Certification for CNF

Validate and certify the functionality of your CNF on Red Hat OpenShift by using the Certification tab.

Procedure

  1. Validate the functionality of your CNF on Red Hat OpenShift:

    By using this feature the Red Hat CNF certification team checks if your product meets all the standards for Partner Validation.

    1. Select this option and click Start questionnaire. The CNF Questionnaire page displays.
    2. Enter all your product and company information.
    3. After filling in all the details, click Submit.
    4. To modify the existing details, click Review. The CNF Questionnaire page displays, allowing you to review and modify the entered information.

      After you click Submit, a new functional certification request is created. The Red Hat CNF certification team will review and validate the entered details of the CNF questionnaire. After successful review and validation, your functional certification request will be approved, and the Certification Level field in the Product listing will be set to Partner Validated.

      After completing each step, a green check mark will appear beside each tile to indicate that particular configuration item is complete. When all items are completed in the checklist, the disclosure caret to the left of Pre-publication Checklist will be closed.

  2. Certify the functionality of your CNF on Red Hat OpenShift:
    Note

    Select this option only if you want to certify your partner validated CNF component.

    This is an optional feature that allows you to certify your Partner Validated component by using the Red Hat certification tool. For every Partner Validated component, a new functional certification request will be created on the Red Hat Partner Certification portal. When you place a request for certification, your functional certification request will be processed by the CNF team for certification.

    If you certify your Partner Validated CNF component then it will be displayed on the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog with the Certified label.

  3. Complete the product listing before proceeding with the certification.
  4. Certify your attached container images, operator bundles or helm charts before submitting your CNF component for certification.
    1. Go to the Certification tab and from the Certify the functionality of your CNF on Red Hat OpenShift tile, click Start. A new functional certification request is created and will be redirected to your component on the Red Hat Partner Certification (rhcert) portal.
    2. Run the Red Hat Best Practices Test Suite for Kubernetes or use DCI OpenShift App Agent. It consists of a series of test cases derived from best practices to evaluate whether your product adheres to these principles and satisfies the Red Hat certification standards.
    3. To certify your CNF component, perform the following steps on your CNF component page on the Red Hat Partner Certification (rhcert) portal:
      1. Go to the Summary tab:
        1. To submit your product certification test results, from the Files section click Upload. Select the claims.json and tnf_config.yml files. Then, click Next. You can see a successful upload message.
        2. Add your queries related to certification, if any, in the Discussions text box.
        3. Click Add Comment. By using this option, you can communicate your questions to the Red Hat CNF certification team. The Red Hat CNF certification team will provide clarifications for your queries.
      2. In the Summary tab:
        1. Navigate to the Partner Product category.
        2. Click the edit icon below the Partner Product Version option to enter your product version and then click the checkmark button. Your product version gets updated.
      3. Navigate to the Properties tab:
        1. Click the Platform list menu to select the platform on which you want to certify your CNF component. For example - x86_64
        2. Click the Product Version list menu to select the Red Hat product version on which you want to certify your CNF component. For example - Red Hat OpenShift Platform
        3. Click Update Values. The selected values are updated. Note

          When using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Container Compatibility Matrix, you can independently set or update a range of Red Hat base product versions and a range of partner product versions. You no longer need to certify every single version of your product individually with the latest version of the Red Hat base product.

          The Red Hat CNF certification team will review and verify the details of your CNF component. When the Red Hat CNF certification team identifies issues or violations in the recommended best practices with your CNF, joint discussions will ensue to find the remediation options and timeline. The team also considers temporary exceptions if there is a commitment to fix the issues with an identified release target or timeline. All exceptions will be documented and published in a KIE base article listing all non compliant items before CNF gets listed on the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog but the technical details will remain private.

          Note

          All the containers, operators or Helm charts referenced in your CNF product must be recertified before beginning to certify a CNF component in the prescribed order.

          After successful verification by the Red Hat CNF certification team, your Partner Validated CNF component will become certified, and will be automatically published on the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog with the Certified label.