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Based on open standards, the toolkit
provides technologies for creating, running
and sharing containerised applications. It
helps to streamline container development
and eliminates the need for bulky, less secure
container daemons.
Every data centre. Every cloud.
Every application.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 drives a thriving
partner ecosystem, as is expected of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, encompassing
thousands of certified applications, Linux
container images, hardware configurations
and cloud providers. Building on the deep
collaborations forged by Red Hat with other
IT leaders and through extensive testing, Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 8 drives added value
for specific hardware configurations and
workloads, including the Arm and POWER
architectures as well as real-time applications
and SAP solutions.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 forms the
foundation for Red Hat’s entire hybrid
cloud portfolio, starting with Red Hat
OpenShift Container Platform 4 and the
upcoming Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15.
Also built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is
the forthcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CoreOS, a minimal footprint operating
system designed to host Red Hat OpenShift
Container Platform deployments.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 instances to Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 8 systems.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 also includes Red
Hat Enterprise Linux System Roles which
automate many of the more complex tasks
around managing and configuring Linux
in production. Powered by Red Hat Ansible
Automation, System Roles are pre-configured
Ansible modules that enable ready-
made automated workflows for handling
common, complex sysadmin tasks. This
automation makes it easier for new systems
administrators to adopt Linux protocols and
helps to eliminate human error as the cause
of common configuration issues.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Enabling
the world of possibilities without
sacrificing security
IT innovation is rooted in open source, with
Linux often serving as the catalyst for major
advancements in enterprise technology,
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from Linux containers and Kubernetes to
serverless and AI. Backed by a more secure,
hardened open source supply chain, Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 8 helps pave the way
for IT organisations to adopt production-
ready innovation by deploying only the
necessary packages for specific workloads.
This enhances the adoption of emerging
technologies while helping to minimise
potential risk.
To enhance security, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 8 supports the OpenSSL 1.1.1 and
TLS 1.3 cryptographic standards. This
provides access to some of the strongest,
latest standards in cryptographic protection
that can be implemented system-wide via
a single command, limiting the need for
application-specific policies and tuning.
With cloud-native applications and services
frequently driving Digital Transformation,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 delivers full
support for the Red Hat container toolkit.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is also broadly
supported as a guest operating system on
Red Hat hybrid cloud infrastructure, including
Red Hat OpenShift 4, Red Hat OpenStack
Platform 15 and Red Hat Virtualization 4.3.
The launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
also coincides with the general availability
of the Red Hat Universal Base Image, a
userspace image derived from Red Hat
Enterprise Linux for building Red Hat certified
Linux containers. The Red Hat Universal
Base Image is available to all developers
with or without a Red Hat Enterprise Linux
subscription, providing a more secure
and reliable foundation for building
enterprise-ready containerised applications.
Applications built with the Universal Base
Image can be run anywhere with the
benefits of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
life cycle and support from Red Hat when
run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Red Hat
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