Feature Overview (aka. Goal Summary)  

The default OpenShift installation on AWS uses multiple IPv4 public IPs which Amazon will start charging for starting in February 2024. As a result, there is a requirement to find an alternative path for OpenShift to reduce the overall cost of a public cluster while this is deployed on AWS public cloud.

Goals (aka. expected user outcomes)

Provide an alternative path to reduce the new costs associated with public IPv4 addresses when deploying OpenShift on AWS public cloud.

Requirements (aka. Acceptance Criteria):

There is a new path for "external" OpenShift deployments on AWS public cloud where the new costs associated with public IPv4 addresses have a minimum impact on the total cost of the required infrastructure on AWS.
 

Background

Ongoing discussions on this topic are happening in Slack in the #wg-aws-ipv4-cost-mitigation private channel

Documentation Considerations

Usual documentation will be required in case there are any new user-facing options available as a result of this feature.