Common Web UI

This version of documentation is no longer updated. For the latest information, see the following links:
- Continuous Delivery (CD) documentation
- Support Cycle-2 (SC-2) documentation

Learn how to access your cluster and use some of the console components.

If you are using the Common Web UI operator service 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 operator service. For more information about IBM Cloud Paks, see IBM Cloud Paks that use IBM Cloud Pak foundational services.

What's new for the Common Web UI service

Common Web UI service v1.21.0 and newer

There is a new option to disable auto complete on the login page. For more information, see Disabling auto complete on the login page.

Common Web UI service v1.6.0 and newer

Administration panel user interface is updated. The System Overview section is removed and the Monitoring trends summary card is renamed to CPU monitoring trends.

Common Web UI service v1.5.1 and newer

The Administration panel page is updated to simplify the layout.

Data from the Welcome widget and Workload distribution widget are moved to individual summary cards within the Overview section. These summary cards can now be rearranged on the page similar to other cards.
A quick navigation section is now added to include general links to key sites, such as the IBM documentation for the Administration panel.
The theme toggle is now removed. The dark theme is now the theme for the Administration panel.
The Common header is replaced by a new header for shared use across IBM Cloud Paks. With this header, the available toolbar options are streamlined to include only the main Menu, the User menu, and a 9-dot icon menu to switch between installed IBM Cloud Paks and the Administration panel. In addition a link is included, which can open either the Administration panel or the Home page for the IBM Cloud Pak that is currently being accessed. Menu options for accessing the Visual Web Terminal, configuring the client, setting the Home page, and opening the IBM documentation are removed from the header.

Common Web UI service v1.3.0 and newer

An Administration panel Home page is included for Cluster Administrators. From this UI dashboard, these users can view key metrics for specific components of IBM Cloud Paks and IBM Cloud Pak foundational services that are deployed to a cluster.

The console main navigation menu is updated to list all pages in a single vertical display for accessing pages quicker. This menu also now includes a Find field to help you filter the listed options to quickly locate the tool or feature that you want to access.

Common Web UI service v1.1.0 and newer

The service is now available as an operator-based service, ibm-commonui-operator.

Common Web UI service v1.0.0

The service is now available as a part of IBM Cloud Pak foundational services.

Available versions

How to check which service version you are using

You can check the installer version in the configmap by running the following command:

oc -n kube-public get ConfigMap ibmcloud-cluster-info -o jsonpath=’{.data.version}’

   3.6.0

You can check the Common service operator full version and deployed namespace by running the following command:

oc get csv --all-namespaces | grep common-service-

common-service        IBM Cloud Platform Common Services     3.6.3                   ibm-common-service-operator.v3.5.6             Succeeded
ibm-common-services  IBM Cloud Platform Common Services     3.6.3                   ibm-common-service-operator.v3.5.6             Succeeded

If there is no ibmcloud-cluster-info configmap in your cluster, it means that the service was installed by installer version 1.1.0 and the service is version 1.1.0 or newer. You can check the Installed Operators tab in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform console to find the accurate version.