IBM Storage Scale container native GUI

You can manage and monitor cluster and node information through the IBM Storage Scale container native GUI.

Red Hat OpenShift users

Red Hat OpenShift roles are mapped to two IBM Storage Scale GUI user groups. Details are provided in the following table:

Table 1. Roles and privileges
Roles Privileges
OpenShift Container Platform role GUI role View Download snap1 Manage events2 Test connection for call home
cluster-admin Maintenance Yes Yes Yes Yes
ibm-spectrum-scale-maintenance Maintenance Yes Yes Yes Yes
ibm-spectrum-scale-monitor Monitor Yes No No No

Add a role to a user or a group

Users who are created on the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform having a role of ibm-spectrum-scale-maintenance or ibm-spectrum-scale-monitor can log in to the IBM Storage Scale container native GUI through Single Sign On using the OAuth implementation.

   oc adm policy add-cluster-role-to-user <role> <user>

   oc adm policy add-cluster-role-to-group <role> <group>

Accessing the IBM Storage Scale GUI

To access the IBM Storage Scale GUI, complete the following steps:

  1. In a browser, go to https://ibm-spectrum-scale-gui-ibm-spectrum-scale.apps.<ocp-domain>/, where <ocp-domain> is the domain of your Red Hat OpenShift cluster. There, you should see the login page for IBM Storage Scale GUI.

    If your Red Hat OpenShift domain is: ocp4.example.com, the URL would be https://ibm-spectrum-scale-gui-ibm-spectrum-scale.apps.ocp4.example.com.

  2. Click Sign in and you are redirected to the Red Hat OpenShift login page.

  3. Authenticate by using your OpenShift Container Platform user credentials. On success, you are redirected to the IBM Storage Scale GUI.

  1. Ability to download master and non-master snaps.↩

  2. Ability to mark events as resolved, hiding resolved tips and notifications.↩