How I created a Red Hat OpenShift cluster on tiny hardware

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Build an OpenShift cluster on a small, sub-$300 computer.

I wanted to run Red Hat OpenShift on the smallest form factor I could. This article covers the hardware I selected and the general configuration steps that worked for me. You could easily do something similar and modify the steps to match your needs.

My understanding is that there are at least three OpenShift flavors to cover different on-premises use cases. The following are the hardware requirements for each one …