Maximo Application Suite on Microsoft Azure overview

IBM® Maximo® Application Suite can be installed in the Microsoft Azure cloud. You subscribe to this product, specify the installation parameters, and install the Maximo Application Suite.

Maximo Application Suite is available either as a BYOL product or a paid offering in Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

After you configure the installation requirements and consider your installation preferences, you are ready to install the Maximo Application Suite. Connect to Microsoft Azure Marketplace, find Maximo Application Suite, and then deploy the product by providing necessary details in Microsoft Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template.

From Maximo Application Suite 8.8 or later, the Installer-provisioned Infrastructure (IPI) and User-provisioned Infrastructure (UPI) methods of Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster deployment are supported. These deployment methods are available as two different plans in the Marketplace product. The New OpenShift cluster (IPI) is IPI mode and New OpenShift cluster, existing network (UPI) is the UPI mode.

In your Microsoft Azure subscription, the installation process creates a new resource group (called the boot node resource group). The boot node and other necessary resources are created in the boot node resource group. The installation process then passes all of the installation details, including the parameters that you specified, to the boot node. The boot node creates the virtual network infrastructure in a different resource group that is created by the Red Hat OpenShift installer itself called the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster resource group. The boot node then installs Red Hat OpenShift cluster, prerequisites, and the Maximo Application Suite.

The Microsoft Azure Bastion service is used to provide Secure Shell (SSH) access to the Red Hat OpenShift cluster nodes. You can connect to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster nodes over SSH from Microsoft Azure portal by selecting the Bastion option from the Connect list on the virtual machine details page.

After the installation is complete, you can access the Maximo Application Suite. If you provide the SMTP configuration during the deployment, you receive emails that contain the information that you need to access the Maximo Application Suite. After you log in to the Maximo Application Suite as the administrator, you can deploy the Maximo Application Suite applications, create users, and administer Maximo Application Suite configurations.

BYOL product
The BYOL product can be installed from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace by using any one of the following three plans:
  1. New Red Hat OpenShift cluster by using the Installer Provisioned Infrastructure (IPI)
  2. New Red Hat OpenShift cluster by using the User Provisioned Infrastructure (UPI)
  3. Existing Red Hat OpenShift cluster

After you receive your Maximo Application Suite license, you can use it to install the Maximo Application Suite in your Microsoft Azure cloud account.

Paid product
You can install a new Red Hat OpenShift cluster as part of the Maximo Application Suite deployment from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Deploy Maximo Application Suite from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace by subscribing to two different products.

  1. IBM Maximo Application Suite (Paid) - You must subscribe first to complete the transactional aspect of the purchase process. The following plans are available for this product.
    • Fixed offer for IBM Maximo Application Suite
    • Custom offer for IBM Maximo Application Suite
  2. IBM Maximo Application Suite (BYOL) - You must subscribe to this product as a next step to complete the actual product deployment process. Refer to the BYOL section for plan details.