Installation prerequisites
Before you install a single-node Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster, review the installation prerequisites.
Testing of a single-node Red Hat OpenShift cluster is performed with a 16-core vCPU and 64-GB RAM configuration. A single-node Red Hat OpenShift cluster has the following requirements.
- Red Hat OpenShift
- The same version that is supported by IBM® Maximo® Application Suite version 8.9 or later.
- vCPU
- 16 cores
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Primary/Ephemeral storage
- Minimum 250 GB
- IBM entitlement key
- To get the entitlement key, log in to the IBM Container Library with a user ID that has software download rights for your company’s IBM Passport Advantage® entitlement.
- Red Hat OpenShift pull secret file
- You can download this file from https://access.redhat.com/management. You need a valid Red Hat account to download the file.
- IBM Maximo Application Suite license file license.dat
- Access the IBM License Key Center. From the Get Keys menu, select IBM AppPoint Suites. Select IBM MAXIMO APPLICATION SUITE AppPOINT LIC. For more information, see Maximo Application Suite License File.
- Docker or Podman
- Docker or Podman can be used.
- Bare metal or VMware vSphere prerequisites
- For more information, see Requirements for installing Red Hat OpenShift on a single node