Install IBM Sterling Global Mailbox Certified Containers

IBM Sterling Global Mailbox coponent is always installed as one of the components of IBM Sterling B2B Integrator or IBM Sterling File Gateway products.

Before you begin

Global Mailbox certified containers can be installed using Global Mailbox helm chart which are available as a subchart within IBM B2BI/SFG helm chart. Subcharts are considered as dependency of parent chart.

About this task

To install Global Mailbox certified containers, follow the below steps:

Procedure

  1. Download IBM Sterling Global Mailbox certified images. For details, refer to Downloading Certified Container Images from IBM Entitled Registry.
  2. Download IBM Sterling Global Mailbox Helm chart. For details, refer to Download IBM B2BI/SFG helm chart.
    Note: As Global Mailbox helm chart is packaged as a subchart under IBM B2BI/SFG helm chart, it is available as IBM B2BI/SFG helm chart download.
  3. Once the B2BI/SFG chart is downloaded. Navigate to ibm-b2b(sfg)-prod/charts folder and extract the ibm-gm-prod-1.0.0.tgz.
  4. Navigate inside the extracted Global Mailbox chart and open ibm-gm-prod/README.md.
  5. Refer to Prerequisites section in the README.md file to complete the prerequisites necessary for Global Mailbox installation.
    Note: For more information on prerequisites, refer to Setting up PersistentVolume(s) and Adding Secrets.
  6. Open the ibm-b2b(sfg)-prod/values.yaml file and replace the entire content with the content of values.yaml mentioned in IBM B2BI/SFG and Global Mailbox integrated values.yaml File. Make sure to use the correct sample values.yaml based on the type of installation. For example, to install the initial Global Mailbox DC, use IBM B2BI/SFG and GM integrated values.yaml for initial DC.
  7. Refer to Configuring the Certified Container to configure the required parameters in IBM Global Mailbox helm chart’s values.yaml. If you are installing IBM Global Mailbox on first DC, refer to InitialDC sample values.yaml File or for other DCs, refer to Additional DCs sample values.yaml File. For more details on configuring Jobs, refer to Jobs.
  8. Refer to the IBM B2BI/SFG documentation to complete the B2BI/SFG helm chart configuration. For details, refer to IBM doc for B2BI/SFG certified container installation.
  9. After you complete all the configurations, install the b2bi/sfg helm chart as per the B2BI/SFG documentation.
    Note: As Global Mailbox charts are packaged as subcharts inside B2BI/SFG helm chart, so installing B2BI/SFG helm chart will automatically install IBM Global Mailbox.