Setting up your cluster and local workstation

OpenShift-only contentAs a prerequisite for IBM® App Connect installation, set up your Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster and ensure that the required tools are installed on your local workstation.

Setting up your cluster

Set up the Red Hat OpenShift cluster where you want to install IBM App Connect.

Procedure

  1. Set up a cluster to run a supported version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

    For information about setting up your cluster, see the Red Hat OpenShift documentation. For version information, see the Release notes for the latest release.

  2. Configure storage on the cluster.

    Some App Connect components use persistent or Simple Storage Service (S3) storage to provide reliable, resilient storage of state data. For information about the storage requirements for running these App Connect components, see:

  3. Optional: Enable encryption of secrets.

    App Connect makes use of Kubernetes secrets. These secrets are stored by etcd and are not encrypted by default. To enable encryption of etcd data for your cluster, see Encrypting etcd data in the Red Hat OpenShift documentation.

Installing tools for managing the cluster, containers, and other resources

A set of tools can be used to manage the cluster, containers, and other resources.

Procedure

Install the following tools on your local workstation (if they are not yet installed):

  • OpenShift Container Platform CLI (oc): For installation instructions, see Getting started with the OpenShift CLI in the Red Hat OpenShift documentation. Use the version of oc that’s provided for the Red Hat OpenShift version on which App Connect will be installed.
  • Docker: For installation instructions, see Docker Documentation.
  • Optional: Kubernetes CLI (kubectl): For installation instructions, see Install and Set Up kubectl in the Kubernetes documentation.