Red Hat SummitChapter 1. Supported platforms and configurations
Before you can install Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0.4, 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
Version {MaistraVersion} Service Mesh control planes are supported on the following platform versions:
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.14 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 multiple 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, refer to the Support Policy.
1.2. Supported configurations for Service Mesh
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).
- Configurations where all Service Mesh components are contained within a single OpenShift Container Platform cluster.
- Configurations that do not integrate external services such as virtual machines.
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh does not support the EnvoyFilter configuration except where explicitly documented.
1.3. Supported network configurations
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 Container Network Interface (CNI) plugins that have been certified on OpenShift Container Platform and passed Service Mesh conformance testing. See Certified OpenShift CNI Plug-ins for more information.
1.4. Supported configurations for Kiali
- The Kiali console is supported on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari browsers.
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openshiftauthentication strategy is the only supported authentication configuration when Kiali is deployed with Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh (OSSM). Theopenshiftstrategy controls access based on the user’s role-based access control (RBAC) roles of the OpenShift Container Platform.
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