https://stb.id.au/blog Building applications, securing infrastructure and applications, and everything in-between. en-us dev@stb.id.au (Shane Boulden) dev@stb.id.au (Shane Boulden) Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://stb.id.au/blog/openshift-consolidate-control-plane https://stb.id.au/blog/openshift-consolidate-control-plane That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to run a dedicated control plane, or to consolidate control plane and worker nodes. In this article I look at when to consolidate OpenShift control plane and worker nodes on bare metal, and when to keep them separate. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT dev@stb.id.au (Shane Boulden) openshiftkubernetescontrolbaremetalconsolidatearchitecture