OpenShift is a Kubernetes-based container platform that automates the management, scaling, and deployment of applications. Developed by Red Hat, it provides a comprehensive environment for developing, hosting, and scaling applications in a cloud environment. OpenShift enhances Kubernetes by adding developer and operations-centric tools that streamline application development, deployment, and management. It offers a secure and scalable multi-tenant architecture that supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks.
Orchestration systems decide where and when workloads run on a cluster of machines (physical or virtual). On top of that, orchestration systems usually help manage the lifecycle of the workloads running on them. Nowadays, these systems are usually used to orchestrate containers, with the most popular one being Kubernetes.
There are many advantages to using Orchestration tools: