You can install IBM Watson® Explorer
oneWEX into IBM® Cloud Private (ICP), IBM's new Kubernetes-based private cloud, by using the IBM Cloud Private CLI. ICP 2.1 is supported by Watson™ Explorer oneWEX version 12.0.2 and earlier. ICP 3.x is supported by
Watson Explorer oneWEX version 12.0.2.
About this task
Note: All links for ICP 3.x are linked to information for ICP 3.2. Please refer to the appropriate
ICP version information you are using.
Procedure
Install IBM Cloud Private
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To install IBM Cloud Private and IBM Cloud Private CLI, see
Note: If you want to ensure that all data in motion is encrypted, then IPsec needs to be enabled in
the cluster.
Install Watson Explorer oneWEX on the ICP
catalog
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Sign into your cluster from the IBM Cloud Private
CLI.
Version |
Command |
ICP 2.1 |
bx pr login -a https://<cluster_CA_domain>:8443
--skip-ssl-validation |
ICP 3.x |
cloudctl login -a https://<cluster_CA_domain>:8443
--skip-ssl-validation |
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Sign in to the Docker private image registry.
docker login <cluster_CA_domain>:8500
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To install Watson Explorer oneWEX, type the command:
Version |
Command |
ICP 2.1 |
bx pr load-ppa-archive --archive
ibm-wex-prod-<version>.tar.gz |
ICP 3.x |
cloudctl catalog load-archive --archive
ibm-wex-prod-<version>.tar.gz --registry
mycluster.icp:8500/namespace |
where ibm-wex-prod-<version>.tar.gz is the Watson Explorer oneWEX installation package from Passport Advantage.
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To view the chart in the ICP catalog, in IBM Cloud
Private, select , and click Sync Repositories. From the
Navigation menu, select Catalog.
Set up storage
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You must set up the Persistent Volumes (PVs) for Watson Explorer oneWEX. To deploy Watson Explorer oneWEX on ICP, the Persistent Volumes listed in the
Prerequisites section in the Watson Explorer oneWEX Helm Chart README
are required. To create a Persistent Volume, see
Configure Watson Explorer oneWEX on ICP
Important: You must have an Administrator or Cluster
Administrator role.
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In the IBM Cloud Private, go to , select ibm-wex-prod, and click
Configure. The major configuration parameters are listed in the Configuration
section in the Watson Explorer Helm Chart README. Please
refer to the Secret for initial administrator password section in the README to
update the initial administrator password.
Deploy Watson Explorer oneWEX on ICP
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Set the Release name and Target namespace, and
click Install.