In this chapter, we will focus on the Origin flavor of OpenShift, which is publicly accessible without any subscription. Like other OpenShift variants, Origin supports all features of commercial OpenShift versions that are provided by RedHat. OpenShift is a complex platform that consists of many components that interact and work together, with each having their own requirements, so before we start, we will have to satisfy them.
Prerequisites
Hardware requirements
Official OpenShift Origin documentation provides sufficient hardware requirements for different host types. They are summarized in the following table:
Masters |
Nodes |
External etcd |
|
vCPU |
2 |
1 |
2 |
RAM, GiB |
16 |
8 |
8 |
Disk Storage/Partitioning... |