What’s new

Red Hat Edge Manager 1.3

Highlights of what is new and what has changed in Red Hat Edge Manager 1.3

Red Hat Edge Manager Documentation Team

Abstract

The release notes for Red Hat Edge Manager summarize all new features and enhancements, notable technical changes, and major corrections for each release.

Chapter 1. New features and enhancements

Find new additions, recent changes, and relevant updates for Red Hat Edge Manager 1.3 listed below.

Virtual machine management on edge devices: You can now deploy and manage KVM virtual machines on Red Hat Edge Manager-managed edge devices alongside container workloads. With VM applications, you can run non-containerizable workloads such as legacy Windows applications or existing VM images through the same Red Hat Edge Manager console and CLI that you use for container applications. For more information, see VM applications on edge devices.
Catalog item references for fleets and devices: You can now reference Software Catalog items directly in fleet and device specifications by using the new catalogItemRef field. This field replaces the previous label-based catalog reference model with a robust, API-first mechanism that works consistently across the UI, API, and CLI. For more information, see Catalog item reference field specification.
Helm chart support for binding PVCs to pre-provisioned PVs: You can now bind PersistentVolumeClaims to specific pre-provisioned PersistentVolumes when installing Red Hat Edge Manager on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform clusters without dynamic storage provisioning. The Helm chart exposes volumeName and selector.matchLabels options so that administrators can declaratively install Red Hat Edge Manager on static-storage clusters. For more information, see Configuring static PV binding.
Encryption at rest for stored secrets: With this update, sensitive data stored by Red Hat Edge Manager is encrypted at rest by default in the control plane. This enables customers to meet enterprise security and compliance requirements for data protection on disk without additional tooling or manual controls. For more information, see Encryption at rest.
Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) integration: You can now forward Red Hat Edge Manager device and fleet events to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) to trigger automated responses to operational state changes across your edge fleet. Red Hat Edge Manager alerts are consumable by EDA through Alertmanager, enabling automated remediation workflows without manual intervention. For more information, see Integrating with Event-Driven Ansible.
Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux package-mode devices: You can now install and run the Red Hat Edge Manager agent on Red Hat Enterprise Linux devices running in package mode (traditional RPM-based deployments managed with dnf). This allows customers migrating from Satellite or other package-based management tools to adopt Red Hat Edge Manager without requiring a move to image mode. For more information, see Image-mode and package-mode agent installation methods.
Per-device local customization on first boot: You can now provide per-device configuration, such as static IP addresses, network proxy settings, and flightctl-agent parameters, during first boot through a local interface or connected laptop. The optional customization step integrates with the Red Hat Edge Manager enrollment workflow, applying configuration before the device is assigned to a fleet. For more information, see Device onboarding at first boot.
Fleet organization best practices: With this update, Red Hat Edge Manager documentation includes guidance on fleet design decisions and organization patterns to help administrators structure fleets for long-term maintainability. The new guidance covers when to use a single fleet with template placeholders versus multiple separate fleets, layered configuration composition with gitRef entries, and practical examples for common edge deployment scenarios. For more information, see Fleet design decisions.

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