Installer

This section provides all the details to install and validate, uninstall, and upgrade your installation.

If you are using foundational services as part of an IBM Cloud Pak, see the documentation for that IBM Cloud Pak to learn more about how to install and use the services.

What's new for the Installer

The installer version sections are listed based on when the installer was released, from the newest to the oldest release.

Installer version 4.6

  • Support for OpenShift 4.18: From foundational services version 4.6.10, you can install foundational services on OpenShift version 4.18. For more information, see Supported OpenShift and Kubernetes versions.
  • Support for OpenShift 4.17: From foundational services version 4.6.7, you can install foundational services on OpenShift version 4.17. For more information, see Supported OpenShift and Kubernetes versions.
  • Removing MongoDB: From foundational services version 4.6, MongoDB is removed and replaced by EDB PostgreSQL database.
  • Support for huge page configuration: foundational services version 4.6 supports huge page configuration. For more information, see Huge pages settings.
  • Update of network policies and support for Egress network policies
  • OpenShift 4.15: Support for OpenShift 4.15 is added. For more information, see Supported OpenShift and Kubernetes versions.
  • Configuring replicas for EDB PostgreSQL operator (cloud-native-postgresql): You can specify the number of replicas for the EDB PostgreSQL operator by configuring the CommonService CR. For more information, see Configuring replicas for EDB PostgreSQL operator (cloud-native-postgresql).
  • Collection of EDB PostgreSQL cluster and operator report: - From foundational services version 4.6.8, the MustGather tool includes the cnp plug-in and collects the EDB MustGather in the overview/edbpostgres directory as default after you extract the archive.