Deploying EDB Postgres with the web console

Important: IBM Cloud Pak® for Data Version 4.6 will reach end of support (EOS) on 31 July, 2025. For more information, see the Discontinuance of service announcement for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.X.

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After the EDB Postgres service is installed on IBM Cloud Pak for Data, you can deploy one or more instances of EDB Postgres from the web console.

Before you begin

If you want to create a custom user name and password for your EDB Postgres instance, see Creating a custom EDB Postgres user name and password before you deploy.

Procedure

  1. From the Cloud Pak for Data services catalog, select EDB Postgres.
  2. Click New Instance.
  3. Enter a name for the instance, then select the namespace where you want to deploy.
    Click Next.
  4. Specify the following options for EDB Postgres on the OpenShift® Container Platform cluster:
    • Number of nodes
    • Cores per node
    • Memory per node
    • Type: standard or enterprise
  5. From the storage classes that are available on the cluster, specify the size and unit for the storage class. For a list of the storage classes that are compatible with EDB Postgres, see EDB Postgres storage requirements.
    Click Next.
  6. Confirm the information provided on the review page.
    Click Create. It might take up to five minutes for the instance to be ready.
  7. Run the following command to check the status of the instance: 
    oc describe CPDEdbInstance  EDBInstanceName -n ${PROJECT_CPD_INSTANCE}

    Replace namespace with the OpenShift Container Platform namespace where Cloud Pak for Data was installed.

    The status result should look similar to the following example:

    Status:
    Conditions:
    Last Transition Time: 2021-06-14T17:41:38Z
    Message:              Running reconciliation
    Reason:               Running
    Status:               True
    Type:                 Running
    Edb Status:           In Progress

    The instance is ready for use when Edb Status changes from In Progress to Completed.

What to do next

See Administering the EDB Postgres service, for details on what you can do with an EDB Postgres deployment.