In my previous post I described how to manually export/import a Docker image from one system into the Docker registry of OpenShift. A next step would be to push an image from a non OpenShift system directly into the registry. The documentation of OpenShift recommends to secure the registry before opening it for external access. […]
Category: PaaS
Anything related to Platform as a Service
During many customer discussions on PaaS, the same question does come up: “Can I use my own Docker images in OpenShift?” While the simple answer obviously is: “Well, sure! OpenShift makes use of Docker und Kubernetes“ Making it work, is a little bit more complex – until one finally understands it. In this blog I […]
Motivation This is a follow-up on my initial posting on IaaS vs PaaS. While part 1 was an introduction into what IaaS is and how PaaS differs, this posting will look into an exemplary business-case, comparing those two approaches. The scenario and the numbers used in this business-case will be simple, as this exercise is not […]
Red Hat has released OpenShift v3 last week at the summit. Time for me to go out and explore the new features of OpenShift. I thought the beta training content would be a good starting point. Soon I had to learn, that some of the example files were not adjusted for latest kubernetes API changes. […]
Pre-Note This article describes how I created my demo build pipeline, as shown in my previous post It does now show best practices or recommended ways. It’s just my way of doing it! If you follow these instructions, I do expect you to have some level of knowledge on: how to handle Red Hat Enterprise Linux […]
As some of you have already guessed, I’m a big fan of demos and also a big fan of distributing my demos via videos. So this new work should not be a surprise to anyone… In this video, I will show you how it could feel to have a automated deployment pipeline orchestrated by Jenkins which […]
So you want to get started with OpenShift M5 but you don’t really have an idea about how to get started? Then this article is the right place for you. This is going to be a series of blog posts and videos which will get you started with OpenShift quickly. The first article is starting with […]
PaaS came from the desire of developers to be provided with a pre-defined service layer that may consist of multiple tiers (Application Server, Database, Messaging Systems, etc.) and sits upon a platform that is provisioned using an automated IaaS platform like OpenStack. OpenShift Online provides you a free service where you can try a PaaS platform. […]