Prepare your Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform
cluster, so that it's ready to deploy a queue manager using the IBM® MQ Operator. This task should be completed by a project
administrator.
Before you begin
Note: If you plan to use IBM MQ in a project with other
IBM Cloud Pak® for Integration components already installed, you may not need to follow these instructions.
Log in to your Red Hat OpenShift cluster web console.
About this task
The IBM MQ Operator images are pulled from a
container registry that performs a license entitlement check. This check requires an entitlement key
that is stored in a docker-registry pull secret. If you do not yet have an
entitlement key, follow these instructions to get an entitlement key and create a pull
secret.
Procedure
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Get the entitlement key that is assigned to your ID.
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Log in to MyIBM Container Software Library with the IBM ID and password that are associated with the entitled
software.
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In the Entitlement keys section, select Copy key to copy the
entitlement key to the clipboard.
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Create a secret containing your entitlement key, in the project where you want to deploy your queue manager.
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From the navigation pane, click on .
The Secrets page is displayed.
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In the Project drop-down, select the project into which you want to install IBM MQ
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Click the Create button, and select Image Pull Secret
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In the Name field, enter ibm-entitlement-key
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In the Registry Server Address field, enter cp.icr.io
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In the Username field, enter cp
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In the Password field, enter the entitlement key you copied in the previous step
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In the Email field, enter the IBM ID associated with the entitled
software