Chapter 2. An overview of OpenShift Data Foundation architecture

Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation provides services for, and can run internally from Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

Figure 2.1. Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation architecture

Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation supports deployment into Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform clusters deployed on Installer Provisioned Infrastructure or User Provisioned Infrastructure. For details about these two approaches, see OpenShift Container Platform - Installation process. To know more about interoperability of components for the Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, see the interoperability matrix.

For information about the architecture and lifecycle of OpenShift Container Platform, see OpenShift Container Platform architecture.