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Logout Contactus Login/RegisterAccount Selectalanguage 简体中文EnglishFrançaisDeutschItaliano日本語한국어PortuguêsEspañol Jumptosection Jumptosection Platform-as-a-service(PaaS)isaformofcloudcomputing wherehardwareandanapplicationsoftwareplatformisprovidedbyanotherparty.Primarilyfordevelopersandprogrammers,aPaaSallowstheusertodevelop,run,andmanagetheirownappswithouthavingtobuildandmaintaintheinfrastructureorplatformusuallyassociatedwiththeprocess.MostcloudservicesofferKubernetes-basedplatformsasaservice —thatis,asexplicitPlatform-as-a-Service(PaaS)orInfrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS)environments.ThisletsKubernetesfunctionastheplatformonwhichcontainer-basedapplicationscanrun,scale,andbemanaged.StartbuildingyourhybridcloudstrategyAPaaSproviderhoststhehardwareandsoftwareonitsowninfrastructureanddeliversthisplatformtotheuserasanintegratedsolution,solutionstack,orservicethroughaninternetconnection.Forexample,let’ssayyou’vegotanideaforthenextbigthing—you’vewrittencodeforanapplicationthatwillmakelifeeasierandgetstuffdone.You’reexcitedaboutit,whatitcando,andwhereitcouldgofromhere.Toavoidtheaddedstressofinstallingon-premiseshardware,maintainingservers,keepinginfrastructuresoftwareupdated,andhavingtosetupacustomplatformuponwhichtobuildyourapp,youturntoaPaaSproviderwhowillhosttheplatformandprovidetheenvironmentyouneedtogetyourcoderunning."As-a-service"generallymeansaservicethatisprovidedbyasecondpartysothatyoucanfocusonwhat’smoreimportanttoyou,likeyourcodeandrelationshipswithyourcustomers.Someotheras-a-serviceoptionsareInfrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS)andSoftware-as-a-Service(SaaS).IaaSmeansaprovidermanagestheinfrastructureforyou—theactualservers,network,virtualization,andstorage—viaacloud.Theuserhasaccessthroughanapplicationprogramminginterface(API)ordashboard,andessentiallyrentstheinfrastructure.Theusermanagesthingsliketheoperatingsystem,apps,andmiddlewarewhiletheprovidertakescareofanyhardware,networking,harddrives,storage,andservers,andhastheresponsibilityoftakingcareofoutages,repairs,andhardwareissuesSaaSiswhenprovidermanagesanappforyou.Theproviderhandlessoftwareupdates,bugfixes,andothergeneralsoftwaremaintenanceandyouconnecttoitviaawebbrowserorAPI.Thisalsoeliminatestheneedtohaveanappinstalledlocallyoneachindividualcomputer.Fordevelopersandprogrammerswhohaveideasandwritethecodetomakethoseideasreality—butwhodon’thaveorwanttheequipmentandthehassleofmaintainingthatequipmentintheirownfacilities—PaaSisagreatoption.TheycansynctheircodewithaPaaSandruntheirappusingtheprovider’shardwareandsoftware—themaintenanceandupkeepofwhicharehandledforthem.Thisclearsthewayforfurtherdevelopmentandinnovationwithlessdistraction,whilealsoreducingtheamountofinfrastructuralsetupandcoding.PaaSalsoallowsforscalabilityandeasymigrationbecauseitexistsinacloud.AfewthingstokeepinmindwhendecidingonaPaaSsolution:Whatfeaturesareincluded?Canyourappworksuccessfullywiththem?Asyourappgrowsanddevelops,addingmoreandmoreusers,youwanttomakesureyoucanscaleeasilywithyourproviderandhavetheoptionsyouneedavailable.Isitoptimizedforthelanguageandframeworkyou’reusing?Ifnot,runtimescouldbeanissue.Willtheproviderbearoundaslongasyouneedthem?Youwanttomakesureyourproviderhasahistoryoftrustandreliabilitywithitscustomerssoyouknowthey’llbethereforyou.Howmanyusersdoyouanticipatewillbeusingyourapp?Themoreusers,andthemorespecificthecode,thesloweryourapplicationcouldrunandthemoredifficultitwillbetomigratefromoneserviceprovidertoanother,shouldyouneedto.RedHatsolutionsgiveyousecurity,community,anddecadesofexperiencewithflexibilitytogrowandexpandasyourideasdo.On-demandappstacksandprecreatedquickstartapptemplatesallowyoutostartbuildingyourappwithasingleclick.RedHat®OpenShiftisacontainerapplicationplatformthatincludesanenterprise-gradeLinuxoperatingsystem,containerruntime,networking,monitoring,registry,andauthenticationandauthorizationsolutions.WithRedHatOpenShift,youcanautomatelife-cyclemanagementforincreasedsecurity,tailoredoperationalsolutions,andappportability.Youcanalsostandardizedeveloperworkflows,streamlinedelivery,supportmultipleenvironments,andenablecontinuousintegrationalongsideautomatedreleasemanagement.RedHatMarketplaceoffersautomateddeploymentofcertifiedsoftwareonanyRedHatOpenShiftcluster.RedHatOpenShiftisalsoasecurity-focused,supportedKubernetesplatform,withexperttrainingandconsultingforcustomersneedingfurthersupport.TryRedHatOpenShift Learnthefacetsofcloudmanagementandhowacloudmanagementplatformcanhelpyourenterprise.Managedservicesareawaytooffloadgeneraltaskstoanexpert,inordertoreducecosts,improveservicequality,orfreeinternalteamstodoworkthat’sspecifictoyourbusiness.Cloudservicesareinfrastructure,platforms,orsoftwarethatarehostedbythird-partyprovidersandmadeavailabletousersthroughtheinternet. 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