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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 decisions quickly on their future direction. Red Hat OpenShift meets today’s virtualization
needs and offers a simplified pathway to migration, but also enables organizations to keep an eye
on the future via application modernization. With Red Hat OpenShift, organizations are able to
protect their traditional investments while adopting a platformthat enables them to seamlessly
transition to an AI future.”

Additional Resources
 Learn more about Red Hat OpenShift 4.18
 Read the blog about Red Hat OpenShift 4.18
 What’s new for developers in Red Hat OpenShift 4.18

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