Installation

While there are a number of ways to install the upstream OpenShift Origin releases, the recommended way to install the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is through the Red Hat Container Development Kit (CDK).

The CDK is a pre-built environment for running and developing containers using Red Hat OpenShift. It runs as a virtual machine and supports a number of different virtualization providers and host operating systems.

Developers can get the Red Hat Container Development Kit via the no-cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite subscription, accessed through http://developers.redhat.com/. Once registered, there are two pieces that must be downloaded, with both being found at http://developers.redhat.com/products/cdk/download/.

• The Red Hat Container Tools are used in conjunction with Vagrant to start the pre-built VM images. These tools include the necessary vagrant files and plugins for starting a VM running either Red Hat OpenShift or upstream Kubernates on its own, as well as registering the VM with RHN.
• The virtual machine image appropriate for your preferred hypervisor (the currently supported hypervisors include VirtualBox, libvirt, and HyperV.

Details on the CDK installation process can be found on the Red Hat Customer Portal. Additional information on interacting with the CDK VMs can be found at the Vagrant Documentation.