Creating a service instance for Cognos Analytics from the web client
After you install Cognos Analytics, you must create at least one Cognos Analytics service instance. Each service instance must be in a different Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform project. You can create a service instance in the operands project or in a project that is tethered to the operands project. If you are a Cloud Pak for Data user, you can use the web client to create service instances. The web client guides you through the process of creating service instances.
- Who needs to complete this task?
- To create a service instance from the web client, you must have the Create service instances permission in Cloud Pak for Data.
- When do you need to complete this task?
- Complete this task only if you want to create a service instance from the web client.
Alternative methods for creating a service instance
- By using the
cpd-cli service-instance create
command. For more information, see Creating a service instance for Cognos Analytics with the cpd-cli service-instance create command. - By using the
/v3/service_instances
REST API call. For more information, see Creating a service instance for Cognos Analytics programmatically.
- By using the
Before you begin
This task assumes that the following prerequisites are met:
Prerequisite | Where to find more information |
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Cognos Analytics is installed. | If this task is not complete, see Installing Cognos Analytics. |
The content store is configured. You can also use the content store for your audit content. | If this task is not complete, see Configuring the content store for Cognos Analytics. |
You must have sufficient resources for the plan size that you select. If you do not have sufficient resources, the instance cannot be created.
Plan size | Minimum required resources | Maximum required resources | Largest pod |
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Fixed Minimum | Across the cluster, you must have at least:
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At most, the instance uses:
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The largest pod requires up to:
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Small | Across the cluster, you must have at least:
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At most, the instance uses:
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The largest pod requires up to:
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Medium | Across the cluster, you must have at least:
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At most, the instance uses:
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The largest pod requires up to:
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Large | Across the cluster, you must have at least:
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At most, the instance uses:
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The largest pod requires up to:
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About this task
You can provision only one instance of the Cognos Analytics service in a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform project (Kubernetes namespace). If you want to provision extra Cognos Analytics service instances, you must configure an extra tethered project for each service instance that you want to provision.
Procedure
To create a service instance:
Results
It can take approximately 30 minutes for the provisioning process to complete. You can continue to use other services in Cloud Pak for Data while the process completes.
For a list of the drivers that Cloud Pak for Data provisions with Cognos Analytics, refer to Cognos Analytics on Cloud: Supported Software Environments.