Run deployer wizard on OpenShift🔗

Log in to the OpenShift cluster🔗

Log is as a cluster administrator to be able to run the deployer with the correct permissions.

Prepare the deployer project🔗

• Go to the OpenShift console
• Click the "+" sign at the top of the page
• Paste the following block (exactly) into the window

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: cloud-pak-deployer
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: cloud-pak-deployer-sa
  namespace: cloud-pak-deployer
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
  name: system:openshift:scc:privileged
  namespace: cloud-pak-deployer
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: system:openshift:scc:privileged
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: cloud-pak-deployer-sa
  namespace: cloud-pak-deployer
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: cloud-pak-deployer-cluster-admin
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: cluster-admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: cloud-pak-deployer-sa
  namespace: cloud-pak-deployer

Start the deployer🔗

• Go to the OpenShift console
• Click the "+" sign at the top of the page
• Paste the following block into the window. You can update the image on line 11 and the same value will be used for image for the Deployer Job

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apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  labels:
    app: cloud-pak-deployer-start
  generateName: cloud-pak-deployer-start-
  namespace: cloud-pak-deployer
spec:
  containers:
  - name: cloud-pak-deployer
    image: quay.io/cloud-pak-deployer/cloud-pak-deployer:latest
    imagePullPolicy: Always
    terminationMessagePath: /dev/termination-log
    terminationMessagePolicy: File
    command: ["/bin/sh","-xc"]
    args: 
      - /cloud-pak-deployer/scripts/deployer/cpd-start-deployer.sh --wizard
    envFrom:
    - configMapRef:
        name: cloud-pak-deployer-env
        optional: true
  restartPolicy: Never
  securityContext:
    runAsUser: 0
  serviceAccountName: cloud-pak-deployer-sa

Open the wizard🔗

Now you can access the deployer wizard using the route created in the cloud-pak-deployer project. * Open the OpenShift console * Go to Networking → Routes * Click the Cloud Pak Deployer wizard route * Log in using your OpenShift cluster admin credentials (typically kubeadmin) * Accept the information that will be shared with Cloud Pak Deployer