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OpenShift Container Platform is an enterprise-grade declarative state machine that is designed to automate application workload operations based on the upstream Kubernetes project (see Kubernetes capabilities). In a Kubernetes context, “declarative” means that developers can specify, in code, a configuration for an application or workload without knowing how that application is going to be deployed. Built on top of Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform gives administrators and developers the tools that they need to deploy and manage applications and services at scale. For more information, see Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
Note: OpenShift Container Platform is a certified Kubernetes distribution. Certification for Kubernetes distributions is provided by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 is based on Kubernetes version 1.25, which includes native support for cluster snapshots, enabling cluster backup and recovery. For more information, see OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 release notes.
OpenShift Platform Plus is available as an optional package that integrates Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management and Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Red Hat Quay, and OpenShift Data Foundation storage. For more information, see Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus.
For an overview of the architecture of OpenShift Container Platform with OpenShift Platform Plus, see Chapter 1. OpenShift Platform Plus overview.