Installing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

IBM Cloud Pak for Data is deployed on a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster. If you don't have an existing cluster, complete the appropriate steps to install Red Hat OpenShift on your environment.

Installation phase

Setting up a client workstation

Setting up a cluster

Collecting required information

Preparing to run installs from a private container registry

Preparing the cluster for Cloud Pak for Data

Preparing to install an instance of Cloud Pak for Data

Installing an instance of Cloud Pak for Data

Who needs to complete this task?

Cluster administrator The user who will be the primary cluster administrator should install the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

When do you need to complete this task?

One-time setup If you don't have an existing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster, you must complete this task before you can install IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

If you already have an existing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster, you can skip this task.

Supported deployment environments

You can deploy Cloud Pak for Data on-premises or on the cloud. Your deployment environment determines how you can install Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform:

Deployment environment	Managed OpenShift	Self-managed OpenShift
On-premises	✓	✓
IBM® Cloud	✓	✓
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	✓	✓
Microsoft Azure	✓	✓
Google Cloud		✓

The following sections include additional guidance about how to install managed and self-managed OpenShift on each deployment environment.

Remember: If you use managed OpenShift, ensure that you install a supported version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

On-premises infrastructure

OpenShift type	Deployment options
Managed	You can deploy a managed OpenShift cluster on your on-premises infrastructure with IBM Cloud Satellite. For details, see IBM Cloud Satellite in the IBM Cloud marketplace.
Self-managed	You can deploy a self-managed OpenShift cluster on your on-premises infrastructure by following the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation: Version 4.10 documentation Version 4.12 documentation Additional guidance on setting up OpenShift is available in the IBM Cloud Paks documentation.

OpenShift type

Deployment options

Managed

You can deploy a managed OpenShift cluster on your on-premises infrastructure with IBM Cloud Satellite. For details, see IBM Cloud Satellite in the IBM Cloud marketplace.

Self-managed

You can deploy a self-managed OpenShift cluster on your on-premises infrastructure by following the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation:

Additional guidance on setting up OpenShift is available in the IBM Cloud Paks documentation.

IBM Cloud infrastructure

OpenShift type	Deployment options
Managed	You can deploy a managed OpenShift cluster on IBM Cloud infrastructure from the IBM Cloud catalog. For details, see Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud® in the IBM Cloud catalog. Ensure that you select a supported version of Red Hat OpenShift. You can deploy Cloud Pak for Data on Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) infrastructure. You can use either a single zone or multi zone deployment.
Self-managed	You can deploy a self-managed OpenShift cluster on Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) IBM Cloud infrastructure by following the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation: Version 4.10 documentation Version 4.12 documentation Additional guidance on setting up OpenShift is available in the IBM Cloud Paks documentation.

OpenShift type

Deployment options

Managed

You can deploy a managed OpenShift cluster on IBM Cloud infrastructure from the IBM Cloud catalog. For details, see Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud® in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Ensure that you select a supported version of Red Hat OpenShift.

You can deploy Cloud Pak for Data on Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) infrastructure. You can use either a single zone or multi zone deployment.

Self-managed

You can deploy a self-managed OpenShift cluster on Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) IBM Cloud infrastructure by following the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation:

Additional guidance on setting up OpenShift is available in the IBM Cloud Paks documentation.

AWS infrastructure

OpenShift type	Deployment options
Managed	ROSA CLI You can use the ROSA CLI to manually install ROSA. For details, see Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation. IBM Cloud Satellite You can use IBM Cloud Satellite in the IBM Cloud marketplace to install Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on AWS.
Self-managed	You can deploy a self-managed OpenShift cluster on AWS infrastructure by following the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation: Version 4.10 documentation Version 4.12 documentation Additional guidance on setting up OpenShift is available in the IBM Cloud Paks documentation.

Azure infrastructure

OpenShift type	Deployment options
Managed	You can use the `az aro` CLI to manually install Azure Red Hat OpenShift 4 (ARO). For details, see Azure Red Hat OpenShift 4 in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation.
Self-managed	You can deploy a self-managed OpenShift cluster on Azure infrastructure by following the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation: Version 4.10 documentation Version 4.12 documentation Additional guidance on setting up OpenShift is available in the IBM Cloud Paks documentation.

Google Cloud infrastructure

OpenShift type	Deployment options
Managed	Managed OpenShift on Google Cloud infrastructure is not supported.
Self-managed	You can deploy a self-managed OpenShift cluster on Google Cloud infrastructure by following the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation: Version 4.10 documentation Version 4.12 documentation Additional guidance on setting up OpenShift is available in the IBM Cloud Paks documentation.

What's next

Now that you've installed Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, you're ready to complete Installing persistent storage for IBM Cloud Pak for Data.