Installing IBM Spectrum Fusion on IBM Cloud

Procedure to install IBM Spectrum Fusion on OpenShift® Container Platform that runs on IBM Cloud®.

Before you begin

Ensure you complete all the prerequisites before you proceed with the installation. For the prerequisites, see Prerequisites.

For more information about deployments and their supported services, see IBM Spectrum Fusion Services support matrix.

For steps to create a image pull secret for installing IBM Spectrum Fusion on IBM Cloud, see Creating image pull secret for IBM Cloud based installation.

About this task

Support is available for only one instance of IBM Spectrum Fusion per OpenShift Container Platform.

Procedure

  1. If you have not configured the IBM Operator Catalog, then configure it. For the procedure to add IBM Operator catalog, see Adding the IBM operator catalog.
    Note: IBM Operator Catalog is not specific to a version of IBM Spectrum Fusion.
  2. Log in to Red Hat® OpenShift Container Platform web management console.
  3. Go to Operators > OperatorHub.
  4. Under Source, select IBM Operator Catalog.
    It lists all operators that are part of the IBM Operator Catalog including IBM Spectrum Fusion.
  5. Click IBM spectrum Fusion.
    The Version, Capability level, Source, and Provider type of IBM Spectrum Fusion is available.
  6. Click Install.
    It opens the Install Operator page for IBM Spectrum Fusion operator.
  7. Select v2.0 in the update channel where the current operator is published.
    Note: You can also subscribe for updates. The subscription to the channel helps to keep the operator up to date.
  8. In the Installation mode, select A specific namespace on the cluster.
    The operator will be available in a single Namespace only.
  9. Select ibm-spectrum-fusion-ns in the Operator recommended namespace. Alternatively, use the Select a namespace option to select an existing namespace or create a new namespace.
  10. In the Update approval, select Automatic or Manual approval strategy.
    Always set Update approval to Manual because the Automatic option automatically upgrades the operator whenever a new version of the operator is released to the channel. This automatic upgrade might have an impact on your running workloads.
  11. Click Install.
    The installation of the operator begins.
  12. Wait for the operator to complete the installation.
    After the successful installation of the operator, the following message gets displayed: 
    Installed operator - ready for use

    Generally, it completes in few minutes. If it takes more time, check whether all pods are up and running.

  13. Open the IBM Spectrum Fusion user interface. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click the Applications icon in the title bar and select IBM Spectrum Fusion.
    The License agreement page gets displayed.
  14. Go through the license agreement, click I have read and accept the license agreement, and click Continue.
    The Welcome to IBM Spectrum Fusion dialog box gets displayed.
  15. Click Install services to install the services right away or click May be later to do it later. For the procedure to enable from IBM Spectrum Fusion, see Managing IBM Spectrum Fusion services.
    Note:
    • It is recommended that you install services from the IBM Spectrum Fusion user interface. For the procedure to enable from IBM Spectrum Fusion user interface, see Managing IBM Spectrum Fusion services.
    • If you create custom resources from OLM, the customization options to enable services might not work as expected.