Provisioning an instance of OpenPages (UI)

Before you can use the OpenPages® service, you must provision an instance.

1. Log in to the Cloud Pak for Data web client as an administrator.
2. From the navigation menu, select Services > Service Catalog.
3. Locate and select the OpenPages tile.
4. Click Provision Instance.
5. Type a name (maximum of 19 characters) and description for your instance.
6. Click Namespace and select the project (namespace) where you want OpenPages installed. Click Next.
   • If you're using a tethered project for OpenPages, select the tethered project.
     Important: You can use a tethered project only if your deployment is using an external database.
   • Otherwise, select the project where Cloud Pak for Data is installed.
7. Select a size for your instance, and then click Next.
8. Choose configuration options for the database server.
   OpenPages uses a Db2® database. Configure the options for the database.

   Use the information provided by your cluster administrator.

   Internal database

   If your cluster uses dedicated nodes for the database, click Use dedicated nodes and type the label of the dedicated nodes.

   Next, select the storage classes to use for the database. Get this information from your cluster administrator.

   External database

   If your deployment is using a database that is outside of Cloud Pak for Data, click External database and type the name of the database secret.

9. Choose configuration options for the application servers.
   OpenPages stores application files in a directory that is called openpages-storage. Select the storage class that you want to use for the openpages-storage directory. Get this information from your cluster administrator.
10. If you want to use Cognos Analytics, select the Enable integration with Cognos Analytics checkbox.
    Note: During the provisioning process for OpenPages, Cognos Analytics will be restarted.
11. Click Next and review the information.
12. Click Create.
    Wait for the provisioning process to complete.

    The provisioning process can take some time to complete. Wait for the process to complete before you log in to OpenPages.

    If you are using an external database, you need a separate database for each OpenPages instance. The databases can be on the same database server.

13. 4.6.3 only: When you are using an internal Db2 database with IBM® OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data, custom database configurations that were specified while deploying the Db2 instance are not being applied. To be able to use the internal database, you must make script modifications.
    For more information, see Troubleshooting a Db2 instance not applying custom database configurations.