Supported platforms and installation methods | Installing | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.0

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS) is supported on OpenShift Container Platform and Kubernetes platforms. For more information about supported self-managed and managed platforms, see Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes Support Policy.

Installation methods for different platforms

You can perform different types of installations on different platforms.

Not all installation methods are supported for all platforms.

Table 1. Supported platforms and recommended installation methods
Platform type ^[1]	Platform ^[2]	Supported for Central	Supported for Secured Clusters	Supported installation methods	Installation steps
Managed service platform	Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated (OSD)	Yes	Yes	Operator (recommended), Helm charts, or `roxctl` CLI ^[3]	High-level overview of installing RHACS on Red Hat OpenShift
	Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO)	Yes	Yes
	Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA)	Yes	Yes
	Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)	Limited ^[4]	Yes	Helm charts (recommended), or `roxctl` CLI ^[3]	High-level overview of installing RHACS on other platforms
	Google Kubernetes Engine (Google GKE)	Limited ^[4]	Yes
	Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (Microsoft AKS)	Limited ^[4]	Yes
Self-managed platform	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.x	Yes	Yes	Operator (recommended), Helm charts, or `roxctl` CLI ^[3]	High-level overview of installing RHACS on Red Hat OpenShift
Self-managed platform	Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine (OKE) 4.x	No	Yes	Operator (recommended), Helm charts, or `roxctl` CLI ^[3]

The availability of support for each platform depends on the overarching lifecycle of the platform and the end-of-life date.
For more information about supported self-managed and managed platforms, see Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes Support Policy.
Do not use the roxctl installation method unless you have specific requirements for following this installation method.
RHACS Central is tested, qualified, and is fully supported exclusively on OpenShift Container Platform 4. Deployment and use of Central in environments that are not OpenShift Container Platform 4 is possible, but support is limited to the RHACS product software only and not to the underlying infrastructure provider. As part of problem diagnosis and isolation, it is necessary to reproduce problems in an OpenShift Container Platform 4 environment. If an issue is specific to a provider and cluster that is not OpenShift Container Platform 4, Red Hat provides commercially reasonable support to isolate issues. You are expected to open a case with your respective provider. For instructions, see the Red Hat 3rd Party Support Policy.

Installation methods for different architectures

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS) supports the following architectures.

Table 2. Supported architectures and recommended installation methods
Supported architectures	Supported for Central	Supported for Secured Clusters	Supported installation methods
AMD64	Yes	Yes	Operator (preferred), Helm charts, or `roxctl` CLI (not recommended)
ppc64le (IBM Power)	No	Yes (OpenShift Container Platform version 4.12 and later)	Operator is the only supported install method.
s390x (IBM zSystems and IBM® LinuxONE)	No	Yes (OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.10, 4.12 and later)	Operator is the only supported install method.

Supported Browsers for RHACS

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS) browser support complies with Red Hat policy and includes the following browsers:

Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge