Planning an installation of IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps on OpenShift
Review the following information to help you plan your installation.
Incremental adoption
Learn about incremental adoption and the deployment types that are available. For more information, see Incremental adoption (IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps).
Supported platforms
Learn about the Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform versions and public clouds that you can deploy on. Supported platforms.
Hardware requirements
Review the memory and hardware requirements for your deployment. For more information, see Hardware requirements.
Storage requirements
Review the storage requirements for your deployment, and learn about supported storage providers and storage classes. For more infomation, see Storage requirements.
Network requirements
Review the list of ports that need to be exposed for use in inbound and outbound communication. For more information, see Network requirements
High availability
Review information about how to configure high availability (HA) for your deployment. For more information, see High availability (HA) considerations
Security considerations
IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps supports different mechanisms for securing your environment and your data. In addition, as you are planning or going through an installation of IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps, you might need to create or provide certificates. For more information, see Security considerations.
Licensing
As part of using IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps, tracking your license usage is required. Although IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps provides license options not tracked directly by the product, to track usage, you must deploy the IBM Cloud Pak foundational services License Service on all clusters where IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps is installed. This background service collects and stores the license usage information for tracking license consumption and for audit purposes. For more information, Licensing.