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Update Red Hat OpenShift

Whether you’re performing a minor update or preparing for future releases, updating Red Hat® OpenShift® gives your teams a consistent, security-focused experience to build, deploy, and scale your workloads from the datacenter to the edge.

How to update Red Hat OpenShift

Updating Red Hat OpenShift is designed to be a predictable, automated process that maintains the stability of your production environment. Because Red Hat OpenShift uses an operator-based architecture, most cluster components are updated automatically as a part of the lifecycle management process.

Update to the latest version

Red Hat OpenShift 4.21

Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS 4 and above

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.21

Update, upgrade, migrate: what’s the difference?

Understanding the right strategy for your environment starts with knowing the difference between staying current and moving to a new foundation. Whether you refer to it as an update or an upgrade, the goal is the same: keeping your platform modern with the latest features and security enhancements. Red Hat OpenShift prioritizes these experiences for users to deliver a seamless, in-place process. These updates are handled directly within your existing environment by cluster operators, meaning you can move between versions without needing to build an entirely new cluster. 

A migration is a more distinct path that involves changing underlying infrastructure or transitioning to a managed cloud service. Today, whether you are maintaining your current environment or preparing for future major releases, Red Hat OpenShift is designed to move with you, ensuring your focus remains on innovation rather than re-platforming.

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Advantages of updating

Staying current with the latest version of Red Hat OpenShift ensures your organization can take full advantage of the platform’s continuous innovation. Each release comes with new features, enhancements, and security fixes.

Consistency

Red Hat OpenShift provides a trusted platform regardless of where you choose to deploy. By offering a consistent experience across public cloud, on-premise, and edge environments, you can reduce operational complexity and ensure your teams use the same tools and workflows everywhere.

Advanced security and compliance

Red Hat OpenShift is a unified platform that integrates security across the entire application lifecycle and cloud-native stack. It offers built-in security features like access controls and automated policy management—helping you set zero-trust guardrails to support developer velocity.

Enhanced developer experience

Red Hat OpenShift provides the features and capabilities needed to increase developer productivity and accelerate innovation. This includes a comprehensive set of developer tools, standardized workflows, multilanguage support, and access to OpenShift OperatorHub and Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces.

Scalability

Red Hat OpenShift lets your applications scale to thousands of instances across hundreds of nodes in seconds. This allows your infrastructure to adapt to shifting demands and handle your most resource-intensive workloads without compromising performance.

What’s new, what’s next?

Get the latest news about Red Hat OpenShift releases from our product managers.

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Plan your update

Successful updates begin with proper planning. Use these resources to review release notes, verify system requirements, and follow the step-by-step documentation tailored to your specific Red Hat OpenShift deployment.

Latest product documentation

Are you using OpenShift cloud services?

Schedule your automated update in the OpenShift web console when it best suits your needs. Here’s how.

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Which update method is best for you?

In Red Hat OpenShift, you can update OpenShift clusters via the web console or the OpenShift CLI.

  • OpenShift web console: This is the most common choice for administrators who prefer a visual, guided experience. The console provides a channel graph with a clear view of available update channels—the valid release options available based on your current version. It also displays real-time progress as the cluster performs its update.
  • OpenShift CLI: This option is for teams who prefer a command-line interface or prioritize automation. Updating via the command line allows for scriptable, repeatable updates and helps you update multiple clusters more quickly.

Will you need support?

If you need help with your Red Hat OpenShift update, you can access knowledgebase articles or contact Red Hat support by logging into the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Resources

Red Hat documentation

Red Hat OpenShift for developers

6 reasons to upgrade OpenShift Platform Plus

Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes learning paths

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Need help?

Get expertise straight from the source and accelerate your transition with Red Hat Consulting. Our experts work side-by-side with organizations to jump-start application platform maturity through targeted assessments and a clear roadmap for long-term success. Whether you are performing a complex version update or moving to a managed cloud service, we provide the hands-on mentoring and proven blueprints needed to minimize risk, empower your developers, and streamline operations for faster delivery.

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