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Figure 2-16   OpenShift Web Console Authentication Interface
OpenShift Container Platform includes a service catalog (see Figure 2-17), based on the 
Open Service Broker API (OSB API) for Kubernetes, which offers the developers an easy 
user experience. Also, this API allows users to connect any of their applications that are 
deployed in OpenShift Container Platform to various service brokers.
Figure 2-17   General view to the OpenShift 3.11 Service Catalog
The service catalog allows cluster administrators to integrate multiple platforms by using a 
single API specification. The OpenShift Container Platform web console displays the cluster 
service classes that are offered by service brokers in the service catalog. This display allowed 
users to discover and instantiate those services for use with their applications2
2  Overview to the OpenShift Service Catalog: 
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/3.11/architecture/service_catalog/index.html