Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 Support Matrix

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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM) provides the tools and capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of environments, including multiple data centers, private clouds, and public clouds that run Kubernetes clusters.

For more details, see the product documentation.

General support statement

  • The most current version of RHACM is supported, along with the two previous versions, and all z-stream releases of those versions.

  • The most recent Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) version is supported with this RHACM version, along with two previous RHOCP versions, and z-stream releases of those supported RHOCP versions.

  • This version of RHACM also supports the very next RHOCP version that is released. Note: Hosted control planes does NOT support the next RHOCP version without an upgrade to MCE.

  • RHACM aligns with support for the multicluster engine for Kubernetes operator. See the MCE support matrix.

  • For RHACM product lifecycle information, see Lifecycle and update policies.

  • For product lifecycle information for RHOCP, see Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Life Cycle. RHACM is not supported on RHOCP versions that have reached their end-of-life status.

  • All providers that are certified through the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Kubernetes Conformance Program are supported with limitations. For information, see Red Hat support with third party components, or Contact Red Hat support.

Supported platforms for RHACM

RHACM has two main components:

  • A server component called the “hub cluster” where the management tools and user interface run
  • A client component that is installed on all Kubernetes clusters that can be managed by the “hub cluster”
  • Note: You do not have to use a dedicated cluster for your hub cluster.
Platform Supported for hub cluster Supported for managed cluster
New Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) 4.17, and later 4.17.x releases Yes Yes
RHOCP (EUS) 4.16, and later 4.16.x releases Yes Yes
RHOCP 4.15, and later 4.15.x releases Yes Yes
RHOCP (EUS) 4.14, and later 4.14.x releases Yes Yes
RHOCP 3.11.784, and later 3.11.x releases (Deprecated) No Yes
Single node OpenShift (SNO) Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated (OSD) Yes Yes
RHOCP on IBM Cloud (RHOIC) Yes Yes
Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with Hosted Control Planes (ROSA HCP) Yes Yes
RHOCP on bare metal Yes Yes
RHOCP on VMware vSphere Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (RHOV) Yes Yes
RHOCP on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) Yes Yes
RHOCP on Arm Yes Yes
RHOCP on IBM Z Yes Yes
RHOCP on IBM Power Systems Yes Yes
RHOCP on AWS GovCloud Yes Yes
RHOCP on Microsoft Azure Government Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine Yes Yes
Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.15 and earlier No No
Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.16 OpenShift Virtualization Yes Yes
Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.16 on AWS Yes Yes
Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.16 on IBM Power (Technology Preview) Yes Yes
Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.16 on IBM Z (Technology Preview) Yes Yes
Amazon EKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) No Yes
Amazon EKS Distro version 1.29.0-EKS-43840fb (Technology Preview) No Yes
Google GKE (Kubernetes 1.29.0) No Yes
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (Kubernetes 1.29.0) No Yes
Microsoft AKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) No Yes
CNCF conformant Kubernetes clusters No Yes


Note: As the pace of change in public cloud features is high, constantly changing and evolving, the compatibility for RHACM is correct at GA of the product. Best effort basis during errata cycle for public cloud vendors introduced breaking changes (intended or unintended) to existing functionality. Any other changes or additions would be considered as a Request For Enhancement (RFE), which is evaluated for potential inclusion in future releases. An RFE can be requested using standard support mechanisms. For more details on Red Hat Support, see What is Commercially Reasonable Support?

For Kubernetes services, see Public Cloud Kubernetes support statement.

Feature support

RHACM allows you to perform actions on the clusters that it manages, and provides features for interacting with and providing information about those clusters. This section outlines the status of features support that you can perform on clusters.

Cluster Lifecycle Management

Platform List clusters Import Create Upgrade Destroy Integrate Ansible (create, upgrade) Scale RHACM clusters Discover unmanaged RHOCP Hibernate Create ClusterPools (Technology Preview)
RHOCP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RHOIC Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No
Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No
ARO Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No
ROSA Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No
Amazon EKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Google GKE (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
Microsoft AKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
CNCF conformant Kubernetes clusters Yes Yes No No No No No No No No

See Red Hat support with third party components.

Supported providers for Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM) RHOCP cluster creation

Platform Hive Operator Infrastructure Operator Hosted Control Planes Operator
Amazon Web Services, AWS GovCloud (US) Yes No Yes
Google Cloud Platform Yes No No
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Government Yes No No
Bare Metal No Yes Yes
Nutanix No Yes No
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (Versions supported by RHOCP) No No Yes
VMware vSphere (Versions supported by RHOCP) Yes Yes No
Red Hat OpenStack Platform (Versions supported by RHOCP) Yes Yes No
Hosted Control Planes for non-Baremetal Agent Providers (vSphere, Nutanix, RHOSP versions supported by RHOCP) No No Yes (Technology Preview)


Application Lifecycle Management

Platform List applications View topology Deploy channel, subscription Use Placement Activate time window Integrate Ansible View application GitOps Register GitOps to deploy Use Application sets View OCP applications View FluxCD applications
RHOCP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RHOIC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ARO Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ROSA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Amazon EKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Google GKE (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Microsoft AKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
CNCF conformant Kubernetes clusters Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes


Governance

Platform View Policy violations List policies Create policies for security standards Access Governance Configure Kubernetes resources Deploy operators with policy Remediation with enforcement Policy generator plugin (GitOps) Install Gatekeeper with policy Install Compliance operator with policy Remediate with Ansible
RHOCP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RHOIC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ARO Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ROSA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Amazon EKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Google GKE (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Microsoft AKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
CNCF conformant Kubernetes clusters Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes


Observability

Platform View Dashboard Filter by provider, region, condition, type Search dynamically Monitor health View topology View Grafana Dashboard Global hub: view policy compliance Access CCX Insights
RHOCP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RHOIC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ARO Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ROSA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Amazon EKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Google GKE (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Microsoft AKS (Kubernetes 1.29.0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
CNCF conformant Kubernetes clusters Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No


Add-ons

Platforms Submariner Volsync
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) Yes Yes
RHOCP on IBM Cloud (RHOIC) Yes (Technology Preview) No
Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) Yes No
Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) Yes No
RHOCP on bare metal Yes (Technology Preview) No
RHOCP on VMware vSphere Yes No
RHOCP on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) Yes No
RHOCP on IBM Power Systems Yes (Technology Preview) No
Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine Yes Yes
Amazon EKS No No
Google GKE No No
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service No No
Microsoft AKS No No


Note: Only non-NSX deployments are supported when configuring multicluster networking with Submariner on VMware vSphere.

Support matrices for other versions of RHACM

The following list contains links to the support matrix documents of other releases of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management:

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