Accessing the server in a Kubernetes cluster

This topic contains the instructions that are used to access and start the IBM® UrbanCode® Deploy server in the Kubernetes cluster.

Ensure that the server is corretly installed in your Kubernetes environment. See Installing the server in an OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster.

The output of the helm status <releaseName> command provides commands that contain the URL of your server.

Run the command to obtain the server's URL:

$ helm status <ucdtest>

Where, <ucdtest> is the <releasename>.

The following output is displayed that shows the application availability at the echo command:

NAME: ucdtest
LAST DEPLOYED: Wed May 17 19:29:55 2023
NAMESPACE: namespacename
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
The application is now starting and will be available at:
  echo https://$(oc get routes/ucdtest-opr-ibm-ucd-prod -o=custom-columns=HOST:.spec.host --no-headers)

Run the echo command displayed in the output message to identify the URL to use to access the IBM UrbanCode Deploy server.
```
$ echo https://$(oc get routes/ucdtest-opr-ibm-ucd-prod -o=custom- columns=HOST:.spec.host --no-headers)
```
The output of the command displays the server URL.
```
https://ucdtest-ibm-ucd-prod-namespacename.ucd-ocp12-e3a3d814b8ff2369cc3d5b63c99b22ba-0000.us-east.containers.appdomain.cloud $
```
The IBM UrbanCode Deploy can be accessed using the URL output of the echo command.