Developer reference

Get information on the following, which may be needed for managing your OpenShift cluster and installing IBM Cloud Pak® for Integration:

  • Installation instructions for tools

  • Common tasks

Developer tools

OpenShift Container Platform CLI

To install the OpenShift Container Platform CLI, follow the instruction in Getting started with the OpenShift CLI.

Docker

To install Docker (for example, on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®), run the following commands:

yum check-update
yum install docker
Podman

To install Podman, see Podman installation instructions.

Developer tasks

Creating a namespace

To create a namespace in the UI, do the following:

  1. Log into the OpenShift web console.

  2. In the navigation pane, click Home > Projects, then click Create Project.

  3. Enter a name for the new namespace.

Getting the initial administrator password for logging in to Keycloak

You use the admin password to log into the IBM Cloud Pak Platform UI as integration-admin.

You will be asked to changed the initial admin password after you log in to Keycloak for the first time. For more information, see Getting the initial administrator password.

Configuring password reset for Keycloak users

To allow Keycloak users to reset a forgotten password, follow the instructions in Keycloak configuration ("Password reset").