Chapter 4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software certification
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Software certification program provides best of class performance for your applications on a more secure and stable platform, allowing you to identify, analyze and fine tune your workload performance while you are building applications.
The customers can benefit from a trusted application and infrastructure stack, tested and jointly supported by Red Hat and the Partners.
4.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software certification for Containerized products
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software certification program for containerized products helps you to build, certify, and distribute your cloud-native products on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the scalable container platform of Red Hat OpenShift.
- For an overview about container certification, see Red Hat Container certification.
- For more information about container image requirements, see Requirements for container images.
- To get started with container certification, see Working with Containers.
4.2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software certification for Non-containerized products
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software certification program for traditional, non-containerized software products helps Independent Software Vendors (ISV) to verify the deployment and operation of their application software on systems and server environments running RHEL.
- To know about the certification requirements, see Program Prerequisites.
- To get started with the certification process, see Onboarding certification partners.
- For a detailed procedure about performing the certification process, see Certification workflow.
4.2.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software certification for RPM based products
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software certification program for RPM based products helps Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to build, certify and distribute their application software packaged as RPMs for use on systems and server environments running RHEL. ISVs can use a yum repository to distribute their application software packaged as RPMs.
- To get started with RHEL software certification for ISVs, see Onboarding certification partners.
- To know the requirements for running the certification tests, see Testing requirements.
- For a detailed procedure about performing the certification process, see Certification workflow.
4.2.2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software certification for other packaging formats
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software certification program for other packaging formats helps Independent Software Vendors (ISV) to verify the deployment and operation of their application software on systems and server environments running RHEL,in a way such that it does not impact their customer’s Red Hat support, security and life-cycle management.
This software certification is provided for those ISVs who choose to use a packaging/distribution method for their software product not formally supported by Red Hat.
- To get started with RHEL software certification for ISVs, see Onboarding certification partners.
- To know the requirements for running the certification tests, see Testing requirements.
- For a detailed procedure about performing the certification process, see Certification workflow.
For certain instances, Red Hat requires a packaging or distribution method to obtain Red Hat Software certification.
