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Supported IBM Cloud and third-party integrations

Learn more about the following IBM®, IBM Cloud®, and third-party integrations for Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud clusters.

Service Description

IBM Cloud platform services IBM Cloud platform services that support service keys can be integrated by using service binding.

IBM Cloud classic infrastructure services Your OpenShift cluster is based on fully-integrated IBM Cloud classic infrastructure services such as Virtual Servers, Bare Metal Servers, or VLANs. You create and work with these services instances by using the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service API, CLI, or console.

To secure the cluster network or connect to an on-prem data center, we can configure one of the following options:

strongSwan IPSec VPN Service
IBM Cloud Direct Link
Virtual Router Appliance (VRA)
Fortigate Security Appliance (FSA)

IBM Cloud storage Supported persistent storage solutions, such as IBM Cloud File Storage, IBM Cloud Block Storage, or IBM Cloud Object Storage are integrated as Kubernetes flex drivers and can be set up by using Helm charts. The storage documentation for each solution includes instructions to install and manage storage. For more information about choosing a persistent storage solution, see Plan highly available persistent storage.

Cluster autoscaler With the ibm-iks-cluster-autoscaler plug-in, we can scale the worker pools in the cluster automatically to increase or decrease the number of worker nodes in the worker pool based on the sizing requests of our scheduled workloads. For more information, see Scaling clusters.

Diagnostics and debug tool While you troubleshoot, we can use the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Diagnostics and Debug Tool add-on to run tests and gather pertinent information from the cluster.

Istio for service mesh Unlike for community Kubernetes clusters, the Istio managed add-on is not supported. Instead, use the Red Hat service mesh operator. Note: The default IBM Cloud configuration of the routers enables host networking, which is not compatible with the service mesh network policy. For the service mesh ingress to work, apply a network policy.

Knative for serverless apps Unlike for community Kubernetes clusters, the Knative managed add-on is not supported. Instead, try out the tech preview for the OpenShift Serverless operator.

Kubernetes Terminal Use the Kubernetes Terminal add-on to use the IBM Cloud CLI to manage the cluster directly from your web browser.

IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA Add log management capabilities to the cluster by deploying LogDNA as a third-party service to your worker nodes to manage logs from the pod containers. For more information, see the following docs.

About the LogDNA partnership.
Set up LogDNA in an OpenShift cluster.
Tutorial: Managing Kubernetes cluster logs with IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA.

Portworx Portworx is a highly available software-defined storage solution that we can use to manage persistent storage for the containerized databases and other stateful apps, or to share data between pods across multiple zones. We can install Portworx with a Helm chart and provision storage for our apps by using Kubernetes persistent volumes. However, the default configuration requires that you modify the security context constraints, similar to LogDNA.

Razee Razee is an open-source project that automates and manages the deployment of Kubernetes resources across clusters, environments, and cloud providers, and helps you to visualize deployment information for the resources so that we can monitor the rollout process and find deployment issues more quickly. For more information about Razee and how to set up Razee in the cluster to automate the deployment process, see the Razee documentation.

IBM Cloud Monitoring with Sysdig Gain operational visibility into the performance and health of our apps by deploying Sysdig as a third-party service to your worker nodes to forward metrics to IBM Cloud Monitoring with Sysdig. For more information, see the following docs.

About the Sysdig partnership.
Set up Sysdig in an OpenShift cluster.
Tutorial: Analyzing metrics for an app that is deployed in a Kubernetes cluster.

IBM Blockchain Platform v2 Deploy and manage your own IBM Blockchain Platform on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud. With IBM Blockchain Platform v2, we can host IBM Blockchain networks or create organizations that can join other IBM Blockchain v2 networks. For more information about how to set up IBM Blockchain in Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud, see About IBM Blockchain Platform.

Other third-party integrations We can install many other integrations into the OpenShift cluster, such as through the OpenShift catalog, Operators, Helm charts, or do-it-yourself open source software installations. Make sure that these apps are compatible with your OpenShift cluster and Kubernetes version. For example, we might need to update the app for the installation to succeed.

Service	Description
IBM Cloud platform services	IBM Cloud platform services that support service keys can be integrated by using service binding.
IBM Cloud classic infrastructure services	Your OpenShift cluster is based on fully-integrated IBM Cloud classic infrastructure services such as Virtual Servers, Bare Metal Servers, or VLANs. You create and work with these services instances by using the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service API, CLI, or console. To secure the cluster network or connect to an on-prem data center, we can configure one of the following options: strongSwan IPSec VPN Service IBM Cloud Direct Link Virtual Router Appliance (VRA) Fortigate Security Appliance (FSA)
IBM Cloud storage	Supported persistent storage solutions, such as IBM Cloud File Storage, IBM Cloud Block Storage, or IBM Cloud Object Storage are integrated as Kubernetes flex drivers and can be set up by using Helm charts. The storage documentation for each solution includes instructions to install and manage storage. For more information about choosing a persistent storage solution, see Plan highly available persistent storage.
Cluster autoscaler	With the ibm-iks-cluster-autoscaler plug-in, we can scale the worker pools in the cluster automatically to increase or decrease the number of worker nodes in the worker pool based on the sizing requests of our scheduled workloads. For more information, see Scaling clusters.
Diagnostics and debug tool	While you troubleshoot, we can use the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Diagnostics and Debug Tool add-on to run tests and gather pertinent information from the cluster.
Istio for service mesh	Unlike for community Kubernetes clusters, the Istio managed add-on is not supported. Instead, use the Red Hat service mesh operator. Note: The default IBM Cloud configuration of the routers enables host networking, which is not compatible with the service mesh network policy. For the service mesh ingress to work, apply a network policy.
Knative for serverless apps	Unlike for community Kubernetes clusters, the Knative managed add-on is not supported. Instead, try out the tech preview for the OpenShift Serverless operator.
Kubernetes Terminal	Use the Kubernetes Terminal add-on to use the IBM Cloud CLI to manage the cluster directly from your web browser.
IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA	Add log management capabilities to the cluster by deploying LogDNA as a third-party service to your worker nodes to manage logs from the pod containers. For more information, see the following docs. About the LogDNA partnership. Set up LogDNA in an OpenShift cluster. Tutorial: Managing Kubernetes cluster logs with IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA.
Portworx	Portworx is a highly available software-defined storage solution that we can use to manage persistent storage for the containerized databases and other stateful apps, or to share data between pods across multiple zones. We can install Portworx with a Helm chart and provision storage for our apps by using Kubernetes persistent volumes. However, the default configuration requires that you modify the security context constraints, similar to LogDNA.
Razee	Razee is an open-source project that automates and manages the deployment of Kubernetes resources across clusters, environments, and cloud providers, and helps you to visualize deployment information for the resources so that we can monitor the rollout process and find deployment issues more quickly. For more information about Razee and how to set up Razee in the cluster to automate the deployment process, see the Razee documentation.
IBM Cloud Monitoring with Sysdig	Gain operational visibility into the performance and health of our apps by deploying Sysdig as a third-party service to your worker nodes to forward metrics to IBM Cloud Monitoring with Sysdig. For more information, see the following docs. About the Sysdig partnership. Set up Sysdig in an OpenShift cluster. Tutorial: Analyzing metrics for an app that is deployed in a Kubernetes cluster.
IBM Blockchain Platform v2	Deploy and manage your own IBM Blockchain Platform on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud. With IBM Blockchain Platform v2, we can host IBM Blockchain networks or create organizations that can join other IBM Blockchain v2 networks. For more information about how to set up IBM Blockchain in Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud, see About IBM Blockchain Platform.
Other third-party integrations	We can install many other integrations into the OpenShift cluster, such as through the OpenShift catalog, Operators, Helm charts, or do-it-yourself open source software installations. Make sure that these apps are compatible with your OpenShift cluster and Kubernetes version. For example, we might need to update the app for the installation to succeed.