Red Hat OpenShift
Which AI agent platform runs on Red Hat OpenShift?
An AI agent platform for Red Hat OpenShift is software that installs on an OpenShift cluster and gives teams a place to build AI agents, IT a way to govern them and staff somewhere to use them. Katonic AI is one such platform. It is listed as Certified in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog as a containerized application that runs on Red Hat OpenShift.
What OpenShift gives you
Red Hat OpenShift is an enterprise Kubernetes platform. It schedules containers, manages GPUs through operators and gives one way to run workloads on your own premises or in a cloud. Red Hat OpenShift AI adds tools for data scientists: model serving, pipelines and a model registry.
That covers the infrastructure and the models. An agent that does a job for a business team needs a further layer.
What the agent layer has to do
| Job | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Build agents | A place to design an agent, connect its tools and test it |
| Control access to models | One gateway in front of the models, with budgets, caps and logging |
| Use your documents and data | Agents answer from your knowledge, and respect who may see what |
| Keep agents inside policy | Guardrails on what goes in and what comes out |
| Test before release | Each version is scored against a test set |
| Leave a record | Every run is traced for audit |
| Give staff somewhere to use it | A place to work with agents, not only an API |
How to choose a platform for OpenShift
- It is listed in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog, so its status is something you can check.
- It installs on the cluster you already run, not on a separate stack beside it.
- It uses your existing sign-in and your existing GPU scheduling.
- It runs with no outside connection if your environment is disconnected.
- It covers governance and audit, not only agent building.
- It also runs on plain Kubernetes, so you are not tied to one distribution.
Where Katonic fits
Katonic AI is a platform for building, running and governing AI agents on infrastructure you own. It runs on Kubernetes or OpenShift. On OpenShift it supplies the layers above the cluster: the AI Gateway, the Knowledge Engine, Katonic Studio for building agents, guardrails, evaluation and audit.
Katonic AI appears in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog with the status Certified, as a containerized application that runs on Red Hat OpenShift. The catalogue entry is the place to check the current status.
Read next
- Katonic AI in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog (redhat.com) →
- Katonic on Red Hat →
- What is a private AI cloud? →
- Running agents air-gapped →
Questions and answers
Is Katonic AI certified by Red Hat?
Katonic AI is listed as Certified in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog, as a containerized application that runs on Red Hat OpenShift.
Does Red Hat OpenShift AI include an agent platform?
OpenShift AI provides tools for serving models and running data science pipelines. Many organisations add a platform for building, governing and using agents on top.
Does Katonic replace OpenShift AI?
No. Katonic runs on OpenShift and supplies the agent layer above the cluster.
Can Katonic run on a disconnected OpenShift cluster?
Katonic can run with no outside connection, so data, models and logs stay inside the environment.
Does Katonic only run on OpenShift?
No. It runs on Kubernetes or OpenShift.