Setting up a client workstation

To install IBM Cloud Pak® for Data, you must have a client workstation that can connect to the Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform cluster.

Before you begin

Before you install any software on the client workstation, ensure that the workstation meets the requirements in:

After you confirm that the workstation meets these requirements, you can install the required command-line interfaces.

Some installation and upgrade tasks require a connection to the internet. If your cluster is in a restricted network, you can either:

Move the workstation behind the firewall after you complete the tasks that require an internet connection.
Prepare a client workstation that can connect to the internet and a client workstation that can connect to the cluster and transfer any files from the internet-connected workstation to the cluster-connected workstation.

When the workstation is connected to the internet, the workstation must be able to access the following sites:

GitHub (https://github.com/IBM)
If your company does not permit access to GitHub, contact IBM® Support.
IBM Entitled Registry (http://icr.io)
To validate that you can connect to the IBM Entitled Registry, run the following command:
```
curl -v https://icr.io
```
The command returns a message similar to:
```
* Connected to icr.io (169.60.98.86) port 443 (#0)
```
Note: The IP address might be different.

You can run the installation commands from a workstation that is running on one of the following types of hardware:

The client workstation must be running a supported operating system:

Operating system	x86-64	s390x	Notes
Linux®	✓	✓
Mac OS	✓
Windows	✓		To run on Windows, you must install Windows Subsystem for Linux.

The workstation must have a supported container runtime.

Operating system	Docker	Podman	Notes
Linux	✓	✓
Mac OS	✓	✓
Windows	✓	✓	Set up the container runtime inside Windows Subsystem for Linux.

To install or upgrade the Cloud Pak for Data platform, you must have the following command-line interfaces: