Preparing for installation

Before you can install Operations Management you must set up your cluster.

Hardware requirements
This section has sizing guidance for trial and production systems.
Other requirements
If you are installing on a container platform, then you must ensure that you have the following requirements in place.
Preparing your cluster
Prepare your cluster for deployments.
Storage
You must create storage prior to your installation of Operations Management on IBM Cloud Private .
Preparing secrets for TLS encryption
Operations Management can automatically generate TLS certificates for customers who do not have their own certificate authority (CA). However, if you have your own CA and you want to deploy on your own site, then you can manually create a certificate and use your own CA to sign the certificate.
Creating a registry secret to support namespace access
You must create a Docker registry secret to enable your cloud deployment to pull the Operations Management archive from your local Docker registry into your cluster's namespace.
Configuring pod access control
Configure pod access to services and config maps with service accounts, roles, and role-based access control (RBAC) settings.
Configuring passwords and secrets
Configure passwords and secrets. You can either manually create the passwords and secrets that are required by Operations Management, or the required passwords and secrets can be generated for you by the installer. Passwords are stored in secrets.
Verifying the archive
Learn how to verify the downloaded archive file.

Parent topic: Installing on IBM Cloud Private