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Procedures for installing IBM Sterling Transformation Extender using the Podman installation.

On the RedHat Linux distribution, IBM ITX application installation supports Podman installation types. On other Linux distributions (For example: Ubuntu), IBM ITX supports both Docker and Podman container engines. Select Podman method for ITX installation.

Prerequisites

Before installing ITX in Podman mode, ensure that the ITX installation folder and data folders are not located on a network file system. The ITX application and its data must be on the local computer's file system. Additionally, do not inherit data folders from previous ITX installations of different types.

The config.yaml file specifies the ITX data folders. Make sure these folders and their subfolders are located on the local computer's file system:
  • /opt/data
  • /opt/itx
  • /opt/txfiles
  • /opt/txmodules
  • /opt/txlibs
  • /opt/tx-rest
  • /tmp

Podman Configuration

To configure the ITX installation to Podman mode, run the following command:

./ITX configure -type podman

Installation Procedures

After configuring the ITX installation to install in Podman mode, run the following command:

./ITX install