Red Hat Enterprise Linux is an enterprise Linux operating system, certified on hundreds of clouds and with us. Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a consistent foundation across environments and the tools needed to deliver services and workloads faster for any application. Red Hat Enterprise Linux reduces deployment friction and costs while speeding time to value for critical workloads, enabling development and operations teams to innovate together in any environment.
RHEL provides users with a reliable, consistent foundation across environments. It is equipped with all the necessary tools to rapidly deliver application services and workloads. RHEL is based on a free, open source model like all Linux distributions.
RHEL is known to minimize deployment friction costs and accelerate the time to value of critical workloads. This approach helps development and operations teams seamlessly create and innovate across enterprise environments.
RHEL contains a Linux kernel and several applications that perform specific tasks. Some noteworthy Linux distros derived from RHEL include Oracle Linux, Pie Box Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Scientific Linux.
RHEL powers and supports several technologies. Among them are application development tools, automation protocols, cloud computing, containers, middleware, storage, microservices, virtualization and management software.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports the ability to deploy and run applications anywhere—from physical and virtual, to private and public clouds—by delivering the consistent operating foundation needed for modern IT and enterprise hybrid cloud deployments.