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id: azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift
version: "4.0.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift — Microsoft Azure Redhatopenshift Management Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 5.3M/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is the official Microsoft Azure management library for Red Hat OpenShift, part of the broader Azure SDK for Python. It exposes the Azure Resource Manager API for provisioning, updating, and managing OpenShift clusters on Azure infrastructure. The package provides typed Python models and client methods to interact with cluster configurations, worker profiles, networking, identity, and platform workload identity settings.

The library depends on azure-mgmt-core for common Azure SDK patterns, isodate for date handling, and typing-extensions for runtime type hints. It requires Python 3.10 or later and uses Microsoft Entra token-based authentication. Version 4.0.0 introduced breaking changes that restructured model properties into nested `properties` objects, following a hybrid model pattern documented in the Azure SDK migration guide.

Use it for:

- Automate provisioning and teardown of OpenShift clusters on Azure as part of infrastructure-as-code workflows.
- Manage cluster configurations, network profiles, and worker node pools programmatically from Python applications.
- Integrate OpenShift cluster lifecycle operations into CI/CD pipelines or cloud orchestration platforms.
- Query and monitor OpenShift cluster status, provisioning state, and platform workload identity settings.
- Build internal tools or dashboards that need to read or modify Red Hat OpenShift deployments across Azure subscriptions.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides Python bindings to manage Red Hat OpenShift clusters running on Microsoft Azure, including cluster provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle operations.

Yes, if you need to manage Red Hat OpenShift clusters on Azure from Python. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, uses a permissive MIT license, and is part of the official Azure SDK. Version 4.0.0 introduces breaking changes to model structure, so review the migration guide if upgrading from earlier versions. Install friction is low and dependencies are minimal.

## Install

pip install azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift
uv add azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift
poetry add azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift

## Installing azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift

Before you install: Low friction install with a pure-Python wheel. Actively maintained, part of the official Azure SDK ecosystem. Requires Python 3.10 or later.

License in practice: MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—standard permissive terms for Azure SDK packages.

Quickstart:

pip install azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift

from azure.mgmt.redhatopenshift import AzureRedHatOpenShiftClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
import os

sub_id = os.getenv("AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID")
client = AzureRedHatOpenShiftClient(credential=DefaultAzureCredential(), subscription_id=sub_id)

Requires Python 3.10+. Azure authentication credentials (AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET, AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID) must be set as environment variables.

Verify before relying:

- Whether version 4.0.0's breaking changes to model structure (moving properties under a `properties` field) require code migration for existing users.
- Performance characteristics and rate limits when managing large numbers of clusters or frequent API calls.
- Whether azure-identity is required as a runtime dependency or only recommended for authentication.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 5.3M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

azure red hat openshift management, openshift cluster provisioning azure, azure sdk openshift, manage openshift on azure, azure redhat openshift client, openshift cluster lifecycle azure, azure management api openshift, azure-sdk, cloud-management, openshift

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