step 1: Download openshift-install and oc CLI from Red Hat Customer Portal.
2. Step 2: Generate the install-config.yaml using `openshift-install create install-config`.
3. Step 3: Configure DNS records and load balancer (HAProxy, F5 etc.).
4. Step 4: Manually provision RHCOS/RHEL nodes and assign IPs (static or DHCP
reservations).
5. Step 5: Place ignition files via HTTP server and boot nodes with ignition config.
6. Step 6: Bootstrap node initiates cluster creation and master/worker join automatically.
7. Step 7: Monitor installation via `openshift-install wait-for install-complete`.
8. Step 8: Access OpenShift web console at https://console-openshift-
console.apps.<domain>.
9. Step 9: Configure cluster-wide storage, image registry, logging, and monitoring.
10. Step 10: Install Operators and Management Hub tools (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, Prometheus,
etc.).

5. Post-Installation Configuration
 ✔ Configure persistent storage (ODF, Ceph, NFS).
 ✔ Setup identity provider (LDAP, SSO, GitHub OAuth).
 ✔ Apply security policies (network, pod, SCCs).
 ✔ Enable monitoring and alerting stack.
 ✔ Deploy CI/CD pipelines, backup policies, and registry mirroring.

6. Validation & Testing


Run the following tests:

✓ Verify HA failover for API and Ingress endpoints.


✓ Test pod scheduling and resource scaling.

✓ Validate image registry builds and CI pipelines.


✓ Confirm logs and metrics collection (EFK and Prometheus).


✓ Simulate DR restore with Velero.



7. Cluster Backup & Maintenance


Establish regular backup routines using Velero or etcd snapshots. Perform routine
maintenance including:

 • Weekly health checks (nodes, pods, PVCs)


 • Monthly update planning and testing on staging clusters
 • Quarterly Red Hat subscription sync and patch review
 • Annual disaster recovery drills

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