Installing Sterling Order Management System Software by using containers

The IBM® Sterling™ Order Management System containers offer a consistent and scalable foundation for deploying containerized applications on leading Kubernetes-based platforms. IBM Sterling Order Management System Software is architected to run on standard Kubernetes distributions and can be deployed on a range of Kubernetes platforms. Deployment is facilitated through the Sterling Order Management System Operator. The goal is to ensure consistency, flexibility, and freedom of choice across all major Kubernetes-based environments.

IBM regularly certifies Sterling Order Management System Software for the most latest supported releases of native Kubernetes. Additionally, IBM certifies for the most latest supported releases of Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform.

Install the Sterling Order Management System Software with IBM containers on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform or a Kubernetes platform of your choice with the Sterling Order Management System Operator.

After the Sterling Order Management System Operator is installed in the cluster, the OMEnvironment, OMServer, OrderHub, OrderService, and CallCentre custom resources are created in the cluster.

The OMEnvironment can be used to bring up a fully functional integrated environment including Order Service, Order Hub, Call Centre and multiple application, agent, and integration servers. The OMServer, Order Service, Order Hub, and Call Centre can also be deployed independently.

Note: The API version (apiVersion) of the Sterling Order Management System is v1beta1.

Before you begin

Ensure that all the prerequisites are met, including minimum system requirements, creating secrets for sensitive information, Kubernetes persistent volume for data storage, installing the Sterling Order Management System Operator and more. For more information, see Preparing to install Sterling Order Management System Software.
Remember: The Helm chart is deprecated from the 10.0.2206.0 June 2022 release and you must use the IBM Sterling Order Management System Operator to manage and automate the life cycle of  Sterling Order Management System Software. For more information about the Operator, see IBM Sterling Order Management System Operator overview.

Procedure

  1. Set up the OMEnvironment custom resource by defining and configuring the necessary parameters to meet your business requirements. For more information, see Configuring custom resources and installing.
  2. Monitor the status of the custom resources to track the status of pods and services to ensure successful installation. For more information, see Operator status details.