Deploying IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor in a Kubernetes Cluster

IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor software can be deployed in a Kubernetes cluster environment.

Kubernetes allows developers and operators to easily package, configure, and deploy applications and services into Kubernetes clusters.

IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor software meets standard criteria for packaging and deployment of application and services into a Kubernetes cluster.

Prerequisites

The following are prerequisites to successfully deploy an application into a Kubernetes cluster:
  • Install a Kubernetes cluster and configuring kubectl client for the user
  • Apply security configurations to your deployment.

Overview

A Kubernetes cluster provides the basic features of a package manager to help with the installation and maintenance of software. Using a Kubernetes cluster, you can:

  • Deploy an application

  • Automatically install software dependencies
  • Upgrade software

  • Configure software deployments

  • Fetch software packages from repositories

Key Components

Major components are as follows:

  • Configuration yaml files such as service and deployment

  • Persistent Volume (PV) and Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) that contains all configurations related data

  • Secrets that store sensitive information such as database passwords