With OpenShift Virtualization, VMs can be created as pods in the OCP cluster, an ObjectServer VM can be created to integrate with AIOps for alerts and SSH automations, an external VM is not required any more.

1.      Install “OpenShift Virtualization” operator

2.      Create “HyperConverged” instance with default setting

3.      Download command line tool:

 https://console-openshift-console.apps.CLUSTERNAME.CLUSTERDOMAIN/command-line-tools

wget https://hyperconverged-cluster-cli-download-openshift-cnv.apps.cluser_name.cp.fyre.ibm.com/amd64/linux/virtctl.tar.gz --no-check-certificate

4.      Create Bootable Volume

Check datavolume is in “Bound” status:

oc get PVC -A | grep vmdisks

openshift-virtualization-os-images   vmdisks                                        Pending                                                                        rook-cephfs

openshift-virtualization-os-images   vmdisks                                        Bound     pvc-7e7d7a0d-3daa-4bcb-853e-5391b333b9ba   32Gi       RWX            rook-cephfs       <unset>                 79s

5.      Create VM from Template

6.      How to login to the VM

oc get vmi rhel9-aquamarine-aphid-93 -n openshift-virtualization-os-images -o yaml

  - dataVolume:

      name: rhel9-aquamarine-aphid-93

    name: rootdisk

  - cloudInitNoCloud:

      userData: |-

        #cloud-config

        user: cloud-user

        password: stws-k18o-iojt

        chpasswd: { expire: False }

Login from web console: paste the password.

Allow SSH login with password:

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PasswordAuthentication yes

PubkeyAuthentication yes

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-cloud-init.conf

PasswordAuthentication yes

Restart SSHD:

systemctl restart sshd

Find VM IP address and FQDN:

7.      Upload Netcool binaries to VM and install Objectserver

Login from command line:

virtctl console rhel9-aquamarine-aphid-93 -n openshift-virtualization-os-images

mkdir /syn

chmod 777 /syn

Upload Netcool binaries to the VM:

virtctl scp Netcool_binaries cloud-user@rhel9-aquamarine-aphid-93:/syn

Install ObjectServer

Run “ifconfig” to find the VM IP address.

Run “nslookup” to find the FQDN name:

nslookup 10.254.64.100

;; Got recursion not available from 172.30.0.10, trying next server

100.64.254.10.in-addr.arpa      name = 10-254-64-100.headless.openshift-virtualization-os-images.svc.cluster.local.

Add FQDN and short hostname in “hosts” file:

vi /etc/hosts

10.0.2.2 10-254-64-100.headless.openshift-virtualization-os-images.svc.cluster.local rhel9-aquamarine-aphid-93

Create ObjectServer interface file with the short hostname:

[AGG_P]

{

        Primary: rhel9-aquamarine-aphid-93 4100

}

Create ObjectServer and start the server.

8.      Create Netcool Connector in AIOps with FQDN from “nslookup”

9.      Also, this VM can be used to run the SSH automations.