Installing BYOL IBM Maximo Application Suite

The IBM® Maximo® Application Suite (BYOL) can be installed from the Amazon Web Services Marketplace based on your infrastructure needs. You can install a new Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster before you install Maximo Application Suite or you can use your existing Red Hat OpenShift cluster to install Maximo Application Suite.

1. In the AWS Marketplace service console, click Discover product and search for IBM Maximo Application Suite (BYOL). The product is sold by IBM Maximo.
2. Open Maximo Application Suite.
3. Review the product information to select a fulfillment option and click Continue to Subscribe.
4. In the subscription page, to create the subscription, review the terms and conditions and click Accept Terms.
5. After the subscription is created, click Continue to Configuration.
6. In the configuration page, in the Region field, select a supported geographical region where you want to install the Maximo Application Suite.
   For the list of supported regions, see Amazon Web Services region for installing Maximo Application Suite.
7. Accept the default values in the other fields and click Continue to Launch.
8. In the Launch page, select Choose Action > Launch CloudFormation.
9. To open the CloudFormation stack wizard, click Launch.
10. In the Create stack wizard step, accept the default values, and click Next.
11. In the Specify stack details step, in the Stack name section, enter a unique name.
12. In the Parameters section, enter the installation parameters by using the information that you gathered when you configured the Prerequisites for installing Maximo Application Suite on Amazon Web Services and Preparing to install Maximo Application Suite on Amazon Web Services.
    1. Enter the mandatory parameters.
       • The Maximo Application Suite offering type, such as Maximo Application Suite Core and Cloud Pak for Data or Maximo Application Suite and Maximo Manage.

         Starting in 8.11, for US GovCloud regions, you can configure the offering type Maximo Application Suite Core or Maximo Application Suite and Maximo Manage. Cloud Pak for Data is not available for configuration.

       • All parameters in the Cluster and bootnode access and Keys and licenses sections.
    2. To reuse an existing Red Hat OpenShift cluster, complete the Existing Red Hat OpenShift cluster connection details section.
       Alternatively, to create a new cluster, complete the steps that are given in Connection details for an existing Red Hat OpenShift cluster section.
    3. To reuse an existing network infrastructure, complete the steps that are given in Connection details for using an existing network infrastructure section.
    4. In the optional parameter groups, such as the group of IBM Maximo Manage database configuration parameters, ensure that you either specify all parameter values or leave all empty.
       Note: Follow the instructions commented in the field to know how to fill them. For the field MASManageDBJdbcUrl, you can specify it by using one of the following JDBC URL formats. Ensure that the Port that is used contains the SSL enabled port of the database.

       IBM Db2®

       For Db2 SSL database connections in Maximo Manage, you must specify sslConnection=true. Ensure that you use a semicolon to end the JDBC connection string. You can use the following URL as an example:

       
       jdbc:db2://mymaximodb.com:50001/MAXDB:sslConnection=true;
       

       Oracle Database

       Starting in 8.11, for US GovCloud regions, you can configure an Oracle Database. You must ensure that the Oracle Database follows the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS).

       For more information, see Configuring Oracle Database

       Note: If you choose to install Maximo Application Suite with Manage, you can use the default IBM Db2 instance that is provisioned by IBM instead of configuring your own external Db2 instance. To configure the default IBM Db2, do not add information in the username, password, JDBC URL, certificate URL, and demo data fields.

       The internal Db2 configuration is available from Maximo Application Suite 8.10 or later.

13. To configure Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka, select Yes.
    The Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka is configured to process streaming data of applications such as IoT and IBM Maximo Monitor from Maximo Application Suite.

    You can configure the default Amazon Managed Streaming from Maximo Application Suite 8.10.

    Starting in 8.11, for US GovCloud regions, Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka configuration is not required.
14. To configure a DocumentDB instance, you can select any of the following options.
    • Configure a new MongoDB community edition.
    • Use an existing MongoDB

      Add existing MongoDB connection details such as the username, password, MongoDB hostname, and CA certificate.

      Starting in 8.11, for US GovCloud regions, you must ensure your existing MongoDB connection is FIPS compliant.

    • Configure a new Amazon DocumentDB.
    • Use an existing Amazon DocumentDB.

      Add existing DocumentDB connection details such as the username, password, DocumentDB hostname, and CA certificate.

      Add the VPC ID of the region in which the Amazon DocumentDB is deployed. Ensure that the DocumentDB does not have a matching or overlapping IPv4 CIDR block 10.0.0.0/16.

    You can configure the default DocumentDB from Maximo Application Suite 8.10.
    Starting in 8.11, for US GovCloud regions, DocumentDB is not available for configuration.
15. In the Other parameters, select the OperationalMode as Production or Non-production.
    You can specify deployments for Production or Nonproduction environments. Nonproduction installations can be used for internal development and testing. The installation AppPoints are unused in the Nonproduction installations. These specifications are also visible in the metrics that are shared with IBM and on the product UI.
16. Click Next.
17. In the Configure stack options step, configure any additional options that you require. To know more about the stack options, click the "Learn more" links available in each option. Click Next when done.
18. In the Review step, review the values that you entered and acknowledge the message that relates to identity and access management (IAM) resources.
19. To begin the installation, click Create stack.