Support Matrix
Supported platforms and features in Red Hat CloudForms 4.7
Abstract
Chapter 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) 7.5
- Rails 5.0.7
- Ruby 2.4.4p296
- PostgreSQL 9.5.14
- Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (CFME) 5.10
- Apache 2.4.6
Chapter 2. Supported Browsers
The following table outlines the browsers that are supported for viewing the Red Hat CloudForms web user interface.
Table 2.1. Supported Browsers
| Browser | Version |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | 11 and Edge |
| Mozilla Firefox | Firefox Extended Support Release |
| Google Chrome | Chrome for Business. See Chapter 6, Remote Console Support for information on VMRC plug-in support. |
Chapter 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.
The next release of Red Hat CloudForms (CFME 5.11) includes planned deprecations that will affect certain supported platforms. See Deprecated Functionality for a complete list.
Table 3.1. Supported Platforms
| Platform | Supported as a Host | Supported for Management |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon EC2 [a] | Yes | Yes |
| Google Compute Engine [a] | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure [a] | 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) 3.9 | Yes | Yes |
| OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.10 | Yes | Yes |
| OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.11 | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 10 [b] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 13 [b] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 14 [b] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.0 [c] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 [c] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 [c] | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 [c] | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vSphere 6.7 | 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.
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Chapter 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 4.1. Infrastructure Provider Provisioning Support
| Feature | Microsoft System Center VMM (SCVMM) | Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) Manager | VMware vCenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision VM/Instance using PXE | No | 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 |
4.2. Cloud Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for provisioning on cloud providers.
Table 4.2. Cloud Provider Provisioning Support
| Feature | Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) | Amazon EC2 | Microsoft Azure | Google Compute Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 VM/Instance to Template/Image | No | No | No | No |
| Orchestration Template Provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Chapter 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 5.1. Red Hat Virtualization Provider Feature Support
| Feature | RHV 4.0 | RHV 4.1 | RHV 4.2 | RHV 4.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Track VM Genealogy | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | No | No | No | No |
| Disk Addition to VM/Instance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | No | No | No | No |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes [a] | Yes [a] | Yes [a] | Yes [a] |
| Chargeback | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Console VM Access | Yes [b] | Yes [b] | Yes [b] | Yes [b] |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM / Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM / Instance Power Operations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM / Instance Retirement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Volume Inventory | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| VM Migration | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Automation Work Flows | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Provider TLS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Host Power Operations | No | No | No | No |
| Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance | No | No | No | No |
| Cloud-Init | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customize Windows Templates with Sysprep during provision | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OVN Provider [c] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
[a]
Requires Capacity & Utilization
[b]
On some operating system and browser combinations
[c]
Feature in 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 5.2. VMware vSphere Provider Feature Support
| Feature | vSphere 6.0 | vSphere 6.5 | vSphere 6.7 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Track VM Genealogy | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capture VM Event Timelines | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Disk Addition to VM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Console VM Access [a] | Yes [a] | Yes [a] | Yes [a] |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM/Instance Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM/Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM/Instance Power Operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM/Instance Retirement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Volume Inventory | No | No | No |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | No | No | No |
| VM Migration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automation Work Flows | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provider TLS | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Provision VM using PXE | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision VM using ISO | No | No | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from VM to Template/Image | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Host Power Operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clone from VM to VM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud-Init | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customize Windows Templates with Sysprep during provision | No | No | No |
| OVN Provider | No | No | No |
[a]
On some operating system and browser combinations. See link:https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_cloudforms/4.7-beta/html/self_service_user_interface_guide/my-services-tab#html5-vm-console(Accessing the Virtual Machine Console) in the Red Hat CloudForms documentation.
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5.1.3. Microsoft SCVMM
The following table outlines the status of support for Microsoft SCVMM infrastructure providers.
Table 5.3. Microsoft SCVMM Provider Feature Support
| Feature | SCVMM 2012 R2 | SVMM 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison | Yes | Yes |
| Track VM Genealogy | N/A | N/A |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | N/A | N/A |
| Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | No | No |
| Disk Addition to VM/Instance | N/A | N/A |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | N/A | N/A |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Console VM Access [a] | N/A | N/A |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | N/A | N/A |
| VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes |
| VM / Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes |
| VM / Instance Power Operations | Yes | Yes |
| VM / Instance Retirement | N/A | N/A |
| Alerts - Real Time | N/A | N/A |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed | N/A | N/A |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | N/A | N/A |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | N/A | N/A |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | N/A | N/A |
| Volume Inventory | N/A | N/A |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | N/A | N/A |
| VM Migration | N/A | N/A |
| Automation Work Flows | N/A | N/A |
| Provider TLS | N/A | N/A |
| Provision VM/Instance using PXE | No | No |
| Provision VM/Instance using ISO | No | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image | No | No |
| Host Power Operations | Yes | Yes |
| Provision Host | Yes | Yes |
| Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance | No | No |
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 5.4. 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 5.5. Red Hat OpenStack Platform Feature Support
| Feature | OSP 10 | OSP 13 | OSP 14 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Drift Comparison | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Track Instance Genealogy | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Instance Event Timelines | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | No | No | No |
| Disk Addition to Instance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Key Pairs Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Key Pairs Management | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Console Instance Access | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Power Operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Retirement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts - Instance Value Changed | No | No | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | No | No | No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Volume Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instance Migration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automation Work Flows | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Storage Manager | N/A | Yes | Yes |
| Provision Instance using PXE | No | No | No |
| Provision Instance using ISO | No | No | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to Instance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Image Snapshot to Instance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Volume to Instance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Volume Snapshot to Instance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision from Instance to Template/Image | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Clone from Instance to Instance | No | No | No |
| Cloud-Init | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sysprep Windows Templates | Yes | 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.
Support for specific cloud providers as a host is planned for deprecation in the next release of Red Hat CloudForms (CFME 5.11). Please see Deprecated Functionality for a complete list.
Table 5.6. Amazon EC2 Feature Support
| Feature | Amazon EC2 |
|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison | Yes |
| Track VM Genealogy | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | N/A |
| Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | Yes |
| Disk Addition to VM/Instance | Yes |
| Key Pairs Inventory | Yes |
| Key Pairs Management | Yes |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | N/A |
| Reporting | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes |
| Remote Console VM Access | No |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | No |
| VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement | Yes |
| VM / Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes |
| VM / Instance Power Operations | Yes |
| VM / Instance Retirement | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | No |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | No |
| Volume Inventory | No |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | No |
| VM 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 VM/Instance using PXE | No |
| Provision VM/Instance using ISO | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance | Yes |
| Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image | N/A |
| Host Power Operations | N/A |
| Provision Host | N/A |
| Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance | No |
5.3.3. Microsoft Azure
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Microsoft Azure cloud providers.
Support for specific cloud providers as a host is planned for deprecation the next release of Red Hat CloudForms (CFME 5.11). Please see Deprecated Functionality for a complete list.
Table 5.7. Microsoft Azure Feature Support
| Feature | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison | Yes |
| Track VM Genealogy | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | N/A |
| Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | Yes |
| Disk Addition to VM/Instance | Yes |
| Key Pairs Inventory | No |
| Key Pairs Management | Yes |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | No |
| Reporting | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes |
| Remote Console VM Access | No |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | No |
| VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement | Yes |
| VM / Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes |
| VM / Instance Power Operations | Yes |
| VM / Instance Retirement | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | No |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | No |
| Volume Inventory | No |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | No |
| VM Migration | No |
| Automation Work Flows | No |
| Network Manager - Read Only | Yes |
| Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported | No |
| Storage Manager | N/A |
| Provider TLS | N/A |
| Provision VM/Instance using PXE | No |
| Provision VM/Instance using ISO | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance | Yes |
| Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image | N/A |
| Host Power Operations | N/A |
| Provision Host | N/A |
| Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance | No |
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.
Support for specific cloud providers as a host is planned for deprecation the next release of Red Hat CloudForms (CFME 5.11). Please see Deprecated Functionality for a complete list.
Table 5.8. Google Compute Engine Feature Support
| Feature | Google Compute Engine |
|---|---|
| Relationship Discovery | Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison | No |
| Track VM Genealogy | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines | No |
| Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | Yes |
| Disk Addition to VM/Instance | Yes |
| Key Pairs Inventory | No |
| Key Pairs Management | Yes |
| Optimization - Bottleneck Identification | No |
| Reporting | Yes |
| Right Sizing | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes |
| Remote Console VM Access | No |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal | No |
| VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement | No |
| VM / Instance Policy Enforcement | Yes |
| VM / Instance Power Operations | Yes |
| VM / Instance Retirement | Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time | No |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed | No |
| Alerts - Reconfigured | No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs | Yes |
| Virtual Machine Reconfiguration | No |
| Volume Inventory | Yes |
| Volume Creation/Deletion | No |
| VM Migration | No |
| Automation Work Flows | Yes |
| Network Manager - Read Only | Yes |
| Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported | No |
| Storage Manager | N/A |
| Provider TLS | N/A |
| Provision VM/Instance using PXE | No |
| Provision VM/Instance using ISO | No |
| Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance | Yes |
| Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image | |
| Host Power Operations | N/A |
| Provision Host | N/A |
| Clone from VM/Instance to VM/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.
Support for specific providers as a host is planned for deprecation the next release of Red Hat CloudForms (CFME 5.11). Please see Deprecated Functionality for a complete list.
Table 5.9. OpenShift Container Platform Provider Feature Support
| Feature | OCP 3.9 | OCP 3.10 | OCP 3.11 |
| Relationship Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Track Container Image Relationship | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capture Container Event Timelines | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery - Provider | No | No | No |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chargeback | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Cockpit Node Access | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Container Node Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Container Node Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Replicator Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Replicator Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pod Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pod Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image Compliance Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image Policy Enforcement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Template Provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smart State | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenSCAP Execution and Report | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cross Linking Underlying Infrastructure | Yes | Yes | Yes |
5.5. Network Providers
This section outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on network providers.
Table 5.10. 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 |
CloudForms 4.7 supports Nuage Networks provider which can be used to monitor Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) versions 4.x deployments only.
- For information about how to configure the Nuage Networks provider and its key features, see Configuring the Nuage Networks Provider for Red Hat CloudForms.
5.6. Configuration Management Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on configuration management providers.
Table 5.11. 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 |
| Workflows | Yes |
- Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 supports Ansible Tower versions 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 as a configuration management provider.
Chapter 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 6.1. Remote Console Support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) 4.0 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.0 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | VNC | 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 6.2. Remote Console Support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.7 | VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.0 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.0 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | VNC | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | VNC | 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 6.3. 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 Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | 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 6.4. 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 Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | 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 6.5. 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 Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | SPICE | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | 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 6.6. Remote Console Support on Windows 7
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox | IE 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Table 6.7. Remote Console Support on Windows 10
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox | IE 11 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| VMRC | No | No | No | No | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| VMRC | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| WebMKS | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| WebMKS | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | 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 6.8. Remote Console Support on Windows 2012 Server
| Provider | Connection Type | Support | Chrome | Firefox | IE 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vSphere 5.5 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | No | No | No | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.0 | VNC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMRC | No | No | No | ||
| WebMKS | No | No | No | ||
| VMware vSphere 6.5 | VMRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WebMKS | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.2 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.3 | SPICE | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | VNC | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | VNC | No | No | No | No |
| Google Compute Engine | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon EC2 | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft SCVMM | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Chapter 7. Operating System Support
Supported operating systems by infrastructure and cloud providers.
Operating system support is dependent on the level of support established for each provider version. Please see the provider documentation for current operating system support.
Chapter 8. Smart State Analysis Support
Red Hat CloudForms supports SmartState analysis, allowing you to analyze virtual machines and instances in your inventory. SmartState analysis collects information about the base operating system on VMs and instance, their virtual hardware, installed applications, and other details.
This section outlines the status of support for SmartState analysis for:
- File systems
- Providers
- Hosts
- Datastores
- Container Images
8.1. File Systems
The following tables outline SmartState analysis support for different file systems by infrastructure and cloud providers.
Table 8.1. Windows File System SmartState Analysis Support by Infrastructure Providers
| Infrastructure Provider | ReFS | NTFS | FAT32 | FAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.3 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | No | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 | No | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 | No | Yes | No | No |
| VMware vCenter 6.0 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.7 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2016 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Table 8.2. Windows File System SmartState Analysis Support by Cloud Providers
| Cloud Provider | ReFS | NTFS | FAT32 | FAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | No | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 | No | Yes | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 | No | Yes | No | No |
| Microsoft Azure | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon EC2 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Compute Engine | No | No | No | No |
Table 8.3. Linux File System SmartState Analysis Support by Infrastructure Providers
| Infrastructure Provider | EXT3 | EXT4 | XFS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| VMware vCenter 6.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.7 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Table 8.4. Linux File System SmartState Analysis Support by Cloud Providers
| Cloud Provider | EXT3 | EXT4 | XFS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 | No | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon EC2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Compute Engine | No | No | No |
Table 8.5. Other File System SmartState Analysis Support by Infrastructure Providers
| Infrastructure Provider | CDFS | Any Encrypted FS |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 | N/A | N/A |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 | N/A | N/A |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 | N/A | N/A |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4.3 | N/A | N/A |
| VMware vCenter 6.0 | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.5 | Yes | Yes |
| VMware vCenter 6.7 | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SCVMM 2016 | Yes | Yes |
Table 8.6. Other File System SmartState Analysis Support by Cloud Providers
| Cloud Provider | CDFS | Any Encrypted FS |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon EC2 | Yes | Yes |
| Google Compute Engine | Yes | Yes |