Red Hat Business Partner
SNOK designs and implements Red Hat infrastructure for SAP and cloud-native environments. RHEL for SAP, OpenShift, Ansible Automation Platform, and Red Hat Insights in a single, auditable architecture.
Who you'll be working with
SNOK is a Red Hat Business Partner and delivers projects across the full Red Hat portfolio: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (including RHEL for SAP Solutions), OpenShift Container Platform, Ansible Automation Platform, and Red Hat Satellite. We specialise in SAP environments - RHEL is one of two operating systems certified for SAP HANA.
The SNOK Linux team has worked with RHEL since versions 5 and 6 - today's projects cover RHEL 8, RHEL 9, and hybrid scenarios with OpenShift. Every implementation includes security hardening, live patching (kpatch), and integrations with Microsoft Sentinel or SecurityBridge for system event auditing.
Red Hat support areas
Red Hat Enterprise Linux implementations for SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver, and SAP S/4HANA. Configurations aligned with SAP Notes (1496410, 2382421), tuning for production workloads, and HA with Pacemaker. We work both on-premise and on Azure, GCP, and AWS.
OpenShift implementations as a platform for UiPath on-premise (Automation Suite on OpenShift), SAP Data Intelligence, and the client's own cloud-native applications. Multi-cluster architectures with Advanced Cluster Management. CI/CD pipelines built on OpenShift Pipelines (Tekton) and GitOps with ArgoCD. An alternative for clients requiring data sovereignty.
Ansible Automation Platform implementations for infrastructure automation, server patching, and orchestration for SAP. Playbooks for routine Basis tasks, integrations with Red Hat Satellite and the client's CMDB.
RHEL hardening aligned with CIS Benchmarks and SCAP, SELinux and fapolicyd integrations. Live kernel patching (kpatch) - security updates applied while the server keeps running, critical for production SAP HANA systems.
What sets SNOK apart in Red Hat
Most Red Hat partners focus on pure Linux/OpenShift projects. Most SAP partners leave the operating system layer to other providers. SNOK combines both areas of expertise - which is why SAP-on-RHEL projects run more smoothly. The architect understands how SAP HANA uses huge pages, how to set swappiness for production, and how to configure Pacemaker HA while eliminating split-brain risk.
Live patching (kpatch) is our standard for production SAP systems - it eliminates the maintenance window for kernel updates. Combined with SecurityBridge or Microsoft Sentinel, we deliver continuous system-event auditing aligned with NIS2 and GRC guidelines.
Red Hat case studies
A manufacturing-sector client
Migration of SAP HANA to RHEL for SAP in an HA Pacemaker architecture, live patching in production
A financial-sector client
Implementation of OpenShift as a platform for proprietary applications, integrations with Ansible Automation Platform
A corporate group
Standardisation of the RHEL environment across four subsidiaries, patch automation via Ansible
We're happy to discuss full case studies and further projects in a 1:1 conversation - with numbers, decision context and the path to business impact.
Frequently asked questions
SAP HANA is certified on two operating systems: RHEL for SAP Solutions and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP. The choice depends on the existing stack, team expertise, and licensing policy.
Yes. OpenShift is a platform for SAP Data Intelligence, UiPath Automation Suite on-premise, and cloud-native applications extending SAP. We implement OpenShift in on-premise, hybrid, and multi-cloud architectures - for clients requiring data sovereignty.
Kernel security updates applied while the server keeps running. For production SAP HANA, it eliminates a maintenance window that previously required coordination on a monthly scale.
Yes. We implement AAP for Basis task automation, server patching, and deployment orchestration. Playbooks come from the SNOK library developed across dozens of projects.
