With OpenShift virtualization, VMs can be created as a pod in OCP cluster which can help to integrate Netcool with AIOps without extra VMs.

The steps to create an Objectserver VM:

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.

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Yongjie Guo
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