An Operator is a method of packaging, deploying and managing a Kubernetes application. A Kubernetes application is an application that is both deployed on Kubernetes and managed using the Kubernetes APIs and kubectl tooling. To be able to make the most of Kubernetes, you need a set of cohesive APIs to extend in order to service and manage your applications that run on Kubernetes. You can think of Operators as the runtime that manages this type of application on Kubernetes.

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The principal purpose of the Operator Framework SIG is to discuss, develop and disseminate best practices for building Operators, using Operators and help grow the Operator ecosystem by engaging and learning from Operator authors, users and contributors to the Operator Framework itself.

Community Operators

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The principal purpose of the Mobile on OpenShift Special Interest Group is to discuss, develop and disseminate best practices for deploying and managing Mobile Applications on OpenShift built on (but not limited to) FeedHenry and a wide variety of popular toolkits including native SDKs, hybrid Apache Cordova, HTML5 and Titanium, as well as frameworks such as Xamarin, Sencha Touch, and other JavaScript frameworks.

The principal purpose of the OpenShift in Automotive Special Interest Group is to discuss, develop and disseminate best practices for deploying and managing OpenShift in Automotive.

The principal purpose of the OpenShift in .GOV Special Interest Group is to discuss, develop and disseminate best practices for deploying and managing OpenShift in .GOV.

The principal purpose of the OpenShift on OpenStack Special Interest Group is to discuss, develop and disseminate best practices for deploying and managing OpenShift on OpenStack.

The principal purpose of the OpenShift on IBM Cloud Special Interest Group is to collaborate and share information around best practices for operating and maintaining OpenShift environments on IBM Cloud.

Briefing

IBM's Sai Vennam gives a guided tour of OpenShift on IBM Cloud.

https://youtu.be/l4Vrj7mkxhQ

About OpenShift on IBM Cloud

This Special Interest Group is for like-minded IT practitioners, engineers and developers to discuss and share information about deploying and maintaining OpenShift at scale on IBM Cloud.

Topics Covered

• Leveraging OpenShift tools and APIs for a single, consistent experience across hybrid environments or different cloud providers.
• Protecting cluster infrastructure, isolating compute resources, encrypting data, and ensuring security compliance.
• Quickly setting up a CI/CD with Jenkins or deploying a variety of apps in a guided experience that's fully integrated into your OpenShift cluster.
• Using built-in services for monitoring, logging, load-balancing, storage, and security.
• Deploying and scaling workloads with a managed master that is automatically spread across zones within a region for high availability.

Test your container skills with PodEscape

Check PodEscape running on OpenShift on IBM Cloud.

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Test your container skills with PODESCAPE, an endless runner of a pod trying to escape from a project being deleted. Compete with fellow devs for the highest score. And don't be fooled by the retro feel...with the git link you can tinker under the hood with OpenShift on IBM Cloud, MongoDB, and OpenShift Container Storage.

The principal purpose of the Energy Special Interest Group is to discuss, develop and disseminate best practices to support energy companies as they modernize their IT infrastructures on OpenShift.