Installing IBM Operational Decision Manager

You use the Helm charts or YAML files in the GitHub repository to enter the deployment values for your ODM containers in Kubernetes.

Before you begin

You must prepare your environment and cluster before you follow the instructions on GitHub. For more information, see Preparing to install IBM Operational Decision Manager.

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Instructions and sample files for deploying the ODM containers on Kubernetes are provided in GitHub. The following deployment options are available:

Table 1. For 19.0.2 Options for evaluation deployment
Helm chart and platform	Where to go
ODM for developers on OpenShift	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.2/ODM/platform/README_Eval_Openshift.md
ODM for developers on Minikube	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.2/ODM/platform/README_Eval_Minikube.md

Table 2. For 19.0.2 Options for production deployment
Helm chart and platform	Where to go
ODM for production on OpenShift	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.2/ODM/platform/README_Openshift.md
ODM for production on Minikube	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.2/ODM/platform/README_Minikube.md
ODM for production on any other Kubernetes platform by using Helm and Tiller	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.2/ODM/helm-charts/README.md
ODM for production on any other Kubernetes platform by using Kubernetes CLI	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.2/ODM/k8s-yaml/README.md

Table 3. For 19.0.1 Options for Certified Kubernetes deployment
Helm chart and platform	Where to go
New in 19.0.1 ODM for developers on Minikube	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.1/ODM/platform/README_Eval_Minikube.md
New in 19.0.1 ODM for developers on OpenShift	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.1/ODM/platform/README_Eval_Openshift.md
ODM for production on Minikube	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.1/ODM/platform/README_Minikube.md
ODM for production on OpenShift	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.1/ODM/platform/README_Openshift.md
ODM for production on any other Kubernetes platform by using Helm and Tiller	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.1/ODM/helm-charts/README.md
ODM for production on any other Kubernetes platform by using Kubernetes CLI	https://github.com/icp4a/cert-kubernetes/blob/19.0.1/ODM/k8s-yaml/README.md

In most cases before you deploy, you are likely to want to do some additional configuration steps to protect your containers and define users and groups to access Decision Center and Decision Server. Customization must be planned and prepared before you install a release.

Use the customization topics to help you prepare your deployments. For more information, see IBM Operational Decision Manager.