Manually initializing and verifying your content services environment

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After you configure and deploy your containers on Kubernetes, you must manually perform the initial tasks that are required to have a working FileNet® P8 domain environment.

About this task

After your components are installed, it is necessary to create additional elements in your system to create a working FileNet P8 domain and content services environment.

If you included the containers for initialization and verification in your deployment, you do not need to do this task.

Procedure

Verify that the components are ready by looking for the status field of each capability by viewing the YAML for the deployed Content or ICP4ACluster instance and examining the section with the status information using one of three methods.
- View the YAML in the OCP console by clicking the installed operator, then the deployment tab, and select the deployment instance that you are interested in. Use the YAML tab to open the CR.
- Use oc get to fetch the CR YAML. If a multi-pattern was deployed, use ICP4ACluster instead of Content.
```
oc get Content <instance_name>
```
- You can also see the status of individual components by running an oc get command and extracting a particular component that uses the component's ID. If a multi-pattern was deployed, use ICP4ACluster instead of Content.
```
oc get Content <instance_name> -o=jsonpath='{.status.components.<metadata.name>}'
```
  <metadata.name> is the component name from
```
status:
  components:
    bai:
    ban_initialization:
    ban_verification:
    cmis:
    content_initialization:
    content_verification:
    cpe:
    css:
    extshare:
    graphql:
    iccsap:
    ier:
    navigator:
    prereq:
    tm: 
    viewone: 
```
For more information about component statuses, see Custom resource statuses for components.

For a more in-depth validation of your deployment, see Recommended: Validating your production deployment.
Create the FileNet P8 domain.

For instructions, see the following information: Creating the FileNet P8 domain

If you decide to create the FileNet® P8 domain environment and directory with IAM SCIM integration instead of using the operator to initiate the deployment, see Optional: Manually initializing and verifying your content services environment with SCIM.
Create the database connection.
For instructions, see the following information: Creating a database connection
Create an initial object store.
For instructions, see the following information: Creating the initial object store
Verify the Content Platform Engine system.
For instructions, see the following information: Verifying the Content Platform Engine system