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Supported platforms and features in Red Hat CloudForms 4.6
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1. Introduction
This release of Red Hat CloudForms is delivered as a virtual appliance that includes the following key components:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4
- Rails 5.0.6
- Ruby 2.3.1
- PostgreSQL 9.5.9
- Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (CFME) 5.9
- Apache 2.4.6
2. Supported Browsers
The following table outlines the browsers that are supported for viewing the Red Hat CloudForms web user interface.
Table 1. Supported Browsers
| Browser | Version |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | 11 and over |
| Mozilla Firefox | Firefox Extended Support Release |
| Google Chrome | Chrome for Business. See Section 6, “Remote Console Support” for information on VMRC plug-in support. |
3. Supported Platforms for Red Hat CloudForms
The following table lists platforms that can both host or be managed by the Red Hat CloudForms appliance.
Table 2. Supported Platforms
| Platform | Supported as a Host | Supported for Management |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon EC2 [a] | Yes | Yes |
| Google Compute Engine | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 R2 | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2016 | Yes | Yes |
| OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.5 | No | Yes |
| OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.6 | No | Yes |
| OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.7 | Yes | Yes |
| OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.9 | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 10 [b] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 11 [b] | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 12 [b] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 13 [b] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.0 [c] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 [c] | Yes | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | |
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | Yes | Yes |
[a]
As the pace of change in public cloud features is high, constantly changing and evolving, the compatibility for CloudForms is as of the time of the GA of the product. Best effort basis during errata cycle for public cloud vendor 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. RFE can be requested via your standard support mechanisms.
[b]
See Red Hat OpenStack Platform Life Cycle for product life cycle information.
[c]
See Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Life Cycle for product life cycle information.
[d]
Only supported on Red Hat CloudForms 4.6.2 and above.
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4. Provisioning Support
Red Hat CloudForms allows you to provision virtual machines, instances, and other resources in the providers that it manages. This section outlines the status of support for provisioning features on providers.
4.1. Infrastructure Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for provisioning on infrastructure providers.
Table 3. Infrastructure Provider Provisioning Support
| Feature | Microsoft System Center VMM (SCVMM) | Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) Manager | VMware vCenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision Host | No [a] | No [a] | No [a] |
| Provision VM/Instance using PXE | No [a] | Yes | No |
| Provision VM/Instance using ISO | No | Yes | No |
| Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance | No | No | Yes |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image | No | No | Yes |
[a]
Available when using Red Hat Satellite with CloudForms.
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4.2. Cloud Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for provisioning on cloud providers.
Table 4. Cloud Provider Provisioning Support
| Feature | Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) | Amazon EC2 | Microsoft Azure | Google Compute Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision VM/Instance using PXE | No | No | No | No |
| Provision VM/Instance using ISO | No | No | No | No |
| Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance | No | No | No | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Image Snapshot to VM/Instance | Yes | No | No | No |
| Provision from Volume to VM/Instance | Yes | No | No | No |
| Provision from Volume Snapshot to VM/Instance | Yes | No | No | No |
| Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image | No | No | No | No |
| Orchestration Template Provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
5. Feature Support
Red Hat CloudForms allows you to perform actions on the providers that it manages, and provides features for interacting with and providing information about those providers. This section outlines the status of support for actions that you can perform on providers, and the CloudForms features that allow you to interact with those providers.
You can run a rake command to retrieve a list of provider features supported across all platforms. Run the following command in your CloudForms appliance to retrieve the supported features in a comma-separated values (.csv) file format, which are displayed on the command-line interface (CLI) by default, however, you can use a pipe to redirect the output to a file.
ruby /var/www/miq/vmdb/tools/feature_support_matrix.rb
5.1. Infrastructure Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on infrastructure providers.
5.1.1. Red Hat Virtualization
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) infrastructure providers.
Table 5. Red Hat Virtualization Provider Feature Support
| Feature | RHV 4.0 | RHV 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison | Yes | Yes |
| Track VM Genealogy | Yes | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Timelines | Yes | Yes |
| Capture VM Event Timelines | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | Yes | Yes |
| Disk Addition to VM | Yes | Yes |
| Key Pairs Inventory | N/A | N/A |
| Key Pairs Management | N/A | N/A |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Console VM Access | Yes [a] | Yes [a] |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | Yes | Yes |
| VM Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes |
| VM Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes |
| VM Power Operations | Yes | Yes |
| VM Retirement | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | No | No |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed | No | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | No | No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | Yes | Yes |
| Volume Inventory | No | No |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | No | No |
| VM Migration | Yes | Yes |
| Automation Work Flows | Yes | Yes |
| Provider TLS | Yes | Yes |
| Provision VM using PXE | Yes | Yes |
| Provision VM using ISO | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from VM to Template/Image | Yes | Yes |
| Host Power Operations | No | No |
| Provision Host | No | No |
| Clone from VM to VM | No | No |
| Cloud-Init | Yes | Yes |
| Customize Windows Templates with Sysprep during provision | No | No |
| OVN Provider | Yes | Yes [b] |
| Transfrom single VM from RHV to VMWare | Yes | Yes |
[a]
On some operating system and browser combinations
[b]
Technology Preview
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5.1.2. VMware vSphere
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on VMware vSphere infrastructure providers.
Table 6. VMware vSphere Provider Feature Support
| Feature | vSphere 5.5 | vSphere 6.0 | vSphere 6.5 | vSphere 6.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Track VM Genealogy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capture VM Event Timelines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Disk Addition to VM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Key Pairs Inventory | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Key Pairs Management | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Console VM Access | Yes [a] | Yes [a] | Yes [a] | Yes [a] |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM Power Operations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM Retirement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Volume Inventory | No | No | No | No |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | No | No | No | No |
| VM Migration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automation Work Flows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provider TLS | ||||
| Provision VM using PXE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision VM using ISO | No | No | No | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from VM to Template/Image | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Host Power Operations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision Host | ||||
| Clone from VM to VM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud-Init | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customize Windows Templates with Sysprep during provision | No | No | No | No |
| OVN Provider | No | No | No | No |
[a]
On some operating system and browser combinations
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5.1.3. Microsoft SCVMM
The following table outlines the status of support for Microsoft SCVMM infrastructure providers.
Table 7. Microsoft SCVMM Provider Feature Support
| Feature | SCVMM 2012 R2 | SCVMM 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison | Yes | Yes |
| Track VM Genealogy | No | No |
| Capacity & Utilization | No | No |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | No | No |
| Capture VM Event Timelines | No | No |
| Discovery - Provider | Yes | Yes |
| Disk Addition to VM | No | No |
| Key Pairs Inventory | N/A | N/A |
| Key Pairs Management | N/A | N/A |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Console VM Access | Yes [a] | Yes [a] |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | No | No |
| VM Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes |
| VM Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes |
| VM Power Operations | Yes | Yes |
| VM Retirement | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | No | No |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed | No | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | Yes | Yes |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | No | No |
| Volume Inventory | No | No |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | No | No |
| VM Migration | No | No |
| Automation Work Flows | No | No |
| Provider TLS | ||
| Provision VM using PXE | No | No |
| Provision VM using ISO | No | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from VM to Template/Image | No | No |
| Host Power Operations | Yes | Yes |
| Provision Host | No | No |
| Clone from VM to VM | No | No |
| Cloud-Init | No | No |
| Sysprep Windows Templates | No | No |
| OVN Provider | No | No |
| Transfrom single VM from RHV to VMWare | No | No |
[a]
On some operating system and browser combinations
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5.2. OpenStack Platform Director Infrastructure Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on OpenStack Platform (OSP) director infrastructure providers.
Table 8. OpenStack Platform Director Infrastructure Provider Feature Support
| Feature | OpenStack Platform (OSP) Director |
|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes |
| Nodes Inventory | Yes |
| OpenStack Services Inventory | Yes |
| Nodes Drift Comparison | Yes |
| Nodes Smart State | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes |
| Capture Infrastructure Event Timelines | Yes |
| Node Power Operation | Yes |
| Capacity Planning | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes |
| Add/Remove Node | Yes |
| Scale Down Node | Yes (Compute nodes only) |
| Scale Up Nodes | Yes (Compute nodes only) |
| Nodes Policy Enforcement | Yes |
| Nodes Evacuate | Yes |
| OpenStack Upgrade | No |
5.3. Cloud Providers
The following section outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on cloud providers.
5.3.1. Red Hat OpenStack Platform
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) cloud providers.
Table 9. Red Hat OpenStack Platform Feature Support
| Feature | OSP 10 | OSP 11 | OSP 12 | OSP 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Drift Comparison | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Track Instance Genealogy | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Instance Event Timelines | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | No | No | No | No |
| Disk Addition to Instance | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Key Pairs Inventory | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Key Pairs Management | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Console Instance Access | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Compliance Enforcement | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Power Operations | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Retirement | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Instance Value Changed | No | No | No | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | No | No | No | No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Volume Inventory | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Migration | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Automation Work Flows | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported | No | |||
| Storage Manager | No | Yes | ||
| Provision Instance using PXE | No | No | No | No |
| Provision Instance using ISO | No | No | No | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to Instance | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Image Snapshot to Instance | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Volume to Instance | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Volume Snapshot to Instance | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Instance to Template/Image | ||||
| Clone from Instance to Instance | No | No | No | No |
| Cloud-Init | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Sysprep Windows Templates | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
5.3.2. Amazon EC2
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Amazon EC2 cloud providers.
Table 10. Amazon EC2 Feature Support
| Feature | Amazon EC2 |
|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes |
| Instance Drift Comparison | Yes |
| Track Instance Genealogy | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes |
| Capture Timelines | Yes |
| Capture Instance Event Timelines | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | No |
| Disk Addition to Instance | No |
| Key Pairs Inventory | Yes |
| Key Pairs Management | No |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes |
| Right Sizing | No |
| Chargeback | Yes |
| Remote Console Instance Access | No |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | Yes |
| Instance Compliance Enforcement | Yes |
| Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes |
| Instance Power Operations | Yes |
| Instance Retirement | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | No |
| Alerts - Instance Value Changed | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | No |
| Volume Inventory | Yes |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | Yes |
| Instance Migration | No |
| Automation Work Flows | Yes |
| Network Manager - Read Only | Yes |
| Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported | No |
| Storage Manager | Yes |
| Provider TLS | N/A |
| Provision Instance using PXE | No |
| Provision Instance using ISO | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to Instance | Yes |
| Provision from Instance to Template/Image | |
| Host Power Operations | N/A |
| Provision Host | N/A |
| Clone from Instance to Instance | No |
| Cloud-Init | Yes |
| Sysprep Windows Templates | Yes |
5.3.3. Microsoft Azure
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Microsoft Azure cloud providers.
Table 11. Microsoft Azure Feature Support
| Feature | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes |
| Instance Drift Comparison | Yes |
| Track Instance Genealogy | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes |
| Capture Timelines | Yes |
| Capture Instance Event Timelines | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | No |
| Disk Addition to Instance | No |
| Key Pairs Inventory | No |
| Key Pairs Management | No |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes |
| Right Sizing | No |
| Chargeback | Yes |
| Remote Console Instance Access | No |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | No |
| Instance Compliance Enforcement | Yes |
| Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes |
| Instance Power Operations | Yes |
| Instance Retirement | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | No |
| Alerts - Instance Value Changed | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | No |
| Volume Inventory | No |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | No |
| Instance Migration | No |
| Automation Work Flows | No |
| Network Manager - Read Only | Yes |
| Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported | No |
| Storage Manager | |
| Provider TLS | N/A |
| Provision Instance using PXE | No |
| Provision Instance using ISO | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to Instance | Yes |
| Provision from Instance to Template/Image | |
| Host Power Operations | N/A |
| Provision Host | N/A |
| Clone from Instance to Instance | No |
| Cloud-Init | Yes |
| Sysprep Windows Templates | Yes |
5.3.4. Google Compute Engine
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Google Compute Engine cloud providers.
Table 12. Google Compute Engine Feature Support
| Feature | Google Compute Engine |
|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes |
| Instance Drift Comparison | No |
| Track Instance Genealogy | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes |
| Capture Timelines | No |
| Capture Instance Event Timelines | No |
| Discovery - Provider | No |
| Disk Addition to Instance | No |
| Key Pairs Inventory | No |
| Key Pairs Management | No |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes |
| Right Sizing | No |
| Chargeback | Yes |
| Remote Console Instance Access | No |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | No |
| Instance Compliance Enforcement | No |
| Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes |
| Instance Power Operations | Yes |
| Instance Retirement | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | No |
| Alerts - Instance Value Changed | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | No |
| Volume Inventory | Yes |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | No |
| Instance Migration | No |
| Automation Work Flows | Yes |
| Network Manager - Read Only | Yes |
| Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported | No |
| Storage Manager | |
| Provider TLS | N/A |
| Provision Instance using PXE | No |
| Provision Instance using ISO | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to Instance | Yes |
| Provision from Instance to Template/Image | |
| Host Power Operations | N/A |
| Provision Host | N/A |
| Clone from Instance to Instance | No |
5.4. Container Providers
The following section outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on OpenShift Container Platform container providers.
Table 13. OpenShift Container Platform Provider Feature Support
| Feature | OCP 3.5 | OCP 3.6 | OCP 3.7 | OCP 3.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Track Container Image Relationship | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Container Event Timelines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | No | No | No | No |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Cockpit Node Access | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Container Node Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Container Node Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Replicator Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Replicator Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pod Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pod Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Template Provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smart State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenSCAP Execution and Report | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cross Linking Underlying Infrastructure | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
5.5. Network Providers
This section outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on network providers.
Table 14. Network Provider Feature Support
| Feature | Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) | Amazon EC2 | Microsoft Azure | Google Compute Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network Manager Relationships | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud Network Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud Subnet Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Network Router Inventory | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Security Groups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Floating IP Addresses | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Network Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Load Balancer Inventory | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create/Update/Delete Network | Yes | No | No | No |
| Create/Update/Delete Subnet | Yes | No | No | No |
| Create/Update/Delete Routers | Yes | No | No | No |
5.6. Configuration Management Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on configuration management providers.
Table 15. Configuration Management Provider Feature Support
| Feature | Ansible Tower |
|---|---|
| Groups Inventory | Yes |
| Configured Systems Inventory | Yes |
| Job Template Inventory | Yes |
| Integrate with Service Catalog | Yes |
| Automate Workflows | Yes |
- Red Hat CloudForms 4.6 supports Ansible Tower 2.4 as a configuration management provider.
- Red Hat CloudForms versions 4.2.1 and above also support Ansible Tower 3.0.
6. Remote Console Support
Red Hat CloudForms allows you to access the console of virtual machines and instances on the providers it managers using HTML5-based VNC consoles. This section outlines the status of support for remote consoles in Red Hat CloudForms.
For VMware vSphere providers, Red Hat CloudForms supports the versions of VMRC that VMware supports. However, VMware does not support VMRC for Mac operating systems. See VMware VMRC documentation for more information.
For all other providers, Red Hat CloudForms supports HTML5-based VNC consoles. The following have been tested with CloudForms Management Engine:
- Windows: UltraVNC 1.1.8.8 - http://www.uvnc.com/
- Linux/Mac: SSVNC 1.0.29 - http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ssvnc.html. At the time of this writing, this is the only client that supports the VNC repeater configuration.
As of 1 September 2015, new versions of Chrome no longer support VMRC consoles. VMRC requires NPAPI plug-in support. Chrome removed support for NPAPI plug-ins in version 45.0.2454, which was released on this date.
6.1. Support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux by Providers and Browsers
The following tables outline the status of support for remote consoles on providers for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Table 16. Remote Console Support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | No | Yes |
| VMRC | No | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | No | Yes |
| VMRC | No | Yes | ||
| WebMKS | No | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | No | Yes |
| WebMKS | No | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
Table 17. Remote Console Support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | ||
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
6.2. Support on Fedora by Providers and Browsers
The following tables outline the status of support for remote consoles on providers for Fedora 25, 26, and 27.
Table 18. Remote Console Support on Fedora 25
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | ||
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
Table 19. Remote Console Support on Fedora 26
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | ||
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
Table 20. Remote Console Support on Fedora 27
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | ||
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
6.3. Support on Windows by Providers and Browsers
The following tables outline the status of support for remote consoles on providers for Windows 7, 10, and 2012 Server.
Table 21. Remote Console Support on Windows 7
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox | IE 11 | IE 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Table 22. Remote Console Support on Windows 10
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox | IE 11 | IE 10 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| VMRC | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| VMRC | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| WebMKS | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| WebMKS | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Table 23. Remote Console Support on Windows 2012 Server
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox | IE 11 | IE 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| VMRC | No | No | No | No | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| VMRC | No | No | No | No | ||
| WebMKS | No | No | No | No | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
7. Operating System Support
This section outlines the supported operating systems by infrastructure and cloud providers.
Table 24. Windows Support by Infrastructure Providers
| Infrastructure Provider | Windows 7 SP1 | Windows 8.1 | Windows 10 | Windows 2012 | Windows 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 | Yes | ||||
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 | Yes | ||||
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 [a] | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenShift | |||||
| VMware vCenter 5.5 [b] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.0 [c] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.5 [d] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.7 [e] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2016 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
[b]
VMware vCenter versions below 5.5 are officially deprecated by VMware.
[c]
Install the VMware VDDK 6.0 so that SmartState analysis is successful. Alternatively, you can use VMware VDDK 5.5.
[d]
Install the VMware VDDK 6.5 so that SmartState analysis is successful. Alternatively, you can use VMware VDDK 6.0.
[e]
Install the VMware VDDK 6.7 so that SmartState analysis is successful. Alternatively, you can use VMware VDDK 6.0.
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Table 25. Windows Support by Cloud Providers
| Cloud Provider | Windows 7 SP1 | Windows 8.1 | Windows 10 | Windows 2012 | Windows 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 [a] | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon EC2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Compute Engine | No | No | No | No | No |
Table 26. Linux Support by Infrastructure Providers
| Infrastructure Provider | RHEL 6 | RHEL 7 | Ubuntu | SUSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 | Yes | |||
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 | Yes | |||
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 [a] | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenShift | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vCenter 5.5 [b] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.0 [c] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.5 [d] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.7 [e] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2016 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Table 27. Linux Support by Cloud Providers
| Cloud Provider | RHEL 6 | RHEL 7 | Ubuntu | SUSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 [a] | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon EC2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Compute Engine | No | No | No | No |
8. Smart State Analysis Support
Red Hat CloudForms allows you to analyze virtual machines and instances on the providers it manages to collect information about the base operating system on those virtual machines or instances, their virtual hardware, installed applications, and other details. This operation is known as SmartState analysis. This section outlines the status of support for SmartState analysis of virtual machines and instances by guest operating system, file system, and by provider.
8.1. File Systems
The following tables outline SmartState analysis support for different file systems by infrastructure and cloud providers.
Table 28. Windows File System SmartState Analysis Support by Infrastructure Providers
| Infrastructure Provider | ReFS | NTFS | FAT32 | FAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 | No | |||
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 | No | |||
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 [a] | No | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 [a] | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 [a] | No | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 [a] | No | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenShift | No | |||
| VMware vCenter 5.5 [b] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.0 [c] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.5 [d] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.7 [e] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2016 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Table 29. Windows File System SmartState Analysis Support by Cloud Providers
| Cloud Provider | ReFS | NTFS | FAT32 | FAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 [a] | No | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 [a] | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 [a] | No | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 [a] | No | Yes | No | No |
| Microsoft Azure | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon EC2 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Compute Engine | No | No | No | No |
Table 30. Linux File System SmartState Analysis Support by Infrastructure Providers
| Infrastructure Provider | EXT3 | EXT4 | XFS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 | |||
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 | |||
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 [a] | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 [a] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenShift | |||
| VMware vCenter 5.5 [b] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.0 [c] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.5 [d] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.7 [e] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Table 31. Linux File System SmartState Analysis Support by Cloud Providers
Table 32. Other File System SmartState Analysis Support by Infrastructure Providers
| Infrastructure Provider | CDFS | Any Encrypted FS |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 | ||
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 [a] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 [a] | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 [a] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 [a] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenShift | ||
| VMware vCenter 5.5 [b] | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.0 [c] | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.5 [d] | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.7 [e] | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2016 | Yes | Yes |
Table 33. Other File System SmartState Analysis Support by Cloud Providers
8.2. Guest Operating Systems
Table 34. Supported Guest Operating Systems With Their Support Life Cycle
| Guest Operating System | EOL Date | Extended Support Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 2012 R2 Standard | 10/9/2018 | 10/10/2023 | |
| Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter | 10/9/2018 | 10/10/2023 | |
| Windows 2016 Standard | 1/11/2022 | 1/11/2027 | |
| Windows 2016 Datacenter | 1/11/2022 | 1/11/2027 | |
| Windows 7 SP1 | 1/13/2015 | 1/14/2020 | |
| Windows 8.1 | 1/9/2018 | 1/10/2023 | |
| Windows 10 Ent. 2016 LTSB | 10/12/2021 | 10/13/2026 | |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 | 7/11/2017 | 7/12/2022 | |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2016 | 1/11/2022 | 1/11/2027 | |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform Version 10.0 | 6/16/2018 | 12/16/2019 | |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform Version 11.0 | N/A | 5/18/2018 | |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform Version 12.0 | N/A | 12/13/2018 | |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform Version 13.0 | N/A | 6/27/2021 |