1 min readSep 30, 2020
Damian,
So, I actually explored OpenShift as it is used on a project that I was exploring; am already familiar with a more generic Kubernetes installation. I see three challenges with OpenShift.
- OpenShift, at the start, gets one use to using a GUI to manage the cluster resources. But, long term the accepted proper way to manage infrastructure (including Kubernetes) is using code
- OpenShift introduces some new concepts on top of Kubernetes that at first appear to be helpful, but it turns out that with just a bit of work you can accomplish much of what OpenShift gives your pretty easily
- As you scale, the pricing model for supported OpenShift is painfully expensive.
Bottom line, I learned OpenShift for that project and have moved onto a more generic Kubernetes implementation after that. BUT… I do not mind someone (AWS) managing the control plane as they do with EKS; very lightweight intrusion and adds some important integrations to AWS.