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

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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 optimizing ARO clusters and VMs, configuring infrastructure nodes for performance/scale, and understanding ARO 4 support policies and limits.
Decision Making	L51-L56	Roles and responsibilities for managing ARO clusters and guidance on ARO version lifecycle, support timelines, and upgrade planning.
Limits & Quotas	L57-L62	Scaling ARO clusters with multiple load balancer IPs, plus hard/soft service limits, quotas, and key terms that constrain cluster size and usage.
Security	L63-L80	Identity, access, disk encryption, network egress, workload/managed identities, FIPS, Lockbox, and securing ARO apps with Azure Front Door and Microsoft Entra.
Configuration	L81-L99	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	L100-L108	Guides for integrating ARO with GPUs, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Monitor (Prometheus), Container Registry, and Key Vault secrets, including setup and configuration patterns.
Deployment	L109-L119	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
Plan Azure Red Hat OpenShift version support lifecycle	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/support-lifecycle

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
Understand networking layout and endpoints for Azure Red Hat OpenShift	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/openshift/concepts-networking
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

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