The multicluster engine for Kubernetes operator 2.4 Support Matrix
The multicluster engine for Kubernetes operator provides the tools and capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of environments, including multiple datacenters, private clouds, and public clouds that run Kubernetes clusters.
General support statement
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The most current version of MCE is supported, along with the two previous versions, and all z-stream releases of those versions.
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The most recent Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) version released with this MCE version is supported, along with two previous RHOCP versions, and z-stream releases of those supported RHOCP versions.
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This version of MCE also supports the very next RHOCP version. Note: Hosted control planes 4.14, however, does NOT support the next RHOCP version.
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For product lifecycle information for RHOCP, see Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Life Cycle. MCE is not supported on RHOCP versions that have reached their end-of-life status.
Supported browsers
Because they share the same interface, the integrated console supports the same browsers as the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. See Accessing the web console in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation for information about supported browsers and versions.
Supported platforms for multicluster engine operator
The multicluster engine operator has two main components:
- A server component called the “hub cluster” where the management tools and user interface run
- A client component that is installed on all Kubernetes clusters that can be managed by the “hub cluster”
- Note: You do not have to use a dedicated cluster for your hub cluster.
| Platform | Supported for hub | Supported for management |
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| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) 4.15, and later 4.15.x releases |  | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)(EUS) 4.14, and later 4.14.x releases | | |
| RHOCP 4.13, and later 4.13.x releases | | |
| RHOCP 4.12 EUS, and later 4.12.x releases | | |
| RHOCP 3.11.784, and later 3.11.x releases (Deprecated) |  | |
| Single node OpenShift (SNO) | | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated | | |
| RHOCP on IBM Cloud (RHOIC) | | |
| Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) | | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) | | |
| RHOCP on bare metal | | |
| RHOCP on VMware vSphere | | |
| RHOCP on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) | | |
| RHOCP on Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) (Deprecated) | | |
| RHOCP on Arm | | |
| RHOCP on IBM Z | | |
| RHOCP on IBM Power Systems | | |
| RHOCP on AWS GovCloud | | |
| RHOCP on Microsoft Azure Government | | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine | | |
| Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.14 on bare metal | | |
| Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.14 OpenShift Virtualization | | |
| Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.14 on AWS (Technology Preview) | | |
| Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.14 on IBM Power (Technology Preview) | | |
| Hosted control planes for RHOCP 4.14 on IBM Z (Technology Preview) | | |
| Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) (Kubernetes 1.28.1) | | |
| Amazon EKS Distro version 1.28.1-eks-43840fb (Technology Preview) | | |
| Google Kubernetes Engine (Google GKE) (Kubernetes 1.27.5) | | |
| IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (Kubernetes 1.28.2) | | |
| Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (Microsoft AKS) (Kubernetes 1.28.0) | | |
For product lifecycle information for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, see Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Life Cycle. The multicluster engine for Kubernetes operator is not supported on OpenShift Container Platform versions that have reached their end-of-life status.
Note: As the pace of change in public cloud features is high, constantly changing and evolving, the compatibility for RHACM is correct at GA of the product. Best effort basis during errata cycle for public cloud vendors introduced breaking changes (intended or unintended) to existing functionality. Any other changes or additions would be considered as a Request For Enhancement (RFE), which is evaluated for potential inclusion in future releases. An RFE can be requested using standard support mechanisms. For more details on Red Hat Support, see What is Commercially Reasonable Support?
For Kubernetes services, see Public Cloud Kubernetes support statement.
Feature support
The multicluster engine for Kubernetes operator allows you to perform actions on the clusters that it manages, and provides features for interacting with and providing information about those clusters. This section outlines the status of features support that you can perform on clusters.
Cluster Lifecycle Management
| Features | RHOCP | OpenShift Kubernetes Engine | IBM Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Services | Azure Red Hat OpenShift | OpenShift Dedicated | ROSA | Amazon EKS | Google GKE | IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service | Microsoft AKS |
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| Cluster list view | | | | | | | | | | |
| Import existing cluster | | | | | | | | | | |
| Create a cluster | | | | | | | | | | |
| Upgrade a cluster | | | | | | | | | | |
| Destroy a cluster | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ansible integration during cluster creation and upgrade (requires Ansible Automation Platform) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Scale clusters (Clusters created with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management only) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Discover unmanaged OpenShift Container Platform clusters at cloud.redhat.com for importing (Clusters must have telemetry enabled with console.redhat.com) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cluster Hibernate | On AWS, GCP, Azure only | On AWS, GCP, Azure only | | | | | | | | |
| ClusterPools (Technology Preview) | On AWS, GCP, Azure only | On AWS, GCP, Azure only | | | | | | | | |
Supported providers for multicluster engine for Kubernetes RHOCP cluster creation
| Infrastructure | Hive Operator | Infrastructure Operator | Hosted Control Planes Operator |
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| Amazon Web Services, AWS GovCloud (US) | | | (Technology Preview) |
| Google Cloud Platform | | | |
| Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Government | | | |
| Bare Metal | | | |
| Nutanix | | | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (Versions supported by RHOCP) | | | |
| VMware vSphere (Versions supported by RHOCP) | | | |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (Versions supported by RHOCP) | | | |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) (Versions supported by RHOCP) (Deprecated) | | | |