Installing the Db2 Operator from the command line

You can install the Db2® Operator using the IBM Cloud Pak CLI tool.

About this task

The IBM Cloud Pak CLI (ibm-pak) provides significant benefits when dealing with air-gapped (disconnected) environments for case management. It provides a common framework for IBM operators around a consistent and optimized air gap install experience, using bastion, non-bastion or portable storage.

You will need to install the ibm-pak tool before proceeding.

Procedure

Download and extract the Container Application Software for Enterprises (CASE) bundle:

Set up environment variables.
Review the following parameters for your environment and then run the following commands to set up the environment:
```
export CASE_NAME=ibm-db2uoperator
export CASE_VERSION=<CASE version of latest Db2 Operator>
```

Download the CASE bundle:

$ oc ibm-pak get ${CASE_NAME} --version ${CASE_VERSION}
Downloading and extracting the CASE ...
- Success
Retrieving CASE version ...
- Success
Validating the CASE ...
Validating the signature for the ibm-db2uoperator CASE...
- Success
Creating inventory ...
- Success
Finding inventory items
- Success
Resolving inventory items ...
Parsing inventory items
- Success

Install the Db2 catalog:

oc ibm-pak launch ${CASE_NAME}         \
    --version ${CASE_VERSION}          \
    --namespace openshift-marketplace  \
    --inventory db2uOperatorSetup      \
    --action installCatalog

Install the Db2 operator:

export NAMESPACE=<namespace_name>
oc ibm-pak launch ${CASE_NAME}                \
    --version ${CASE_VERSION}                 \
    --namespace ${NAMESPACE}                  \
    --inventory db2uOperatorStandaloneSetup   \
    --action installOperator

Deploy Db2 Warehouse, using the Db2 custom resource.