Preface

Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation supports deployment on existing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) Red Hat Virtualization platform clusters.

Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation on OpenShift Container Platform using shared storage devices provided by Red Hat Virtualization installer-provisioned infrastructure (IPI) enables you to create internal cluster resources.

Also, it is possible to deploy only the Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) component with OpenShift Data Foundation.

Note

Only internal OpenShift Data Foundation clusters are supported on Red Hat Virtualization platform. See Planning your deployment for more information about deployment requirements.

Based on your requirement, perform one of the following methods of deployment: