Administering Product Master
You can perform administrative tasks for Product
Master , such as creating
database schema, creating company, assigning roles, or scaling the service. Ensure that you have
the required permissions to complete tasks.
Service configuration
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Create a company | Instance administrator | Create a company to use for logging in to the application. |
| Assigning roles in Product Master | Instance administrator | Assign appropriate roles to the Product Master users. |
| Getting the application URLs | Instance administrator | Get the application URL before you can use Product Master service. |
| Enabling additional features | Instance administrator | Enable or disable additional features in the Product Master application. |
| Installing MongoDB | Cluster administrator | To use the Digital Asset Management (DAM) or Machine learning (ML) features of the Product Master service, you need to install MongoDB by using the Helm chart. |
| Customizing Product Master | Cluster administrator | Use default image for deployment and then proceed with customization. |
| Upgrading specific images | Cluster administrator | To upgrade a specific image. |
| Enabling external MQ service | Instance administrator | To enable external MQ service for using GDS service. |
| Accessing ML APIs externally | Instance administrator | To access Machine learning APIs through a browser. |
Database configuration
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Creating database schema | Instance administrator | Create the schema for your database by using a script. |
Security
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Exporting IBM® Software Hub audit records to a security information and event management solution | Not supported |
Resource management
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Manually scaling resources for services | Instance administrator | Adjust Product Master by scaling resources to support high availability or to increase processing capacity. Resources can be scaled based on predefined resource configurations. |
| Automatically scaling resources for services | Instance administrator | Enable autoscaling with the OpenShift® Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA). The HPA changes the resource allocation of services by increasing or decreasing the number of pods in response to CPU or memory consumption. |
| Shutting down and restarting services | Instance administrator | Manually shut down Product Master to prevent it from using resources. You can restart the service when you need to use it again. |
Backup and restore
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Backing up and restoring IBM Software Hub | Cluster administrator | Choose the correct method to back up and restore IBM Software Hub. |