Red Hat unveiled several days ago the release of Developer Sandbox for Red Hat OpenShift, an OpenShift-based development environment that will give organizations the ability to rapidly prototype Kubernetes-based applications.
The sandbox of OpenShift is a private environment on a shared cluster It is already configured with a set of development tools, so that the preparation is done before the developers “walk” into the environment. Rather like a virtual garage, it is set up with everything they need.
Developers can get started immediately by putting together Kubernetes applications using the same infrastructure and tools that would run in production environments, without the need to worry about production hardware and without the risk of breaking anything anyone can see.
Also, since everything is virtualized, the sandbox allows you to save states, freeze them, put them aside for later, and restore them as desired. It is even possible to destroy everything and start from scratch when necessary.
"With the OpenShift sandbox and the latest update to our developer tools, we're taking steps to make it even easier for developers to start building for Kubernetes," said Mithun Dhar, vice president and general manager, Developer Tools and Programs at Red Hat.
Onshift Developer Sandbox makes it easy to get started with its built-in development tools, which are designed to provide a secure environment for creating new applications and services, creating containers from source code or Docker files, and more.
Red Hat also announced a series of new updates to its tools. that will strengthen the development of OpenShift and Kubernetes. Many of these new tool updates are more closely integrated with OpenShift and will benefit the use of the new Sandbox.
Developer Sandbox for Red Hat OpenShift provides a private OpenShift environment on a shared multi-tenant cluster that is preconfigured with a set of development tools. The infrastructure and tools are tightly integrated and designed to provide a secure environment for prototyping or building new applications, adding new services, creating containers from source code or Dockerfiles, and more.
Combined with Red Hat's portfolio of developer tools, these new capabilities help developers better respond to the need for increased application speed and further consolidate Red Hat OpenShift as the leading platform for building, deploying, and managing. Kubernetes business applications
For example, the new versions of CodeReady WorkSpaces, CodeReady Studio, CodeReady Dependency Analytics, and CodeReady Containers are updates to CodeReady from Red Hat, a development tool for cloud-native development that uses Kubernetes and containers for preconfigured development environments. Workspaces and Studio now have an easier time logging in and configuring sandbox integrations to create and access applications, with more consistent user experiences.
Moreover, GitHub Actions for OpenShift now integrates with Buildah and Podman, which are container managers, to facilitate the insertion of container images for deployment in OpenShift, plus Visual Studio Code Tools for OpenShift can now add clusters of OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka, a managed and hosted Kafka service that allows developers easily incorporate streaming data into applications.
"Much of our work around Red Hat OpenShift has been focused on maximizing developer productivity and enabling developers to take full advantage of the power of Kubernetes," said Dhar.
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As for those who are interested in the tools or new versions and more, they should know that they are generally available with a free Red Hat account on the developer portal.