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Red Hat OpenShift pros and cons

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4.2 out of 5
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PROS

Red Hat OpenShift provides strong security features, including role-based access and security context constraints for granular control.
It offers robust automation capabilities, facilitating DevOps practices and improving CI/CD workflows.
Red Hat OpenShift enables scalability and uptime efficiency, allowing applications to scale automatically based on demand.
The platform supports seamless integration with existing tools like Jenkins, enhancing development workflows.
Red Hat OpenShift is cloud agnostic, offering flexibility in multi-cloud environments and avoiding vendor lock-in.

CONS

Red Hat OpenShift needs improvement in support for legacy applications and Bitbucket repositories.
Red Hat OpenShift's complex command line interface and configuration files can be challenging for users.
There are issues with Red Hat OpenShift's autoscaling, which is currently limited to CPU and memory, lacking criteria such as transaction volume and queue backlog.
Improvement in Red Hat OpenShift's documentation and technical support is necessary, as they are not up to standard, causing difficulties when incidents arise.
Red Hat OpenShift needs enhanced integration with public cloud platforms and support for a more comprehensive hybrid cloud solution.
 

Red Hat OpenShift Pros review quotes

TB
Director and Head of IT at a non-tech company
Mar 28, 2018
Security is also an important part of this solution. By default, things are running with limited privileges and securely confined to their own resources. This way, different users and projects can all use the same infrastructure.
AR
Senior Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Mar 28, 2018
Key features are WildFly, because it standardizes infrastructure and the git repository and docker. Git is essential for source code and Docker for infrastructure.
DM
System Installation Solution Department Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 3, 2018
I love to automate everything and OpenShift was been born for that. It takes care of the network layer itself and I don't need to dive into it; I can work on a top level. Our project has numerous services designed to run in Docker containers, and we have run almost all pieces in OpenShift.
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it_user850419 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 5, 2018
Scaling and uptime of the applications are positives.
it_user850422 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 5, 2018
Valuable features include auto-recreate of pod if pod fails; fast rollback, with one click, to previous version.
it_user685308 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 7, 2018
The virtualization of my APIs means I no longer have to pay VMware large amounts of money to only run in-house solutions.
SB
Works with 10,001+ employees
Jul 4, 2019
This solution is providing a platform with OOTB features that are difficult to build from scratch.
Remigiusz - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 6, 2020
The most valuable feature is the high availability for the applications.
reviewer1383027 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 15, 2020
Provides support throughout the whole platform.
reviewer1563195 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Native Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 25, 2021
The solution provides a lot of flexibility to the application team for running their applications in the container platform, without needing to monitor the entire infrastructure all the time. It automatically scales and automatically self-heals. There is also a mechanism to alert the team in case it is over-committing or overutilizing the application.
 

Red Hat OpenShift Cons review quotes

TB
Director and Head of IT at a non-tech company
Mar 28, 2018
The area for improvement is mostly in support for legacy applications.
AR
Senior Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Mar 28, 2018
It would be great if it supported Bitbucket repositories too.
DM
System Installation Solution Department Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 3, 2018
I think that OpenShift has too many commands for running services from the CLI, and the configuration files are a little complicated.
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it_user850419 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 5, 2018
Needs work on volume handling (although this is already better with GlusterFS). Security (SSSD) would also be an improvement.
it_user850422 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 5, 2018
It could use auto-scaling based on criteria such as transaction volume, queue backlog, etc. Currently, it is limited to CPU and memory.
it_user685308 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 7, 2018
There have been some issues with security, in particular, that we had to address. At times they make it “clunky." I am quite confident these parameters will appear in the next releases. They have been reported as bugs and are actually in process.
SB
Works with 10,001+ employees
Jul 4, 2019
If we can have a GUI-based configuration with better flexibility then it will be great.
Remigiusz - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 6, 2020
Not a ten because it's not a standard solution and the endpoint protection user has to prepare with documentation or have training from other people. It's not easy to start because it's not like other solutions.
reviewer1383027 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 15, 2020
The solution only offers support for one server.
reviewer1563195 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Native Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 25, 2021
Documentation and technical support could be improved. The product is good, but when we raise a case with support—say we are having an image issue—the support is not really up to the mark. It is difficult to get support... When we raise a case, their support people will hesitate to get on a call or a screen-sharing session. That is a major drawback when it comes to OpenShift.