Obtaining your IBM entitlement API key

The IBM entitlement API key enables you to pull software images from the IBM® Entitled Registry, either for installation or for mirroring.

All Cloud Pak for Data images are accessible from the IBM Entitled Registry. You must decide whether you will install the images directly from the IBM Entitled Registry or whether you will mirror the images to your local container registry.

IBM entitlement API key

You must have your IBM entitlement API key to access images in the IBM Entitled Registry.

After you purchase Cloud Pak for Data, an entitlement API key for the software is associated with your My IBM account. You need this key to complete the Cloud Pak for Data installation. To obtain the entitlement key, complete the following steps:
  1. Log in to Container software library on My IBM with the IBM ID and password that are associated with the entitled software.
  2. On the Get entitlement key tab, select Copy key to copy the entitlement key to the clipboard.
  3. Save the API key in a text file.

What's next Now that you have your API key, determine whether you will mirror the software images to a private container registry. For details, see Mirroring images to your private container registry.