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  • 1.  MAS 9.0 setup in OCP

    Posted Mon January 13, 2025 09:17 AM
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    Background:

    We are moving from Maximo 7.6 to Mas 9.0 and we have OpenShift Platform @KCS.

    We have started MAS 9.0 setup into our Red Hat OpenShift environment. I am following steps mentioned in below IBM URL. 

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/masv-and-l/continuous-delivery?topic=system-installing-maximo-application-suite-maximo-manage

    Discussion point:

                  I have encounter ambiguity in the step 7 shown in snap., where-as there is request to replace "masocpl.suds.yml" file with existing file masocpl.yml. We can find the "masocpl.yml" file in "mas-local" folder after cloning from GitHub but could not figure out "masocpl.suds.yml" or no mention in the steps where to get one?

    Just wondering  are they meaning just to rename "masocpl.yml" to "masocpl.suds.yml"?



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    Dharanipathi Dhamodhiran
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  • 2.  RE: MAS 9.0 setup in OCP

    Posted Tue January 14, 2025 03:24 AM

    This page from documentation is a bit misleading and outdated. The linked procedure is for deploying OpenShift Local and MAS on top of it - OpenShift Local is NOT a supported way of deploying OpenShift or MAS.

    UDS/SUDS is replaced with DRO. The current December 24 catalog does not support 4.12 anymore. You would need to use 4.14 or 4.15 which translates to CRC 2.38.0.

    Documentation for MAS installation on OCP is available here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/masv-and-l/continuous-delivery?topic=installing-ansible-collection



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    Witold Wierzchowski
    Solution Architect
    Cohesive Poland
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  • 3.  RE: MAS 9.0 setup in OCP

    Posted Tue January 28, 2025 12:43 AM

    @Witold Wierzchowski, fully agree.  If you want to setup a test environment or PoC to migrate your MX7.6.1.x to MAS9, it it better to setup a Single Node OpenShift (SNO) than a local environment. Local environments are only used for internal development (and there is a more convenient approach using a local Docker or Podman image instead of CRC).  Beside the ansible approach you might also use the MASCLI approach (local MAS terminal based CLI), which is using a local Docker image to install either a single node or full cluster. And if you re-installing using the suggested approach by Witold, why not directly start with OCP version 4.16 (supported by IBM as from December '24)?



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    Jan-Willem Steur
    Manager Business Development
    ZNAPZ b.v.
    Breda
    +31 6 25639950
    Jan-Willem
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  • 4.  RE: MAS 9.0 setup in OCP

    Posted Wed January 29, 2025 03:04 AM

    Hi Dharanipathi,

    @Alex Donatelli did a fantastic job at that time when he shared mas-local but in this dynamicly evolving world of MAS and its dependencies a lot of information ages very rapidly. I can only imagine how tough it is to keep up maintaining that kind of independent guides. As @Witold Wierzchowski and @Jan-Willem Steur I would recommend following the most recent official IBM MAS installation documentation, which has recently become better and better,



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    Andrzej Więcław
    Maximo Technical Consultant
    AFRY
    Wrocław, Poland
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  • 5.  RE: MAS 9.0 setup in OCP

    Posted Thu January 30, 2025 01:42 AM

    I have recently updated the mas-local project that was not fully working anymore due to the changes that you mentioned. Dharanipathi you should go the github and read the updated instructions where all you are referring to is gone. Make sure to update the catalog used in the configuration file and everything should work. The only part that aged is the Mac and it not maintained anymore (was work from our China team).
    The MAS CLI can also be used to install MAS on OpenShift Local (aka CRC). The only thing to remember is that OCP Local has no monitoring, therefore Grafana cannot be installed. For this reason, use the --skip-grafana-install option when launching the MAS CLI using an OCP Local.
    Just for the record, let me reiterate that one thing is SNO, another thing is OCP Local. The former is a Single Node OpenShift that runs on baremetal, i.e. a fully functional production ready OpenShift running on a single server. OCP Local instead is a virtual machine, just to experiment with OpenShift. Don't confuse the two.



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    Alex Donatelli
    IBM
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