Capabilities Matrix
Web Browsers
The following table lists the browsers that are known to work with ManageIQ.
| Browser |
| Google Chrome |
| Mozilla Firefox |
| Safari |
| Microsoft Edge |
The following table lists platforms on which ManageIQ can be installed and run from.
| Platform |
Appliance or Podfied |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
Appliance |
| Microsoft Azure |
Appliance |
| Google Cloud Platform (GCP) |
Appliance |
| Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) |
Appliance |
| Kubernetes |
Podified |
| OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) |
Podified |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) |
Appliance |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) |
Appliance |
| VMware vSphere |
Appliance |
Capabilities
ManageIQ allows you to discover and interact with various providers. What follows are the capabilities available in various areas for the providers under management.
Infrastructure Providers
The following table outlines the capabilities of ManageIQ that are known to work for various virtual infrastructure providers.
| Feature |
VMware vSphere |
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) |
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) |
OpenStack Platform (OSP) Director |
| Relationship Discovery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| VM Drift Comparison |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Track VM Genealogy |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Discovery - Provider |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Reporting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right Sizing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Chargeback |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (but limited to inventory allocation) |
No |
| Remote Console VM Access (see section below) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| VM Compliance Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| VM Policy Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| VM Power Operations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| VM Retirement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Alerts - Real Time |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Alerts - VM Value Changed |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Alerts - VM Reconfigured |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| VM Reconfiguration |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Automation Work Flows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Provision VM using PXE |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Provision VM using ISO |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Provision from Template to VM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Provision from VM to Template |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Clone from VM to VM |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Disk Addition to VM |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Network Interface Add/Remove to VM |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Host Power Operations |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Provision Host |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Cloud-Init |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customize Windows Templates with Sysprep during Provisioning |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| OVN Provider |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Nodes Inventory |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| OpenStack Services Inventory |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Nodes Drift Comparison |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Nodes Smart State |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Capture Infrastructure Event Timelines |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Node Power Operation |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Capacity Planning |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Add/Remove Node |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Scale Down Node |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (Compute nodes only) |
| Scale Up Nodes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (Compute nodes only) |
| Nodes Policy Enforcement |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Nodes Evacuate |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| OpenStack Upgrade |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Tag Mapping from Provider |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Tag Mapping to Provider |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Remote Consoles
| Provider |
Connection Type |
| VMware vSphere 6.0 |
VNC |
| |
VMRC |
| |
WebMKS |
| VMware vSphere 6.5 and higher |
VMRC |
| |
WebMKS |
| Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) |
SPICE |
| Microsoft SCVMM |
N/A |
Cloud Providers
The following table outlines the capabilities of ManageIQ that are known to work for various cloud providers.
| Feature |
Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
Microsoft Azure |
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) |
Red Hat OpenStack Platform |
IBM PowerVC via the OpenStack API |
IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers |
| Relationship Discovery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instance Drift Comparison |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Track Instance Genealogy |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Capacity & Utilization |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Capture Cloud Layer Timelines |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Capture Instance Event Timelines |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Discovery - Provider |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Disk Addition to Instance |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Key Pairs Inventory |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Key Pairs Management |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Reporting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Right Sizing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Chargeback |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but limited to inventory allocation) |
| Remote Console Instance Access |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes (for NovaLink-managed hosts only) |
No |
| Snapshot Creation and Removal |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Instance Compliance Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Instance Policy Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instance Power Operations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instance Retirement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Alerts - Real Time |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Alerts - Instance Value Changed |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Alerts - Instance Reconfigured |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Integrate with Service Catalogs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instance Reconfiguration |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Volume Inventory |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Volume Creation/Deletion |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instance Migration |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Automation Work Flows |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Network Manager - Read Only |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Network Manager - CRUD Actions |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Storage Manager |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Provision from Image to Instance |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Provision from Image Snapshot to Instance |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Provision from Volume to Instance |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Provision from Volume Snapshot to Instance |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Orchestration Template Provisioning |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Cloud-Init |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Sysprep Windows Templates |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Network Manager Relationships |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Relationship Discovery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Cloud Network Inventory |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Cloud Subnet Inventory |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Network Router Inventory |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Security Groups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Floating IP Addresses |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Network Ports |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Load Balancer Inventory |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Create/Update/Delete Network |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Create/Update/Delete Subnet |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Create/Update/Delete Routers |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Tag Mapping from Provider |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Tag Mapping to Provider |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Remote Consoles
| Provider |
Connection Type |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) |
VNC |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
N/A |
| Google Cloud Platform (GCP) |
N/A |
| Microsoft Azure |
N/A |
Container Providers
The following table outlines the capabilities of ManageIQ for various container providers.
| Feature |
OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.11 |
OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.x |
Kubernetes |
| Relationship Discovery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Track Container Image Relationship |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Capacity & Utilization |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Capture Container Event Timelines |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Discovery - Provider |
No |
No |
No |
| Reporting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Chargeback |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Remote Cockpit Node Access |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Container Node Compliance Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Container Node Policy Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Replicator Compliance Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Replicator Policy Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pod Compliance Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pod Policy Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Compliance Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Policy Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Template Provisioning |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Smart State |
Yes |
No |
No |
| OpenSCAP Execution and Report |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Cross Linking Underlying Infrastructure |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tag Mapping from Provider |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tag Mapping to Provider |
No |
No |
No |
Automation Providers
The following table outlines the capabilities of ManageIQ that are known to work for various automation providers.
| Feature |
Ansible Tower |
Embedded Ansible |
Automation Engine |
| Groups Inventory |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Configured Systems Inventory |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Job Template Inventory |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Integrate with Service Catalog |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Automate Workflows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Smart State Analysis Capabilities
ManageIQ allows you to analyze virtual machines and instances on the providers it manages to collect information about the base operating system on those virtual machines or instances, their virtual hardware, installed applications, and other details. This operation is known as SmartState analysis. The sections below outline what ManageIQ can parse.
Volume Managers
| Volume Manager |
OS Family |
Known To Work |
| Logical Disk Manager (LDM) |
Windows |
Yes |
| Logical Volume Manager (Linux) |
Linux |
Yes |
File Systems
| File System |
OS Family |
Known To Work |
| FAT |
Windows |
Yes |
| FAT32 |
Windows |
Yes |
| NTFS |
Windows |
Yes |
| ReFS |
Windows |
No |
| Ext3 |
Linux |
Yes |
| Ext4 |
Linux |
Yes |
| XFS |
Linux |
Yes |
| ReiserFS |
Linux |
Yes |
| CDfs |
Linux |
Yes |
| File Format |
OS Family |
Known To Work |
| Registry |
Windows |
Yes |
| Win32 Accounts |
Windows |
Yes |
| Win32 Event Log |
Windows |
Yes |
| Win32 Services |
Windows |
Yes |
| Win32 Software |
Windows |
Yes |
| Win32 System |
Windows |
Yes |
| SQLite |
Linux |
Yes |
| Berkeley DB (BDB) |
Linux |
Yes |
| Conary |
Linux |
Yes |
| RPM |
Linux |
Yes |
| /etc/passwd |
Linux |
Yes |
| /etc/group |
Linux |
Yes |
| /etc/init.d |
Linux |
Yes |
| /etc/systemd |
Linux |
Yes |
