Chapter 1. Introduction to RHOSO certification program


Certify your infrastructure and applications deployed on Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO).

1.1. The Red Hat certification program overview

The Red Hat certification program ensures the compatibility of your applications deployed on Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO). The program has three main elements:

  • Test suite - Contains tests for hardware or software applications undergoing certification.
  • Red Hat Certification Ecosystem - Helps to explore and find certified products including hardware, software, cloud, and service providers.
  • Support - Provides a joint support relationship between you and Red Hat.

This table summarizes the basic differences between a product listing and components:

Product listingComponent (Project)

Includes detailed information about your product.

The individual containers, operators, helm charts, and infrastructure services that you test, certify, and then add to the product listing.

Products are composed of one or more components.

Components are added to a product listing.

You add components to a product for proceeding with certification.

A component can be used in multiple products by adding it to each product listing.

A product can not be published without certified components.

Certified components are published as part of a product listing.

1.2. The RHOSO certification workflow

Note

Red Hat recommends that you are a Red Hat Certified Engineer or hold equivalent experience before starting the certification process.

The following diagram gives an overview of the certification process.

Figure 1.1. The RHOSO certification workflow

This diagram gives an overview of the certification process.

1.3. Getting support and giving feedback

For any questions related to the Red Hat certification toolset, certification process, or procedure described in this documentation, refer to the KB Articles, Red Hat Customer Portal, and Red Hat Partner Connect.

You can also open a support case to get support or submit feedback.

To open a support case see, How do I open and manage a support case on the Customer Portal?

Questions during certification

If you have any questions about a specific certification, record them in the Comments section of the Dialog Tab of the certification entry.

Warning

If you face any preliminary issues that stop you from proceeding with the product certification, contact your Engineering Partner Manager or other engineering engagements to resolve them.

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