Acquiring a license key for the EDB Postgres service

A license key is required to access EDB Postgres. This is a one-time process that must be done before installation.

About this task

The following steps require the use of IBM® Passport Advantage®. You must purchase EDB Postgres before proceeding.

Procedure

  1. Login to IBM Passport Advantage: https://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/
  2. Search for the EDB Postgres part number: G01T7ML

    Download the license key. It will be formatted as a single string of characters.

  3. Run the following command to encode and export your license key: 
    export LICENSE_KEY=$(echo <my-license-key> | base64 )
  4. Apply that file to EDB Postgres with the following command: 
    cat <<EOF |oc apply -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: postgresql-operator-controller-manager-config
  namespace: <your operator namespace>
type: Opaque
data:
  EDB_LICENSE_KEY: <LICENSE_KEY>
EOF