Installing IBM Optim Data Privacy

An administrator can prepare the cluster and install IBM® Optim Data Privacy.

Before you begin

Before you install IBM Optim Data Privacy, review the information in the Planning section. Specifically, ensure that you review the following sections:

Section	What you need to know
System requirements	You must install the software on a cluster that has sufficient resources and that aligns with the guidance in the system requirements. For example, if you do not follow the specified disk requirements, you can encounter out of memory errors.
Storage considerations	You must install the software on persistent storage that is accessible to your cluster, meets the stated requirements, and works with the services that you plan to install. For example, if your network speeds are too slow or if the disks do not have sufficient I/O performance, services can experience poor performance or cluster instability. If you are using SAN or NAS drives mounted to the host rather than the root volume, review Using mounted or extended storage volumes before proceeding.

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What you need to know

System requirements

You must install the software on a cluster that has sufficient resources and that aligns with the guidance in the system requirements. For example, if you do not follow the specified disk requirements, you can encounter out of memory errors.

Storage considerations

You must install the software on persistent storage that is accessible to your cluster, meets the stated requirements, and works with the services that you plan to install. For example, if your network speeds are too slow or if the disks do not have sufficient I/O performance, services can experience poor performance or cluster instability. If you are using SAN or NAS drives mounted to the host rather than the root volume, review Using mounted or extended storage volumes before proceeding.

Additionally, you must carefully review the installation requirements documented in Prerequisites.

Installation overview

If you are installing on a connected environment, you can install using online mode. For details, see Installing IBM Optim Data Privacy by using online mode.

If your installation environment is not connected (air-gapped), install using offline mode. The offline procedure requires an internet-connected bastion machine to prepare the installation package, which is then transferred to the target machine. For details, see Installing IBM Optim Data Privacy by using offline mode.

Regardless of installation mode, the general installation flow is:

Download the installation archive from Passport Advantage® and extract it.
Extract the installation scripts from the optim-metadb container image.
Configure the .env environment variable file.
Run setup-optim.sh to generate certificates, initialize secrets, and start the containers.
Verify the installation by launching the web UI.

Note: Starting in version 2.0.0, installation scripts, Podman Compose files, and realm configuration are no longer bundled in the download archive. They are embedded in the optim-metadb container image and are extracted as part of the installation procedure.