Installing IBM Cloud App Management with IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management

You can install IBM Cloud App Management with IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management. With this combination, you can monitor cloud and on-premises application environments with IBM Cloud App Management and use IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management to ensure that your clusters are secure, operating efficiently, and delivering expected service levels. IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management provides user visibility and policy-based compliance across clouds and clusters. Two types of installation methods are available: online, which uses Entitled Registry to pull the Cloud App Management Passport Advantage Archive (PPA) installation image from the IBM Cloud entitled registry. The Helm chart is loaded in the IBM entitled charts in the catalog where it can be installed. The other method is offline, where you download the PPA (Passport Advantage Archive) installation image file from IBM Passport Advantage® , extract the Helm chart from it, load it into the catalog, and continue with your installation.

About this task

  1. Onboarding LDAP users
  2. Choose the IBM Cloud App Management with IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management installation option that you want by reviewing the list in the Installing IBM Cloud App Management - the options topic.
  3. Installing the ICAM klusterlet on the managed with or without the Helm:
    1. Installing the ICAM klusterlet on the managed cluster with Helm
    2. Installing the ICAM klusterlet on the managed cluster without helm
  4. Deploying agents and data collectors for IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management.
  5. Uninstalling IBM Cloud App Management.