Accessing the server in a Kubernetes cluster

You can to access and start the IBM DevOps Deploy (Deploy) server in the Kubernetes cluster.

Ensure that the server is correctly installed in your Kubernetes environment. See Installing the server in Openshift/Kubernetes cluster.

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

  1. Run the commands to obtain the server's URL:

    $ helm status ucdtest

    Where, ucdtest is the <releaseName>.

    The following output message is displayed and 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)

  2. Run the echo command displayed in the output message to identify the URL to use to access the 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 $

You can access the Deploy by using the URL output of the echo command.