OpenStack (IaaS) != OpenShift (PaaS)

Getting up and running with OpenShift is pretty easy. You can either use the all in one Vagrant VM[1] or you can download the CLI[2] and run `oc cluster up`[3] to install the docker container version.

Either one doesn't give you an "HA" install (probably want a cluster for that). I regularly deliver OpenShift installs, and in most enterprise environments an HA install takes 3-4 weeks, most of which is communicating to all the silos (networking, storage, security, virtualization, etc) what the requirements are.

Disclaimer: I work for Red Hat.

1: https://www.openshift.org/vm/ 2: https://github.com/openshift/origin/releases 3: https://github.com/openshift/origin/blob/master/docs/cluster...

At GitLab we use OpenShift Origin (self-hosted) for our idea to production demo https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/sales/idea-to-production-d... It has been a great experience. Easy to set up and rock solid.

It sounds like you're building from the IaaS layer up, is that correct?

It depends on what the customer has already. We (Red Hat) support installing OpenShift anywhere that RHEL x86-64 is supported, whether that is bare metal, vms, private/public cloud, etc. For example, our hosted "Heroku like" OpenShift Online is on AWS (https://www.openshift.com/devpreview/).

Thanks. It makes sense that Red Hat would make that guarantee.

Ahhh, yeah, I totally misread that. Sorry!