version: "1.0.6" name: azure-redhat-openshift description: Expert knowledge for Azure Red Hat OpenShift development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when sizing ARO clusters, configuring networking/storage, enabling Entra auth & CMK, or integrating GPUs & NetApp Files, and other Azure Red Hat OpenShift related development tasks. Not for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (use azure-kubernetes-service), Azure Container Apps (use azure-container-apps), Azure Container Instances (use azure-container-instances), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines). compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation. metadata: generated_at: "2026-08-31" generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"
Azure Red Hat OpenShift Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Red Hat OpenShift. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
How to Use This Skill
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If
mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it:
Installation Guide
This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
- Preferred: Use
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description | |
|---|
| Troubleshooting | L36-L42 | Fixing common ARO cluster issues, restoring cluster access, and manually updating or troubleshooting cluster certificates and connectivity via CLI | |
| Best Practices | L43-L50 | Guidance on sizing and deploying ARO infrastructure and large clusters, optimizing OpenShift Virtualization VMs, and understanding ARO 4 support policies and limits | |
| Decision Making | L51-L55 | Roles and responsibilities for managing ARO clusters and guidance on ARO version lifecycle, support timelines, and upgrade planning. | |
| Limits & Quotas | L56-L61 | Scaling ARO clusters with multiple load balancer IPs, plus hard/soft service limits, quotas, and key terms that constrain cluster size and usage. | |
| Security | L62-L79 | Identity, encryption, and network security for ARO: Entra auth, service/managed identities, disk CMK, FIPS, egress control, Front Door, Lockbox, and support/credential rotation policies. | |
| Configuration | L80-L97 | Cluster-level setup for ARO: registry, networking (proxy, DNS, MTU, endpoints), storage (Azure Files, Prometheus), node/subnet layout, Spot VMs, capacity reservations, tags, and pull secrets. | |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L98-L106 | Guides for integrating ARO with GPUs, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Monitor (Prometheus), Container Registry, and Key Vault secrets, including setup and configuration patterns. | |
| Deployment | L107-L117 | Deploying and operating ARO clusters and apps: cluster creation (private/ARM/Bicep), upgrades, networking migration, backups/restores, and app runtimes (JBoss, WebSphere, S2I, serverless). | |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Regain ARO cluster access using Admin Kubeconfig | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-kubeconfig | |
| Manually update ARO cluster certificates via CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-update-certificates | |
| Troubleshoot common Azure Red Hat OpenShift cluster issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/troubleshoot | |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Optimize VM deployments on OpenShift Virtualization in ARO | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/best-practices-openshift-virtualization | |
| Deploy and size infrastructure nodes in ARO | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-infrastructure-nodes | |
| Apply best practices for large ARO clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-large-clusters | |
| Follow Azure Red Hat OpenShift 4 support policies | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/support-policies-v4 | |
Decision Making
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Understand responsibility matrix for ARO operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/responsibility-matrix | |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Configure multiple load balancer IPs to scale ARO clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-multiple-ips | |
| Review Azure Red Hat OpenShift service limits and terms | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/openshift-service-definitions | |
Security
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Configure Microsoft Entra auth for ARO via CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/configure-azure-ad-cli | |
| Configure Microsoft Entra auth for ARO via portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/configure-azure-ad-ui | |
| Use custom Network Security Groups with Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-bring-nsg | |
| Encrypt ARO OS disks with customer-managed keys | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-byok | |
| Create service principal for Azure Red Hat OpenShift deployment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-create-service-principal | |
| Configure applications with ARO workload identity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-deploy-configure-application | |
| Enable FIPS-compliant cryptography on Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-enable-fips-openshift | |
| Reconcile federated identity credentials for ARO clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-reconcile-federated-identity-credentials | |
| Replace Azure Red Hat OpenShift cluster identities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-replace-cluster-identity | |
| Restrict and allow egress traffic for ARO clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-restrict-egress | |
| Secure Azure Red Hat OpenShift apps with Azure Front Door | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-secure-openshift-with-front-door | |
| Rotate Microsoft Entra service principal credentials for ARO | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-service-principal-credential-rotation | |
| Configure and use managed identities in Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-understand-managed-identities | |
| Control Microsoft support access to ARO with Azure Lockbox | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-use-lockbox | |
Configuration
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Configure built-in container registry for Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/built-in-container-registry | |
| Configure cluster-wide HTTP/HTTPS proxy in ARO | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/cluster-wide-proxy-configure | |
| Set up DNS forwarding for Azure Red Hat OpenShift 4 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/dns-forwarding | |
| Update Red Hat pull secret on Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-add-update-pull-secret | |
| Configure capacity reservations with ARO machine sets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-capacity-reservations | |
| Enable jumbo MTU for ARO cluster networks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-change-maximum-transmission-unit | |
| Configure Azure File StorageClass on ARO with managed identity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-configure-azure-file-storageclass | |
| Create Azure Files storage class on ARO 4 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-create-a-storageclass | |
| Configure custom DNS resolvers for ARO clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-custom-dns | |
| Configure Azure Resource Health alerts for Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-monitor-alerts | |
| Configure Prometheus persistent storage on ARO clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-prometheus-persistence | |
| Segregate ARO worker nodes into subnet groups | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-segregate-machinesets | |
| Configure Azure Spot VMs in ARO clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-spot-nodes | |
| Tag ARO managed resources using Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-tag-resources | |
Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Run NVIDIA GPU workloads on Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-gpu-workloads | |
| Configure Azure NetApp Files storage for ARO | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-netapp-files | |
| Send ARO Prometheus metrics to Azure Monitor via remote write | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-remotewrite-prometheus | |
| Integrate Azure Container Registry with Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-use-acr-with-aro | |
| Integrate Azure Key Vault secrets with Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-use-key-vault-secrets | |
Deployment
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Back up Azure Red Hat OpenShift apps with Velero | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-create-a-backup | |
| Restore Azure Red Hat OpenShift apps with Velero | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-create-a-restore | |
| Create private Azure Red Hat OpenShift 4 clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-create-private-cluster-4x | |
| Deploy WebSphere Liberty on Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-deploy-java-liberty-app | |
| Deploy applications from source to ARO using S2I | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-deploy-with-s2i | |
| Deploy serverless applications on Azure Red Hat OpenShift | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-deploy-with-serverless | |
| Migrate ARO networking from OpenShift SDN to OVN-Kubernetes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/howto-sdn-to-ovn | |
| Deploy ARO clusters using ARM or Bicep templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/quickstart-openshift-arm-bicep-template | |