Installing Red Hat OpenShift on AWS in a restricted network using AWS Secure Token Service
IBM and Red Hat Blog
This is a detailed guide on installing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on AWS in a restricted network using AWS Secure Token Service (STS).
Specifically, the article covers:
- Architecture overview of the restricted network setup
- Prerequisites and software requirements
- Step-by-step instructions for:
- Setting up IAM roles and policies
- Configuring AWS networking (VPCs, Transit Gateway, Network Firewall)
- Setting up a bastion host
- Creating an Amazon Route 53 private hosted zone
- Setting up Amazon ECR and mirroring OpenShift images
- Generating installation files with customized configurations
- Deploying the OpenShift cluster using the installer
- Post-installation considerations:
- Handling the OperatorHub
- Updating the cluster
- Additional security controls
- Cleanup steps to remove the deployed resources
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