This document describes the technical and operational certification requirements as implemented for CCSP partners who want to offer Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), or a managed service based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The certification tools and methodologies cater to cloud application images built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

As a Certified Cloud and Service Provider (CCSP), you are required to certify images that you publish in a catalog. The certification process includes a series of tests that provide your Red Hat customers assurance that they will have a consistent experience across cloud providers, that the customer’s experience comes with the highest level of support, and that good security practices are available to the customers.

The cloud certification test suite (redhat-certification-cloud) includes three tests (supportable, configuration, security), each with a series of subtests and checks, which are explained below. For more information on running the tests, refer to CCSP Certification User Guide.

Logs from a singular run with all three of the cloud tests and the test suite self check test (rhcert/selfcheck) must be submitted to Red Hat for new certifications and for recertifications.

Most of the cloud certification subtests provide an immediate return status (Pass/Fail); however, some subtests may require detailed review by Red Hat to confirm success. Such tests are marked with REVIEW status in the Red Hat Certification application.

Some tests may also identify a potential issue and return a WARN status. This status indicates that best practices have not been followed. Tests marked with the WARN status warrant attention or action(s) but do not prevent a certification from succeeding. Partners are recommended to review the output of such tests and perform appropriate action(s) based on the information contained within the warnings.

Partners must install the latest version of the certification tooling and use the latest workflow for the certification process. After a new version of the certification tooling is released, Red Hat supports the previous tooling and workflow for a period of 90 days post the release.

At the end of the 90 days period, test logs/results generated using the previous version(s) are automatically rejected and partners are expected to regenerate the test logs/results using the latest tooling and workflow.

The latest version of the certification tooling and workflow is available (by default) via Red Hat Subscription Management and documented in the CCSP Workflow Guide.