Logging in to z/OS Cloud Broker

Any time after you have created a z/OS® Cloud Broker instance (see Creating a z/OS Cloud Broker instance), you can log in to it by completing the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console for your cluster using your cluster-admin credentials. (See Logging in to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.)

  2. In the navigation pane, select Home > Projects.

    Projects selection

  3. On the Projects page, select the namespace that contains the z/OS Cloud Broker instance you wish to log in to.

    Namespace selection on the Projects page

  4. In the navigation pane, select Operators > Installed Operators.

    Installed Operators selection

  5. In the Name column on the Installed Operators page, select IBM z/OS Cloud Broker.

    z/OS Cloud Broker Operator selection on Installed Operators page

  6. On the "Operator details" page, select the z/OS Cloud Broker tab.

    z/OS Cloud Broker tab selection on the "Operator details" page

  7. In the Name column, select the name of the z/OS Cloud Broker instance you wish to log in to.

    z/OS Cloud Broker tab selection on the "Operator details" page

  8. On the Details tab of the "ZosCloudBroker details" page, select the z/OS Cloud Broker URL.
    Tip: Consider opening the z/OS® Cloud Broker URL in a different tab, so that you can have Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and z/OS® Cloud Broker open at the same time.

    z/OS Cloud Broker instance link on the Details tab of the "ZosCloudBroker details" page

  9. Select Log in with OpenShift.

    Red Hat OpenShift login prompt for z/OS® Cloud Broker

  10. On the Red Hat OpenShift "Log in with" page, select the login authorization provider/role to use for login, as in the following example.

    Red Hat OpenShift "Log in with" page

  11. On the Red Hat OpenShift login page, enter your cluster-admin user role credentials.

    Red Hat OpenShift login page

  12. Press Enter or select Log in.

Procedure result

The z/OS Cloud Broker user interface is displayed, open to the "Get started" page.

z/OS Cloud Broker user interface default landing page

(Optional) To enable dark mode in the z/OS Cloud Broker user interface, take the following actions:

  1. Select User Menu in the top right corner of the page.

    User menu button

  2. Toggle Dark mode.

    Dark mode button

    Dark mode is now on in the z/OS Cloud Broker user interface.

    z/OS Cloud Broker user interface dark mode landing page

Next step

See Importing an operator collection to define z/OS endpoints and import an operator collection.