Installing and configuring the OpenShift API for Data Protection backup and restore utility on ROSA with STS
If you plan to install IBM Software Hub on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) and your cluster uses the AWS Security Token Service, you must prepare AWS STS credentials for OADP before you install OADP.
- Installation phase
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Setting up a client workstation- Setting up a cluster
- Collecting required information
- Preparing to run installs in a restricted network
- Preparing to run installs from a private container registry
Preparing the cluster for IBM Software
Hub- Preparing to install an instance of IBM Software
Hub
- Installing an instance of IBM Software
Hub
- Setting up the control plane
- Installing solutions and services
- Who needs to complete this task?
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Cluster administrator A cluster administrator must complete this task.
- When do you need to complete this task?
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Complete this task only if you are running ROSA and your cluster uses the AWS Security Token Service.
Restore If you plan to restore IBM Software
Hub to a different cluster, you must also
complete this task on the target cluster.
Before you begin
- You must have S3-compatible storage set up before you complete this task. For more information, see Setting up S3-compatible object storage for backups.
- This task assumes that you have a workstation with the following command-line interfaces:
- AWS CLI
(
aws) - ROSA CLI
(
rosa)
For more information, see Installing and configuring the required CLI tools in the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS documentation.
- AWS CLI
(
Ensure that you source the environment variables before you run the commands in this task.
About this task
If you plan to use the OADP backup and restore utility, you must install the OADP operator and configure a Data Protection Application to connect to your S3-compatible object storage.