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Chapter 1. Supported platforms and configurations

Before you can install Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0.9, you must subscribe to OpenShift Container Platform and install OpenShift Container Platform in a supported configuration. If you do not have a subscription on your Red Hat account, contact your sales representative for more information.

1.1. Supported platforms for Service Mesh
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The following platform versions support Service Mesh control plane version 3.0.9:

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.16 or later
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated version 4
  • Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) version 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA)

The Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh Operator supports many versions of Istio.

If you are installing Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh on a "Restricted network", follow the instructions for your chosen OpenShift Container Platform infrastructure.

For additional information about Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh lifecycle and supported platforms, see the "Support Policy".

1.2. Supported configurations for Service Mesh
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Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh supports the following configurations:

  • This release of Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh is supported on OpenShift Container Platform x86_64, IBM Z®, IBM Power®, and Advanced RISC Machine (ARM).
  • A single OpenShift Container Platform cluster has all Service Mesh components.
  • Configurations that do not integrate external services such as virtual machines.
Note

Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh does not support the EnvoyFilter configuration except where explicitly documented.

You can use the following OpenShift networking plugins for the Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh:

  • OpenShift-SDN.
  • OVN-Kubernetes. See "About the OVN-Kubernetes network plugin" for more information.
  • Third-party CNI plugins that OpenShift Container Platform certifies and Service Mesh validates through conformance testing. See "Certified OpenShift CNI plugins" for more information.

1.4. Supported configurations for Kiali
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Access the Kiali console through supported web browsers by using the mandatory OpenShift authentication strategy, which leverages cluster role-based access control (RBAC) to manage user permissions.

  • The Kiali console is supported on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari browsers.
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh (OSSM) supports only the openshift authentication strategy when you deploy Kiali. The openshift strategy controls access based on the user’s role-based access control (RBAC) roles of the OpenShift Container Platform.
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