Loading a PPA package to ICP

This topic describes how to load the PPA package to IBM Cloud Private (ICP).

To load PPA packages to ICP, you need the following items:

IBM Cloud CLI. (Download from ICP > Command Line Tool).
Bluemix Cloud Private Plugin. (Download from ICP > Command Line Tool).
The PPA package containing chart(s) and docker image(s).
Setup Docker (See https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSBS6K_2.1.0.3/manage_images/configuring_docker_cli.html).
Note: The Docker version to be used should be at least equal to or higher than the Docker used on ICP. See: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSBS6K_2.1.0.3/supported_system_config/supported_docker.htmll

The loading process consists of the following steps:

Login to your ICP cluster. The following commands are for ICP 2.1.0.2 and 2.1.0.3, which is TLS enabled by default. (Replace <MasterNode_IP> with the IP address of the master node.)

$ bx pr login -a <MasterNode_IP> --skip-ssl-validation
API endpoint: <MasterNode_IP>
Authenticating...
OK

Select an account:
1. mycluster Account (id-mycluster-account)
Enter a number> 1
Targeted account: mycluster Account (id-mycluster-account)

Initialize the bx pr tool with the latest config after logging in.

bx pr cluster-config mycluster 
Configuring kubectl: /Users/azmand/.bluemix/plugins/icp/clusters/mycluster/kube-config
Cluster "mycluster" set.
Cluster "mycluster" set.
User "mycluster-user" set.
Context "mycluster-context" modified.
Context "mycluster-context" modified.
Switched to context "mycluster-context".

OK
Cluster mycluster configured successfully.

Login to docker with your cluster admin Service Account credentials. The default cluster admin account is admin/admin.
```
$ docker login mycluster.icp:8500
```

Load the PPA package.

Note: The commands and output that follow are an example. You must update parameters such as archive, clustername, and namespace with the correct values for your ICP cluster and archive name.

$ bx pr load-ppa-archive --archive ibm-cloud-netcool-probe-2.8.2-x86_64.tar.gz 
--clustername mycluster.icp --namespace default
Creating temporary directory
OK

Expanding archive
OK

Reading manifest
OK

Importing docker images
  Processing image: netcool-probe-messagebus:8.0
    Loading Image
    Tagging Image
    Pushing image as: mycluster.icp:8500/default/netcool-probe-messagebus:8.0
Pushing image mycluster.icp:8500/default/netcool-probe-messagebus:8.0
OK

Uploading helm charts
  Processing chart: charts/ibm-netcool-probe-2.0.0.tgz
  Updating chart values.yaml
  Uploading chart
  {"url":"https://icp-management-ingress:8443/helm-repo/charts/index.yaml"}
OK

Synch charts
  {"message":"synch started"}
OK