OpenShift Container Platform fills the gaps that Kubernetes leaves open, such as:
- Platform-level services, including building and packaging applications
- Integrated logging and monitoring solutions (Prometheus and Grafana)
- Integrated web console
OpenShift Container Platform provides the following benefits for production-grade environments:
- Eliminates the complexity of installing Kubernetes and adding authentication, management, logging, security, and networking.
- Provides self-management capabilities that are not found in Kubernetes due to the tightly coupled toolchain, including:
- The default containers-first operating system (Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS)
- A Kubernetes-first container run-time (CRI-O)
- A rigorous testing and certification process for additional Red Hat and vendor middleware