Glossary

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Red Hat Advanced Developer Suite (RHADS)

An integrated suite of tools and services that enables organizations to build, test, and deploy secure modern applications with automated security and compliance built into the development process.

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CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment)

The practice of automating the integration of code changes and their deployment to production, enabling faster and more reliable software delivery.

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GitOps

A deployment methodology that uses Git repositories as the single source of truth for infrastructure and application configuration, enabling automated and auditable deployments.

I

Internal Developer Portal (IDP)

A centralized platform that provides developers with self-service access to tools, documentation, templates, and resources needed for application development and deployment.

K

Red Hat build of Keycloak

An enterprise-ready identity and access management solution that provides OIDC authentication and authorization services for secure application access.

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Red Hat OpenShift

An enterprise Kubernetes platform that provides a complete application development and deployment environment with built-in security, monitoring, and management capabilities.

OpenShift Dev Spaces

A browser-based development environment that provides fully configured workspaces for modern application development.

Q

Quarkus

A Kubernetes-native Java framework designed for building modern applications with fast startup times, low memory usage, and excellent developer experience.

Red Hat Quay

An enterprise container image registry that provides secure storage, scanning, and distribution of container images.

R

Red Hat Developer Hub

Red Hat’s enterprise-ready Internal Developer Portal based on Backstage, providing self-service capabilities, software templates, and unified access to development tools.

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Software Template

Pre-configured templates in Red Hat Developer Hub that automate the creation of new applications with standardized architecture, security, and deployment configurations.

Software Supply Chain

The entire process and infrastructure involved in developing, building, testing, and delivering software, including all the tools, dependencies, and security measures.

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Tekton

An open-source framework for creating Kubernetes-native CI/CD pipelines, providing the foundation for OpenShift Pipelines.