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? VM storage migration, available as a technology preview, now includes additional enhancements that allow
for non-disruptive movement of data between storage devices and storage classes while a VM is running,

enabling users to be more agile as storage needs change.
? Tree-view navigation, available as a technology preview, enables users to logically group VMs into folders

which allows for a more granular grouping. Additionally, with logical grouping, also available as a technology
preview, users have a quicker and easier way to navigate between VMs using a single click.

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 also enhances user-defined networks with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which

improves segmentation and supports advanced use cases like VM static IP assignment, live migration and
stronger multi-tenancy.

Extending choice for greater hybrid cloud innovation

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 expands support to additional public cloud providers, providing users with increased
flexibility for how and where they choose to run their workloads. Red Hat OpenShift now supports bare-metal
deployments on Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Additionally, for users looking for

virtualization in the public cloud, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is now available on Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure as a technology preview.

Simplified operations for security

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 introduces new security features designed to help drive more resilient operations

while decreasing potential risks. Secret store container storage interface (CSI) driver is now generally
available and provides users with a vendor-agnostic solution for managing credentials and sensitive
information for applications. Workloads on Red Hat OpenShift can access external secrets managers without

storing secrets on the cluster, enhancing overall security hygiene and simplifying credential management.
This allows for clusters to remain unaware of secrets, thereby further reducing risk. Additionally, Secret Store

CSI Driver enhances complementary solutions, such as OpenShift GitOps and OpenShift Pipelines, by
enabling them to consume secrets from an external secrets manager in a more secure way.

Availability

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 is now generally available. More information, including how to upgrade to the latest
version, is available here.

Supporting Quotes
Mike Barrett, vice president and general manager, Hybrid Cloud Platforms, Red Hat

“Many organizations have reached an inflection point with their virtualized infrastructure, needing to make

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