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WebSphere Automation "How To" Series #19 : How to install WebSphere Automation to Red Hat® OpenShift® Local

By Martin Smithson posted Fri September 23, 2022 06:40 AM

System Requirements

For this example, we will be deploying Red Hat OpenShift Local to a Linux virtual machine running CentOS 9. The Getting Stated Guide for Red Hat OpenShift Local describes the presets that can be specified when configuring the instance. The preset that is configured specifies the managed container runtime that will be used to run OpenShift Local. The presets that are provided by OpenShift Local are as follows:

OpenShift Container Platform
Podman container platform

We will be using the OpenShift Container Platform preset when configuring the instance.

Minimum System Requirements

The minimum system requirements that are specified in the Getting Started Guide for the OpenShift Container Platform preset are as follows:

4 physical CPU cores
9 GB of free memory
35 GB of storage space

However, the Getting Started Guide also states the following:

The OpenShift Container Platform cluster requires these minimum resources to run in the Red Hat OpenShift Local instance. Some workloads may require more resources.

Because we will be deploying WebSphere Automation on the OpenShift Local instance, the virtual machine that we will be using needs to be configured with more resources than those described above. The virtual machine that we will be using is configured with the following resources:

24 physical CPU cores
64 GB of memory
200 GB of storage space

NOTE: It is possible to configure the OpenShift Local instance with more CPUs than are actually available on the host that it is running on, although this will obviously impact the performance since the OpenShift Local instance will be resource constrained. We have tested deploying OpenShift Local to a virtual machine with 16 CPU cores.

User Requirements

The OpenShift Local executable (crc) cannot be run as the root user or as an administrator. We will create a new user to run OpenShift Local on the virtual machine. In order to do this, run the following commands as the root user, replacing <PASSWORD> with a suitable value in your environment:

useradd -m crcuser
passwd <PASSWORD>

On most Linux distributions, creating a new user with the useradd command does not create a home directory for the user. The -m (or --create-home) option specifies that the user's home directory should be created as /home/crcuser.

Add Sudo Capabilities To The New User

On Linux or macOS, the user account that is used to run OpenShift Local must have permission to use the sudo command. Perform the following steps to configure the crcuser to use the sudo command:

As the root user, execute the following command to edit the sudoers file:
```
visudo
```
Insert the following line in the relevant section of the file:
```
crcuser ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
```

Required Software Packages For Linux

Red Hat OpenShift Local requires the libvirt and NetworkManager packages to run on Linux. Use the following command to install these packages on the CentOS 9 virtual machine:

su -c 'yum install NetworkManager'

NOTE: If you are using a different Linux distribution, please refer to the Getting Started Guide for the relevant command.

The process of installing WebSphere Automation also requires a GUI to be installed on the virtual machine. If a GUI is not installed on the virtual machine, use the following command to install the relevant packages:

dnf groupinstall "Server with GUI"

Install And Configure NFS

Various components in WebSphere Automation make use of persistent volumes in order to store files. For example, fix files that are downloaded from Fix Central are stored are stored in a persistent volume so that they can be used to install the relevant fix to servers that are registered with WebSphere Automation in order to resolve vulnerabilities that have been detected.

For a typical deployment of WebSphere Automation, the storage provider that is installed and configured in the OCP cluster would need to comply with the storage requirements specified in the WebSphere Automation documentation. However, for this example, we want to use a more lightweight storage provider that will not consume much resource from the OCP instance or the underlying virtual machine.

For this reason, we will install and configure an NFS server on our virtual machine and will configure the OCP instance with an automatic provisioner that can use this NFS server to support dynamic provisioning of Kubernetes Persistent Volumes via Persistent Volume Claims. Perform the following steps as the root user to install and configure the NFS server on the virtual machine:

Install the nfs-utils package:
```
yum install nfs-utils
```
Enable and start the rpcbind service:
```
systemctl --now enable rpcbind
```
Enable and start the NFS server:
```
systemctl --now enable nfs-server
```
Create the directory that will be exposed by the NFS server:
```
mkdir /var/nfsshare
chmod -R 755 /var/nfsshare
```
If you are using a firewall, you may need to update the configuration to allow access to the NFS server. For example, if you are using the firewalld daemon, you would use the following commands:
```
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=nfs
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=rpcbind
firewall-cmd --reload
```
Configure the NFS server to allow all clients to access by adding the following line to the /etc/exports file, creating the file if it does not exist:
```
/var/nfsshare *(rw,sync,insecure,no_root_squash)
```
Restart the NFS server:
```
systemctl restart nfs-server
```

Install Red Hat OpenShift Local

The installation instructions in the Getting Started Guide directs you to the following URL to in order to download the latest version of OpenShift Local:

https://console.redhat.com/openshift/create/local

However, at the time of writing, WebSphere Automation does not support the OCP version that is embedded in the latest version of OpenShift Local (4.11.1). As a result, we need to download and install an older version of OpenShift Local that embeds a version of OCP that is supported by WebSphere Automation. Perform the following steps in order to do this:

From the command line, ssh into your virtual machine as the crcuser user.
Change to the Downloads directory:
```
cd ~/Downloads
```
Download version 2.6.0 of of OpenShift Local:
```
wget https://developers.redhat.com/content-gateway/file/pub/openshift-v4/clients/crc/2.6.0/crc-linux-amd64.tar.xz
```
NOTE: This version of OpenShift Local embeds version 4.10.22 of the OpenShift Container Platform.
Extract the contents of the archive that has been downloaded:
```
tar xvf crc-linux-amd64.tar.xz
```
Create the ~/bin directory if it does not exist and copy the crc executable to it:
```
mkdir -p ~/bin
cp ~/Downloads/crc-linux-*-amd64/crc ~/bin
```

Add the ~/bin directory to the $PATH environment variable:

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

Configure Red Hat OpenShift Local

The resources that are configured for the OpenShift Local instance default to the same values specified for the minimum system requirements, that is, 4 CPUs and 9 GiB of memory. However, as discussed above, we need to configure the OpenShift Local instance with more resources in order to be able to deploy and run WebSphere Automation on the OCP cluster that it hosts. The crc config command is used to configure the Red Hat OpenShift Local instance. Perform the following steps as the crcuser to configure the resources for the OpenShift Local instance:

Configure the number of vCPUs available to the instance:
```
crc config set cpus 24
```
Configure the memory available to the instance:
```
crc config set memory 53248
```
Configure the size of the disk for the instance:
```
crc config set disk-size 200
```
On Linux, the OpenShift Container Platform preset is selected by default. If you are not running on Linux, you can specify the preset using the following command:
```
crc config set preset openshift
```
NOTE: You cannot change the preset of an existing Red Hat OpenShift Local instance. Preset changes are only applied when a Red Hat OpenShift Local instance is created. To enable preset changes, you must delete the existing instance and start a new one.
Red Hat OpenShift Local collects anonymous usage data to assist with development. Disable data collection using the following command:
```
crc config set consent-telemetry no
```

Before the OpenShift Local instance can be started, it needs to perform operations to set up the environment on the host machine. The crc setup command is used to perform the setup operations:

crc setup

The crc setup command creates the ~/.crc directory if it does not already exist.

NOTE: The steps described in this section only need to be performed once. Once they have been run, the OpenShift Local instance can be started/stopped as required without needing to execute them again.

NOTE: You cannot change the configuration of a running Red Hat OpenShift Local instance. To enable configuration changes, you must stop the running instance and start it again.

Start Red Hat OpenShift Local

Once the Red Hat OpenShift Local instance has been configured, it can be started using the crc start command. Perform the following steps as the crcuser in order to start the OpenShift Local instance:

Start the Red Hat OpenShift Local instance:
```
crc start
```
Because we using the OpenShift preset, we need to supply a user pull secret when prompted. This can be obtained by opening a browser to the following URL, logging in, clicking the Copy pull secret link and then pasting it in to the prompt:

https://console.redhat.com/openshift/create/local

NOTE: The cluster takes a minimum of four minutes to start the necessary containers and Operators before serving a request.

Install The NFS Subdir External Provisioner

The NFS Subdir External Provisioner is an automatic provisioner that uses an existing NFS server to support dynamic provisioning of Kubernetes Persistent Volumes via Persistent Volume Claims. Persistent volumes are provisioned in OpenShift with names of the form ${namespace}-${pvcName}-${pvName}. The names of the directories that are created in the underlying directory shared via the NFS server are of the same form. The GitHub repository lists various mechanisms that can be used to deploy NFS Subdir External Provisioner. The simplest mechanism that can be used to deploy the provisioner to the OpenShift Local instance is to use the provided Helm charts.

Install Helm

Perform the following steps as the crcuser to install Helm to the OCP cluster running in the OpenShift Local instance:

Download Helm:

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Unpack the archive using the tar command:
```
tar xvf helm-v3.6.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
```
Move the executable to the /usr/local/bin directory:
```
sudo mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin
```

Clean up the downloaded and unpacked files:

rm helm-v3.6.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm -rf linux-amd64

Install The Provisioner

Perform the following steps as the crcuser to install the NFS Subdir External Provisioner to the OCP cluster running in the OpenShift Local instance using Helm:

Configure the OpenShift CLI oc command in your shell:
```
eval $(crc oc-env)
```

Retrieve the credentials for the kubeadmin user for the OpenShift Local instance:

crc console --credentials

To login as a regular user, run 'oc login -u developer -p developer https://api.crc.testing:6443'.
To login as an admin, run 'oc login -u kubeadmin -p e98bx-iBaRK-JxVFH-GueHJ https://api.crc.testing:6443'

Copy the oc login command for logging in as an admin and execute it in the shell, for example:
```
oc login -u kubeadmin -p e98bx-iBaRK-JxVFH-GueHJ https://api.crc.testing:6443
```

Add the Helm repository:

helm repo add nfs-subdir-external-provisioner https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/

Install the provisioner, replacing <HOSTNAME> with the hostname of the virtual machine:

helm install nfs-subdir-external-provisioner nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner --set nfs.server=<HOSTNAME> --set nfs.path=/var/nfsshare

Set the NFS Subdir External Provisioner as the default storage class in the OCP cluster:

oc patch storageclass nfs-client -p '{"metadata": {"annotations": {"storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class": "true"}}}'

Install The WebSphere Automation Operator

Although the WebSphere Automation documentation provides extensive instructions on how to install the WebSphere Automation Operator to an OCP cluster, we will walk through them step-by-step to ensure that it is installed correctly to the OpenShift Local instance.

Add The IBM Operator Catalog

The IBM Operator Catalog is an index of operators available to automate deployment and maintenance of IBM Software products into OCP clusters. Operators within this catalog have been built following Kubernetes best practices and IBM standards to provide a consistent integrated set of capabilities. The catalog can be added to any OCP 4.6 and newer cluster by creating a CatalogSource resource. Perform the following steps to create the CatalogSource resource for the IBM Operator Catalog in the OCP cluster:

Create the IBM Operator Catalog:

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: CatalogSource
metadata:
  name: ibm-operator-catalog
  namespace: openshift-marketplace
  annotations:
    olm.catalogImageTemplate: "icr.io/cpopen/ibm-operator-catalog:v{kube_major_version}.{kube_minor_version}"
spec:
  displayName: IBM Operator Catalog
  publisher: IBM
  sourceType: grpc
  image: docker.io/ibmcom/ibm-operator-catalog:latest
  updateStrategy:
    registryPoll:
      interval: 45m
EOF

Check the CatalogSources operators:

oc get CatalogSources ibm-operator-catalog -n openshift-marketplace

The command output lists the installed operators for CatalogSources. Ensure the ibm-operator-catalog is listed:

NAME                   DISPLAY                TYPE   PUBLISHER   AGE
ibm-operator-catalog   IBM Operator Catalog   grpc   IBM         28s

Check that the pods for CatalogSources are running:
```
oc get pods -n openshift-marketplace
```
We want the command output to show a Running status for the pods. Ensure the ibm-operator-catalog pod is listed and reaches Running status:
```
NAME.                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
ibm-operator-catalog-r96r2   1/1     Running   0          1s
```

Get An Entitlement Key To IBM Entitled Container Fulfillment Registry

In order to be able to pull the WebSphere Automation images from the IBM Entitled Container Fulfilment Registry, we need to obtain an entitlement key. Perform the following steps to get an entitlement key:

Log in to MyIBM Container Software Library with an IBMid and password that are associated with the entitled software.
In the Entitlement keys section, select Copy key to copy the entitlement key to the clipboard.

If WebSphere Automation is not listed in the Container software library, you can register for a WebSphere Automation trial.

Configure The Global Pull Secret With Entitled Registry Credentials

We need to configure the global pull secret in the OCP cluster with the credentials that will be used to access the entitled registry. Perform the following steps to configure the global pull secret:

Open the OpenShift Console in the default web browser:
```
crc console
```
Login as the kubeadmin user, using the credentials obtained using the crc console --credentials command.
In the OpenShift Console, expand Workloads in the left hand navigation menu and click Secrets.
Select openshift-config in the Project drop down and then select the pull-secret secret from the list:
Select Edit Secret from the Actions drop down:
Scroll to the bottom of the list of existing credentials and click Add Credentials.
Enter cp.icr.io in the Registry server address field.
Enter cp in the Username field.
Paste the entitlement key obtained above into the Password field.
Click Save:

Create The Subscription To The WebSphere Automation Operator

The final step that we need to perform is to create a subscription to the WebSphere Automation Operator. This is the step that effectively installs the WebSphere Automation Operator on the OCP cluster. Perform the following steps to create the subscription:

Create the subscription:

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
  name: ibm-websphere-automation
  namespace: openshift-operators
spec:
  channel: v1.4
  installPlanApproval: Automatic
  name: ibm-websphere-automation
  source: ibm-operator-catalog
  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
  startingCSV: ibm-websphere-automation.v1.4.2
EOF

WebSphere Automation builds on top of a number of other common services that are provided by the IBM Automation Foundation (IAF) layer. As a result, installing the WebSphere Automation Operator will also install a number of other operators that WebSphere Automation depends on. We need to make sure that the pods for all of these operators are running before we can continue to the next step in the process. Use the following command to check that all of the operator pods are running:

oc get pod -n openshift-operators

The output should be similar to the following:

NAME                                                              READY   STATUS    RESTARTS      AGE
iaf-core-operator-controller-manager-975ffb65d-h2wbm              1/1     Running   0             11h
iaf-eventprocessing-operator-controller-manager-695cdd548-vgt47   1/1     Running   2 (11h ago)   11h
iaf-flink-operator-controller-manager-ffc9cd8b-vcrtm              1/1     Running   0             11h
iaf-operator-controller-manager-6845f7b5b8-xlnmb                  1/1     Running   1 (11h ago)   11h
ibm-common-service-operator-7c94b974fc-9wmvh                      1/1     Running   0             11h
ibm-elastic-operator-controller-manager-6457d5cf8d-wmkf9          1/1     Running   1 (11h ago)   11h
websphere-automation-operator-controller-manager-5d6cbcf88pjcnc   1/1     Running   1 (11h ago)   11h

NOTE: It may take several minutes for all of the pods to reach the Running state

Create And Configure The WebSphere Automation Project

We will deploy WebSphere Automation into its own project (namespace) in the OCP cluster. Depending on the WebSphere Automation functionality that we want to evaluate, we may also need to create some additional resources in the project in order to enable that functionality.

Create The Project

Use the following command to create the project for WebSphere Automation:

oc new-project websphere-automation

Create The Fix Central Secret (Optional)

In order for WebSphere Automation to be able to fetch security fixes, we need to configure WebSphere Automation with the credentials that will be used to access IBM Fix Central. The steps required to create the secret are described in the Setting up credentials for Fix Central section of the WebSphere Automation documentation.

Setup Secure Remote Access (Optional)

WebSphere Automation requires remote access to managed servers in order to apply security fixes or to collect the heap dump information. WebSphere Automation and the managed servers must be properly configured to allow for remote access. The steps required to configure both WebSphere Automation and the managed servers are described in the Setting up secure remote access section of the WebSphere Automation documentation.

Create The WebSphere Automation Instance

By default, the production profile is used when creating an instance of WebSphere Automation in the OCP cluster. The production profile configures 3 replicas of the underlying services and makes the operator highly available in OCP cluster.

However, because the OpenShift Local instance is running on a virtual machine with limited resources, we need to use the start profile when creating the WebSphere Automation instance. The starter profile consumes less CPU and memory from the OCP cluster compared to the production profile because it does not configure multiple replicas of the underlying services.

Execute the following command to create an instance of WebSphere Automation that is based on the starter profile. Please note that this instance will include both the server health and security monitoring components of WebSphere Automation.

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: base.automation.ibm.com/v1beta1
kind: AutomationBase
metadata:
  name: starter
  namespace: websphere-automation
spec:
  license:
    accept: true
  tls: {}
  version: v1.2
  kafka:
    kafka:
      config:
        offsets.topic.replication.factor: 1
        transaction.state.log.min.isr: 1
        transaction.state.log.replication.factor: 1
      replicas: 1
      resources:
        limits:
          cpu: '1'
          memory: 1Gi
        requests:
          cpu: '1'
          memory: 1Gi
      storage:
        type: persistent-claim
        size: 10Gi
    zookeeper:
      replicas: 1
      resources:
        limits:
          cpu: '1'
          memory: 1Gi
        requests:
          cpu: '1'
          memory: 1Gi
      storage:
        type: persistent-claim
        size: 2Gi
---
apiVersion: automation.websphere.ibm.com/v1
kind: WebSphereAutomation
metadata:
  name: wsa
  namespace: websphere-automation
spec:
  replicas: 1
  dataStore:
    replicas: 1
  license:
    accept: true
---
apiVersion: automation.websphere.ibm.com/v1
kind: WebSphereSecure
metadata:
  name: wsa-secure
  namespace: websphere-automation
spec:
  license:
    accept: true
  replicas: 1
---
apiVersion: automation.websphere.ibm.com/v1
kind: WebSphereHealth
metadata:
  name: wsa-health
  namespace: websphere-automation
spec:
  license:
    accept: true
  replicas: 1
EOF

NOTE: The process of installing WebSphere Automation on the virtual machine will take some time due to the limited resources available. Installation times of up to 90 minutes have been observed when deploying to a virtual machine with 16 CPU cores.

We can check the progress of the installation by inspecting the status of the WebSphereAutomation custom resource that we created. In order to do this, execute the following command:

oc describe websphereautomation wsa

We want to make sure that the Status that is reported for each of the conditions is True and that the message All prerequisites and installed components are ready is displayed. The Status section in the output should look as follows:

Status:
  Conditions:
    Message: All prerequisites and installed components are ready
    Status: True
    Type: Ready
    Status: True
    Type: CartridgeReady
    Status: True
    Type: AutomationBaseReady
    Status: True
    Type: CartridgeRequirementsReady
    Message: Kafka cluster is ready
    Status: True
    Type: KafkaReady
    Message: Kafka resources are ready
    Status: True
    Type: KafkaResourcesReady
    Message: Data store is ready
    Status: True
    Type: DataStoreReady
    Status: True
    Type: ActivityRecordManagerReady
    Status: True
    Type: WebSphereAutomationAPIsReady
    Message: All prerequisites and WebSphere Secure components are ready
    Status: True
    Type: WebSphereSecureReady
    Message: All prerequisites and WebSphere Health components are ready
    Status: True
    Type: WebSphereHealthReady
    Status: True
    Type: RunbookManagerReady
    Message: All updates to WebSphereAutomation instance have been processed
    Status: True
    Type: Reconciled

Network Configuration

The Networking chapter of the Red Hat OpenShift Local Getting Started Guide describes the DNS domain names that are used by OpenShift Local and how the DNS configuration of the virtual machine is modified by the crc setup command so that these domains can be resolved on the machine that is hosting the OpenShift Local instance:

The OpenShift Container Platform cluster managed by Red Hat OpenShift Local uses 2 DNS domain names, crc.testing and apps-crc.testing. The crc.testing domain is for core OpenShift Container Platform services. The apps-crc.testing domain is for accessing OpenShift applications deployed on the cluster.

For example, the OpenShift Container Platform API server is exposed as api.crc.testing while the OpenShift Container Platform console is accessed as console-openshift-console.apps-crc.testing. These DNS domains are served by a dnsmasq DNS container running inside the Red Hat OpenShift Local instance.

The crc setup command detects and adjusts your system DNS configuration so that it can resolve these domains. Additional checks are done to verify DNS is properly configured when running crc start.

However, in order to be able to evaluate WebSphere Automation we need to be able to communicate with the instance from remote servers. We need to install haproxy on the virtual machine in order to forward incoming requests to the services running in the OpenShift Local instance.

Install HAProxy On The Virtual Machine

Perform the following steps as the crcuser user to install and configure haproxy on the virtual machine:

Start the OpenShift Local instance (if it is not already running):
```
crc start
```
NOTE: We need to ensure that the cluster remains running during this procedure.
Install the haproxy package and other utilities:
```
sudo dnf install haproxy /usr/sbin/semanage
```

If you are using a firewall, you will need to update the configuration to allow communication with the cluster:

sudo systemctl enable --now firewalld
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=https --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=kube-apiserver --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

For SELinux, allow haproxy to listen on TCP port 6443 to serve kube-apiserver on this port:
```
sudo semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 6443
```
Create a backup of the default haproxy configuration:
```
sudo cp /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg{,.bak}
```
Retrieve the IP address of the running OpenShift cluster:
```
export CRC_IP=$(crc ip)
```

Configure haproxy for use with the cluster:

sudo tee /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg &>/dev/null <<EOF
global
  log /dev/log local0

defaults
  balance roundrobin
  log global
  maxconn 100
  mode tcp
  timeout connect 5s
  timeout client 500s
  timeout server 500s

listen apps
  bind 0.0.0.0:80
  server crcvm $CRC_IP:80 check

listen apps_ssl
  bind 0.0.0.0:443
  server crcvm $CRC_IP:443 check

listen api
  bind 0.0.0.0:6443
  server crcvm $CRC_IP:6443 check
EOF

Start the haproxy service:
```
sudo systemctl start haproxy
```

Configure Remote Servers To Communicate With The OpenShift Local Instance

The Getting Started Guide includes a chapter that describes how dnsmasq can be installed and configured on remote servers to allow them to communicate with the remote OpenShift Local instance. However, we decided to take the simpler approach of manually modifying the /etc/hosts file on the machines hosting the WebSphere and Liberty servers that we wanted to register with our WebSphere Automation instance running in OpenShift Local.

The line that needs to be added to the /etc/hosts file is as follows, where <VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IP> is replaced with the IP address of the virtual machine that the OpenShift Local instance is running on:

<VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IP> console-openshift-console.apps-crc.testing oauth-openshift.apps-crc.testing cpd-websphere-automation.apps-crc.testing api.crc.testing cp-console.apps-crc.testing

Once the /etc/hosts file has been modified on a remote machine:

The OpenShift console can be accessed using a browser on the remote machine using the following URL:

https://console-openshift-console.apps-crc.testing
The WebSphere Automation UI can be accessed using a browser on the remote machine using the following URL:

https://cpd-websphere-automation.apps-crc.testing
The URL of the usage metering service in WebSphere Automation that is used when configuring WebSphere and Liberty servers to register with WebSphere Automation is:

https://cpd-websphere-automation.apps-crc.testing/websphereauto/meteringapi

Once you are able to access the WebSphere Automation UI, you can retrieve the information required to register servers with WebSphere Automation using the UI as follows:

In the Secure view of the WebSphere Automation UI, click the Servers tab.
Click the Register + button:
In the Register server fly-out, click either the WebSphere Liberty or WebSphere traditional radio button, depending on the type of server that you want to register:
Copy the configuration from the relevant text fields as required

Conclusion

In this blog post, we have described how WebSphere Automation can be deployed to an instance of OpenShift Local running on suitably configured virtual machine for the purposes of evaluating the offering as part of a proof of concept.

You can find more IBM Docs related to WebSphere Automation at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ws-automation.

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WebSphere Automation "How To" Series #19 : How to install WebSphere Automation to Red Hat® OpenShift® Local

By Martin Smithson posted Fri September 23, 2022 06:40 AM

System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

User Requirements

Add Sudo Capabilities To The New User

Required Software Packages For Linux

Install And Configure NFS

Install Red Hat OpenShift Local

Configure Red Hat OpenShift Local

Start Red Hat OpenShift Local

Install The NFS Subdir External Provisioner

Install Helm

Install The Provisioner

Install The WebSphere Automation Operator

Add The IBM Operator Catalog

Get An Entitlement Key To IBM Entitled Container Fulfillment Registry

Configure The Global Pull Secret With Entitled Registry Credentials

Create The Subscription To The WebSphere Automation Operator

Create And Configure The WebSphere Automation Project

Create The Project

Create The Fix Central Secret (Optional)

Setup Secure Remote Access (Optional)

Create The WebSphere Automation Instance

Network Configuration

Install HAProxy On The Virtual Machine

Configure Remote Servers To Communicate With The OpenShift Local Instance

Conclusion

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WebSphere Application Server & Liberty

WebSphere Automation "How To" Series #19 : How to install WebSphere Automation to Red Hat® OpenShift® Local

By Martin Smithson posted Fri September 23, 2022 06:40 AM

System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

User Requirements

Add Sudo Capabilities To The New User

Required Software Packages For Linux

Install And Configure NFS

Install Red Hat OpenShift Local

Configure Red Hat OpenShift Local

Start Red Hat OpenShift Local

Install The NFS Subdir External Provisioner

Install Helm

Install The Provisioner

Install The WebSphere Automation Operator

Add The IBM Operator Catalog

Get An Entitlement Key To IBM Entitled Container Fulfillment Registry

Configure The Global Pull Secret With Entitled Registry Credentials

Create The Subscription To The WebSphere Automation Operator

Create And Configure The WebSphere Automation Project

Create The Project

Create The Fix Central Secret (Optional)

Setup Secure Remote Access (Optional)

Create The WebSphere Automation Instance

Network Configuration

Install HAProxy On The Virtual Machine

Configure Remote Servers To Communicate With The OpenShift Local Instance

Conclusion

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