Creating a service instance for Data Replication from the web client

When you install Data Replication, a service instance is created automatically. You can optionally create more service instances in the operands project. If you are a IBM® Software Hub user, you can use the web client to create service instances. The web client guides you through the process of creating service instances.

Who needs to complete this task?
To create a service instance from the web client, you must have the Create service instances permission in IBM Software Hub.
When do you need to complete this task?
Complete this task only if you want to create a service instance from the web client.
Alternative methods for creating a service instance

Before you begin

This task assumes that the following prerequisites are met:

Prerequisite Where to find more information
Data Replication is installed. If this task is not complete, see Installing Data Replication.

Procedure

To create a service instance:

  1. Log in to the web client.
  2. Switch to the IBM Cloud Pak for Data experience, if needed.
  3. From the navigation menu, select Services > Instances.
  4. Click New instance.
  5. Click the Data Replication tile. Then, click Next.
  6. Enter a name and provide the namespace. This namespace must be where all your services are installed, including Data Replication. Click Next.
  7. Choose your block storage class for persistent storage and choose the volume size. A portion of the volume size will be allocated to each pod of the instance. Two pods are created per instance. Click Next.
  8. Select the hardware configuration size and click Next.
  9. Review the summary.
  10. Click Create.
  11. Optional: Grant users access to the replication service.

    Once the new Data Replication service instance shows up in the instances list (you may have to refresh the page), select the Manage Access action from the overflow menu.

    On the access management page you can add users and set their role.

What to do next

The service instance is ready to use. To work with the Data Replication service, see Getting started with Data Replication.