OpenShift at Safe Swiss Cloud: Easy Software Deployment in the Cloud

Author Prodosh Banerjee on 29 May 2017 Prodosh Banerjee's blog

Those who manage enterprise software today are increasingly relying on deployment with so-called Docker containers. The reasons for this are obvious: Compared to virtual machines, containers offer a much lighter and more standardized environment. Even on a single Linux machine, many containers can be started quickly – each container contains a part of the application that interacts with the other containers.

Because with this technique different tasks (microservices) can be processed in separate containers, there are fewer dependencies on other software components. Updates are also possible during operation, the number of containers can be increased at any time – regardless of whether it is 100 virtual machines or several thousand.

Scaling has never been easier – and failures are also avoided this way: if a server collapses, the other Docker containers still continue to run on other VMs.

This makes Docker an optimal platform for the deployment of increasingly complex cloud applications. However, the technology also requires a lot of additional know-how from developers. So that they can concentrate on the essentials – good software – Red Hat has launched the open source project OpenShift.

Cloud deployment with OpenShift – the best of all worlds

OpenShift is a platform as a service (PaaS) that combines Docker and Kubernetes in a web-based administration interface, a system originally developed by Google for the automated deployment of containers. It runs on Linux, Windows and other operating systems.

The service allows numerous helpful features such as the provision of images with just one click, pipelines, integrated Docker registration, better user interfaces and also the automation of software development such as continuous integration and continuous deployment. Their developers can easily do what they do best: programming

These advantages have already been converted by many large PaaS companies to OpenShift – and even at Safe Swiss Cloud we are convinced that OpenShift is the best way to use the advantages of deployment in the cloud. As an OpenShift partner with our enterprise cloud infrastructure, we offer …

• The scalability and flexibility to optimally exploit the potential of a container-based architecture.
• Reliability and security for mission-critical applications
• Know-how for OpenShift and enterprise-critical software
• Swiss location that meets all compliance requirements.