OpenShift Console Extensions and Integration

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1. OCP Console Product Manager: Ali Mobrem
   OPENSHIFT CONSOLE EXTENSIONS
   Extensibility and Integration
   

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   OpenShift Console Themes
   OpenShift = Kubernetes
   Managing
   Kubernetes
   Extending
   Kubernetes
   Learning
   Kubernetes
   Developing on
   Kubernetes
   

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3. EXTENDING THE CONSOLE
   ● CRDs - static customization of pre-identified areas of the console
   ● OLM Descriptors - metadata driven UI generation for OLM components
   ● RH Native Plugins - deep integration with RH components by internal teams
   Types of Extensions
   Increasing customization
   20%
   80%
   Red Hat ISVs\Customers
   Native plugins OLM Descriptors CRDs
   

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4. CRD Extensions
   

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5. Console Customization for Clusters
   Console Customization built with CRDs
   Cluster admins will be given the ability to customize
   certain aspects of the web console for all cluster users.
   Customizations include:
   ● Links - ConsoleLinks CRD
   ○ Help Menu, User Menu, Application Menu, Project
   ● Notifications - ConsoleNotifications CRD
   ○ Top, Bottom, Top and Bottom
   ● Branding - Console-Config ConfigMap
   ○ Logo, About, Login
   ● Command Line - ConsoleCLIDownloads CRD
   ○ Add your own Command lines
   ● External Log Links - ConsoleExternalLogLinks
   CRD
   EXTENDING THE CONSOLE
   

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6. EXTENDING THE CONSOLE
   Expose Third Party App Console for Operator-backed Services
   “Project-scoped” ConsoleLink CRD
   ● Customize the access to integrated
   project-scoped third-party user
   interfaces for your users.
   ● With the project-scoped external link
   launch mechanism, link in context to your
   interface.
   “Cluster-wide” ConsoleLink CRD
   ● Easily integrate/onboard cluster-wide
   third-party user interfaces to develop,
   administer, and configure
   Operator-backed services.
   

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7. EXTENDING THE CONSOLE
   Add YAML Samples for a specific resource
   Educate Your Users with an
   Easy Way to Understand
   Kubernetes Resources
   ● You can now add cluster-wide
   samples to any Kube Resource
   with ConsoleYAMLSamples
   CRD.
   ● Each team that manages kube
   resources owns their samples
   and should make it part of their
   Operator.
   ● Any Operators can add YAML
   samples including Third-Party
   ISVs
   

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8. Create Shortcuts for any
   Kubernetes Resources
   ● You can now add cluster-wide
   Snippets to any Kube Resource
   with ConsoleYAMLSamples CRD.
   ● Set Snippet Boolean
   Snippets Support
   EXTENDING THE CONSOLE
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9. Guiding customers with interactive
   documentation tours
   ● Help customers to discover and enable
   value added services
   ○ Highlight core add-on services
   ■ Serverless
   ■ Pipelines
   ● Reduce the time it takes to get customers
   up and running
   ● Educate users on how to maximize usage of
   the UI
   ● Accessible on both the Administrator and
   Developer perspectives
   ● Optional check your work section to verify
   tasks are done correctly
   Learn with QuickStarts
   Product Manager: Ali Mobrem
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   EXTENDING THE CONSOLE
   Planned in 4.7+
   

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10. EXTENDING THE CONSOLE
    Custom Metrics Dashboard with Console Dashboard Rendering Framework
    Create Meaningful Dashboards
    The New Dashboard CRDs will allow
    you to generate dashboards from any
    Prometheus metrics.
    Support Card Types:
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    Product Manager: Ali Mobrem
    ● Table View
    ● Single Stat View
    ● Graph View
    Planned in 4.8+
    

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11. Useful Blogs
    

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12. Useful Blogs
    ● https://www.openshift.com/blog/openshift-4-3-managing-catalog-sources-in-the-op
    enshift-web-console
    ● https://www.openshift.com/blog/openshift-4-3-console-customization-yaml-samples
    ● https://www.openshift.com/blog/openshift-4-2-console-customization
    ● Improved navigation in the OpenShift 4.5 Developer perspective
    

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13. Questions?
    

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