Why Disconnected OpenShift

Not every customer environment gets to talk to the internet. Highly regulated industries, air-gapped data centers, or simply a customer’s security policy can mean that an OpenShift cluster has to be built and operated without any direct internet connectivity at all.

OpenShift is designed to perform many automatic functions that depend on an internet connection, such as retrieving release images from a registry or retrieving update paths and recommendations for the cluster. Without a direct internet connection, you must perform additional setup and configuration for your cluster to maintain full functionality in the disconnected environment.