Deployment options
Deploy OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 using one of the following options:
- Full control: User provisioned infrastructure (UPI)-based deployment offers maximum flexibility and enables the user to provision, configure, and manage the required cluster infrastructure and resources (bootstrap machine, networking, load balancer, DNS, DHCP, and so on). For detailed steps todeploy the cluster using this approach, see this GitHub file.
- Automated: Installer provisioned infrastructure (IPI)-based deployment is an automated approach. The installer uses the baseboard management controller (BMC) of each cluster host for provisioning. See IPI-based deployment.
- Interactive: This approach uses the Assisted Installer from the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console. (Access requires Red Hat login credentials.) The Assisted Installer offers an interactive way to enter configurable parameters and generate a discovery ISO to boot the cluster nodes. See Assisted Installer deployment.
- Local agent-based: This approach uses the agent-based installer from Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console for clusters that are confined in an air-gapped network. You must download and configure the agent-based installer. (Access requires Red Hat login credentials.) See Agent-based installer deployment.