openCenter

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About

openCenter is ranked #9 of 25 in Kubernetes management platforms on Inferse. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

Compared on Kubernetes management platforms

Free plan: Yesopencenter.cloud
Paid from: $125/moopencenter.cloud
Control plane management: customer-managedopencenter.cloud
Supported environments: OpenStack, VMware, bare metal, AWS, Kind, air-gapped environmentsopencenter.cloud
Cluster provisioning: Yesopencenter.cloud
Multi-cluster management: Yesopencenter.cloud
Policy enforcement: Yesopencenter.cloud
Upgrade management: Yesopencenter.cloud

Facts

Purpose: openCenter provides upstream Kubernetes with GitOps automation, security hardening, observability, backup, and lifecycle management.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
Deployment: The platform says it runs on OpenStack, VMware vSphere, AWS, bare metal, and air-gapped sites.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
CLI configuration: The openCenter CLI uses declarative YAML for infrastructure, Kubernetes, services, and secrets, with schema validation and business-rule checks.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
GitOps: The CLI generates infrastructure-as-code, Kubespray inventory, and FluxCD manifests with Kustomize overlays.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
Integrated services: Listed pre-hardened services include cert-manager, Kyverno, Keycloak, Harbor, Velero, MetalLB, Longhorn, Calico, PostgreSQL Operator, and OpenStack CSI.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
Observability: The platform lists Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Loki, Tempo, and OpenTelemetry for metrics, logs, tracing, and collection.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
Security controls: The features page lists 17 Kyverno ClusterPolicies, Pod Security Admission, NetworkPolicies, and Keycloak OIDC group-based RBAC.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
Secrets: Secrets can be encrypted with SOPS Age in Git, with Kubernetes encryption at rest and zero-downtime key rotation.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
Air-gap packaging: The AirGap workflow packages images, charts, and binaries in a Zarf artifact and describes cryptographic signing, SBOM generation, and a Factory-to-Airlock-to-Field model.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
Compliance: The maker says its website does not currently publish specific certification claims such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
Support: Community support is self-service with no guaranteed response time; Standard, Premium, and Mission Critical list initial response targets of 4 hours, 1 hour, and 15 minutes for covered issues.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026
Maker: openCenter is developed and maintained by Rackspace Technology.opencenter.cloud · 29 Sept 2026