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# Preparing Your VM/Bare Metal Cluster for Runtime Fabric Installation

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

MuleSoft received customer feedback asking for rapid patching of high severity vulnerabilities in
Kubernetes (K8s) and for MuleSoft to better leverage their existing K8s investments and operational
practices. In response to this demand, MuleSoft partnered with industry-leading managed K8s
platforms vendors such as AWS, Microsoft, Google and IBM. As a result, MuleSoft is proactively
transitioning to deliver K8s to their customers via secure, highly available, and managed K8s
platform from the above vendors and will stop investing in the black box approach of Runtime Fabric
appliance in which you have found limited visibility and extensibility.

Runtime Fabric is compatible with AWS, Google, Microsoft, and IBM RedHat Openshift solutions that
deliver faster and consistent security patches. These integrations enable you to easily leverage
existing investments in the Kubernetes ecosystem.

Depending on your affinity to public clouds and in-house Kubernetes expertise, the following
self-managed Red Hat OpenShift offerings can enable both on-premises and public cloud bare-metal
solutions:

- [Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes engine (Entry level)](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/kubernetes-engine)

- [Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/container-platform)

- [Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/platform-plus)

After you use one of these solutions to set up K8s on the cluster, proceed to the Runtime Fabric
installation section to set up Runtime Fabric as you would install on an AKS or EKS.

## Change for Appliance Users

Existing appliance utility users can migrate the licensed Core capacity currently allocated to a
Runtime Fabric appliance deployment to any customer-hosted deployment option such as Runtime Fabric
on public clouds, OpenShift, or Mule runtime standalone, subject to the total license limitations.
Customers with Flexible Hybrid Deployment rights can also convert Cores to use vCores to utilize
this capacity on CloudHub 2.0.

## Available Migration Options

- If you are looking for an Integration Platform as a Service,
  [Cloudhub 2.0](https://www.mulesoft.com/platform/saas/cloudhub-ipaas-cloud-based-integration) is
  the recommended offering. This Mulesoft flagship offering has the lowest operational overhead.

- If you already have knowledge about public clouds and have some experience in managing a
  Kubernetes cluster, migrate to Runtime Fabric on public cloud Kubernetes clusters. The following
  clouds support Runtime Fabric:

  - [Runtime Fabric on AWS Elastics Kubernetes Service](https://developer.mulesoft.com/tutorials-and-howtos/runtime-fabric/runtime-fabric-aws-elastic-kubernetes-service/)

  - [Runtime Fabric on AWS EKS-Anywhere](https://aws.amazon.com/eks/eks-anywhere/)

  - [Runtime Fabric on Google Kubernetes Engine](https://developer.mulesoft.com/tutorials-and-howtos/runtime-fabric/runtime-fabric-azure-kubernetes-service/)

  - [Runtime Fabric on Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service](https://developer.mulesoft.com/tutorials-and-howtos/runtime-fabric/runtime-fabric-google-kubernetes-engine/)

- To standardize your own bare-metal solutions using public Kubernetes distributions, follow
  [Runtime Fabric supported IBM Openshift offerings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYOeX5qjYew).
  These seven offerings include pre-built and certified assets, connectors, and operators, which
  enable both on-premises and public cloud bare-metal solutions.

- Managed Cloud Services

  - [Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA)](https://aws.amazon.com/rosa/)

  - [Azure Red Hat Openshift (ARO)](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/openshift/)

  - [Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated on GCP](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/red-hats-openshift-dedicated-now-generally-available-on-google-cloud)

  - [Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud](https://www.ibm.com/products/openshift)

- Self-managed services

  - [RedHat OpenShift Kubernetes engine (Entry level)](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/kubernetes-engine)

  - [RedHat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/container-platform)

  - [RedHat OpenShift Platform Plus](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/platform-plus)

- If you don’t have investments in Kubernetes and must stay in your own hosted environment, Mule
  runtime standalone is an available option. This deployment model has reduced runtime resiliency
  and heavy management overhead.

## Actions Appliance Users Can Take

Choose one of the previously mentioned options and migrate before the EOL deadlines.

Review the
[Product Versioning and Back Support Policy](https://www.salesforce.com/en-us/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/documents/legal/Agreements/versioning-back-support-policy.pdf)
for more details on Standard Support, Extended Support, and EOL support.