Creating a service instance for Product Master with the cpd-cli manage apply-cr command

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After you install Product Master, you must create the Product Master service instance in the operands project. If you are an instance administrator, you can use the cpd-cli manage apply-cr command to create the service instance after you install Product Master.

Who needs to complete this task?

Instance administrator To create a service instance by using the cpd-cli manage apply-cr command, you must be an instance administrator. An instance administrator has permission to install software in any projects that are associated with an instance of 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 cpd-cli by using the cpd-cli manage apply-cr command.
Alternative methods for creating a service instance

Information you need to complete this task

Review the following information before you create a service instance for Product Master:

Version requirements

All of the components that are associated with an instance of Cloud Pak for Data must be installed or created at the same release. For example, if Product Master is installed at Version 4.8.9, you must create the service instance at Version 4.8.9.

Environment variables

The commands in this task use environment variables so that you can run the commands exactly as written.

  • If you don't have the script that defines the environment variables, see Setting up installation environment variables.
  • To use the environment variables from the script, you must source the environment variables before you run the commands in this task. For example, run:
    source ./cpd_vars.sh

Before you begin

This task assumes that the following prerequisites are met:

Prerequisite Where to find more information
Product Master is installed. If this task is not complete, see Installing Product Master.
The cpd-cli command-line interface is installed on the workstation from which you will create the service instance. If this task is not complete, see Setting up a client workstation.

Procedure

Complete the following tasks to create a service instance:

  1. Creating a service instance
  2. Validating that the service instance was created
  3. What to do next

Creating a service instance

  1. Log in to your Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster as an instance administrator by using the following command. 
    oc login OpenShift_URL:port
  2. Change to the project (namespace) where Cloud Pak for Data is installed by using the following command. 
    oc project <cpd-instance>
  3. Provision the Product Master instance by using the following command:

    The command that you run depends on the storage on your cluster:

    Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation storage

    Run the following command to create the custom resource.

    cpd-cli manage apply-cr \
--components=productmaster_instance \
--release=${VERSION} \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \
--file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \
--extra-vars=productmaster_instance_scale_config=<TSHIRT_SIZE> \
--license_acceptance=true \
--upgrade=true
    IBM Storage Fusion Data Foundation storage

    Run the following command to create the custom resource.

    cpd-cli manage apply-cr \
--components=productmaster_instance \
--release=${VERSION} \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \
--extra-vars=productmaster_instance_scale_config=<TSHIRT_SIZE> \
--file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \
--license_acceptance=true \
--upgrade=true
    IBM Storage Fusion Global Data Platform storage
    Remember: When you use IBM Storage Fusion storage, both ${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} and ${STG_CLASS_FILE} point to the same storage class, typically ibm-spectrum-scale-sc.

    Run the following command to create the custom resource.

    cpd-cli manage apply-cr \
--components=productmaster_instance \
--release=${VERSION} \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \
--file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \
--extra-vars=productmaster_instance_scale_config=<TSHIRT_SIZE> \
--license_acceptance=true \
--upgrade=true
    IBM Storage Scale Container Native storage
    Remember: When you use IBM Storage Scale Container Native storage, both ${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} and ${STG_CLASS_FILE} point to the same storage class, typically ibm-spectrum-scale-sc.

    Run the following command to create the custom resource.

    cpd-cli manage apply-cr \
--components=productmaster_instance \
--release=${VERSION} \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \
--file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \
--extra-vars=productmaster_instance_scale_config=<TSHIRT_SIZE> \
--license_acceptance=true \
--upgrade=true
    Portworx storage

    Run the following command to create the custom resource.

    cpd-cli manage apply-cr \
--components=productmaster_instance \
--release=${VERSION} \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \
--file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \
--extra-vars=productmaster_instance_scale_config=<TSHIRT_SIZE> \
--license_acceptance=true \
--upgrade=true
    AWS with EFS and EBS storage

    Run the following command to create the custom resource.

    cpd-cli manage apply-cr \
--components=productmaster_instance \
--release=${VERSION} \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \
--file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \
--extra-vars=productmaster_instance_scale_config=<TSHIRT_SIZE> \
--license_acceptance=true \
--upgrade=true
    NetApp Trident
    Remember: When you use NetApp Trident storage, both ${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} and ${STG_CLASS_FILE} point to the same storage class.

    Run the following command to create the custom resource.

    cpd-cli manage apply-cr \
--components=productmaster_instance \
--release=${VERSION} \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \
--file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \
--extra-vars=productmaster_instance_scale_config=<TSHIRT_SIZE> \
--license_acceptance=true \
--upgrade=true
  4. Verify that the Product Master instance (productmaster-cr) is provisioned correctly by using the following command. 
    cpd-cli manage get-cr-status \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--components=productmaster_instance

    Verify that the command returns Completed.

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

Validating that the service instance was created

To validate that the service instance was created, run the following command:

cpd-cli manage get-cr-status \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--components=productmaster_instance

What to do next

Complete the following tasks to use the service:
  1. Create a schema for Product Master.
  2. Create a company for Product Master.
  3. Assign roles in Product Master.
  4. Getting application URL for Product Master service.