RHCOS 10 - Red Hat’s new worker node OS for OpenShift

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ContextRed Hat OpenShift uses a purpose-built, immutable operating system for cluster nodes, commonly known as Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS). This operating system, which uses the same kernel and hardware compatibility from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), ships with a minimal-footprint operating environment, with its configuration entirely orchestrated by OpenShift and Kubernetes-based…

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