Introduction Since the 3.0 release of OpenShift it has come with what is called the OpenShift Routes. This can be thought of as a Layer 7 load balancer for TLS or HTTP applications in your cluster. This layer 7 load balancer works great for web applications and services that use HTTP, HTTPS using SNI, or TLS using SNI. However not all applications are HTTP-based, and some will use protocols other than TCP such as UDP and even SCTP.