Installing Data Virtualization

Information you need to complete this task

Review the following information before you install Data Virtualization:

Version requirements

All of the components that are associated with an instance of IBM Software Hub must be installed at the same release. For example, if the IBM Software Hub control plane is installed at Version 5.3.0, you must install Data Virtualization at Version 5.3.0.

Environment variables

The commands in this task use environment variables so that you can run the commands exactly as written.

• If you don't have the script that defines the environment variables, see Setting up installation environment variables.
• To use the environment variables from the script, you must source the environment variables before you run the commands in this task. For example, run:

  source ./cpd_vars.sh

Security context constraint

Data Virtualization requires a custom security context constraint (SCC). For more information, see Creating custom security context constraints for services.

Common core services

Data Virtualization requires the IBM Software Hub common core services.

If the common core services are not installed in the operands project for the instance, the common core services are automatically installed when you install Data Virtualization. The common core services installation increases the amount of time the installation takes to complete.

Storage requirements

You don't need to specify storage information when you install Data Virtualization. However, you do need to specify storage when you provision an instance of Data Virtualization.

Before you begin

This task assumes that the following prerequisites are met:

System requirements

This task assumes that the cluster meets the minimum requirements for Data Virtualization.

Where to find more information
If this task is not complete, see System requirements.

Workstation

This task assumes that the workstation from which you will run the installation is set up as a client workstation and has the following command-line interfaces:

• IBM Software Hub CLI: cpd-cli
• OpenShift® CLI: oc
• Helm CLI: helm

Where to find more information
If this task is not complete, see Setting up a client workstation.

Control plane

This task assumes that the IBM Software Hub control plane is installed.

Where to find more information
If this task is not complete, see Installing an instance of IBM Software Hub.

Private container registry

If your environment uses a private container registry (for example, your cluster is air-gapped), this task assumes that the following tasks are complete:

1. The Data Virtualization software images are mirrored to the private container registry.

   Where to find more information
   If this task is not complete, see Mirroring images to a private container registry.

2. The cpd-cli is configured to pull the olm-utils-v4 image from the private container registry.

   Where to find more information
   If this task is not complete, see Pulling the olm-utils-v3 image from the private container registry.

Custom SCC

This task assumes that the custom security context constraint (SCC) for Data Virtualization exists.

Where to find more information
If this task is not complete, see Creating custom security context constraints for services.

Process IDs limit

The process IDs limit setting is adjusted for Data Virtualization.

Where to find more information
If this task is not complete, see Changing the process IDs limit.

Kernel parameters

The kernel parameter settings are adjusted for Data Virtualization.

Where to find more information
If this task is not complete, see Changing kernel parameter settings.

Cluster-scoped resources

This task assumes that the cluster-scoped resources, such as custom resource definitions, cluster roles, and cluster role bindings, exist.

Where to find more information
If this task is not complete, see Creating cluster-scoped resources for the IBM Software Hub platform and services.

Image pull secrets

This task assumes that the secrets that contain the image pull credentials for the instance exist.

Where to find more information
If this task is not complete, see Creating image pull secrets for an instance of IBM Software Hub.

Prerequisite services

Before you install Data Virtualization, ensure that the following services are installed and running:

• Data Virtualization has a dependency on the Db2 Data Management Console:
  • If you installed IBM Software Hub by using the cpd-cli, and you did not manually install the Db2 Data Management Console, then Data Virtualization installs the service for you.
  • If you installed IBM Software Hub by using Argo CD, you must ensure that the Db2 Data Management Console is also installed by applying the Db2 Data Management Console YAML file. Data Virtualization will not install the Db2 Data Management Console for you.
  • If you have already installed the Db2 Data Management Console, ensure that a Db2 Data Management Console instance has been provisioned. For more information, see Installing Db2 Data Management Console.

Procedure

Complete the following tasks to install Data Virtualization:

1. Installing the service
2. Validating the installation
3. What to do next

Installing the service

To install Data Virtualization:

1. Log the cpd-cli in to the Red Hat® OpenShift Container Platform cluster:

   ${CPDM_OC_LOGIN}

   Remember: CPDM_OC_LOGIN is an alias for the cpd-cli manage login-to-ocp command.
2. Install the operator and custom resource for Data Virtualization.

   cpd-cli manage install-components \
   --license_acceptance=true \
   --components=dv \
   --release=${VERSION} \
   --operator_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERATORS} \
   --instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
   --image_pull_prefix=${IMAGE_PULL_PREFIX} \
   --image_pull_secret=${IMAGE_PULL_SECRET}

Validating the installation

[SUCCESS]... The install-components command ran successfully

If you want to confirm that the custom resource status is Completed, you can run the cpd-cli manage get-cr-status command:

cpd-cli manage get-cr-status \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--components=dv

What to do next