Foundational services and the control plane
IBM has a broad portfolio of products that are now available as Cloud Paks on OpenShift Container Platform. With every such product, there is a common need to operate in different data centers, both on-premises and in the cloud, and the requirement to integrate with existing enterprise systems. To that end, a set of shared services has been developed called the Cloud Pak foundational services (CPFS).
Cloud Pak foundational services
CPFS is also known as "Bedrock." It provides key services that run on top of OpenShift Container Platform to power all Cloud Paks, including Cloud Pak for Data, and serves as a layer to support integration between all Paks.
These capabilities enabled by the CPFS services include the following:
- Certificate Management Service: This service enables Cloud Paks to generate TLS certificates, manifest them as Kubernetes secrets, and be mounted in Pods that need them. This helps in securing inter...