KubeDB

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KubeDB for Red Hat OpenShift
Joint Solution Brief

Multi-Tenant DBaaS for OCP • ROSA • ARO • OSD • OKE • OCP+

Enterprises running modern applications on Red Hat OpenShift struggle to deliver databases quickly. They must maintain security, governance, and operational control, but are often forced to choose between restrictive cloud-managed services or complex manual Kubernetes operations

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Implementation Benefits

  • Lower operational overhead: KubeDB standardizes database provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and recovery through declarative workflows, eliminating custom automation and one-off database clusters while reducing operational risk and manual error.
  • DBaaS without cloud lock-in: By running entirely inside Red Hat OpenShift, KubeDB enables organizations to deliver DBaaS consistently across on-premises, public cloud, sovereign, and air-gapped environments—without dependency on hyperscaler-managed services.
  • Predictable cost and storage flexibility: KubeDB works with existing enterprise storage platforms and Kubernetes storage classes, allowing organizations to optimize for performance, resilience, and cost while maintaining full data ownership.
  • Built-in governance and multi-tenancy: Platform teams can enforce security, access controls, resource limits, and lifecycle policies, enabling secure multi-tenant DBaaS at scale.
  • Accelerated developer productivity: Developers gain self-service access to production-ready databases through Kubernetes-native interfaces, removing ticket-based provisioning and shortening application delivery cycles.

Capabilities Overview

  • Native Red Hat OpenShift integration: KubeDB is designed as a first-class Red Hat OpenShift platform service, using Kubernetes APIs and declarative configuration to manage databases as governed, reusable services rather than standalone infrastructure.
  • Automated database lifecycle management: The platform automates provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and failover through policy-driven workflows, ensuring consistency across clusters and environments.
  • Multi-database platform support: KubeDB supports any databases (SQL/NoSQL), caches and message brokers, enabling platform teams to standardize operations across multiple database engines using a single DBaaS control plane.
  • Integrated data protection and availability: Built-in backup, restore, and high-availability mechanisms align with Red Hat OpenShift operational models, reducing reliance on external, database-specific tooling.
  • Centralized governance: KubeDB supports distributed Red Hat OpenShift environments across clouds and data centers, allowing centralized governance with local execution wherever applications run.