2. Lab Environment
In this Lab, you will have access to one OpenShift cluster via a bastion virtual machine that has installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Note that inside OpenShift, the cluster has installed a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server called OpenLDAP that will be used later in the lab. It also has installed the Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) which is a software-defined, container-native storage solution that provides storage classes that will be used by the Cloud Pak for AIOps to dynamically request storage.
The following diagram describes the initial infrastructure for the Lab:
One key objective of this Lab is to expose the product public documentation to the practitioners. With this in mind, each installation steps will reference the product documentation.
2.1: Prerequisites
Obtain your Entitlement key
You will need an IBM ID to request an entitlement key. You can create an IBM ID from here.
To complete this lab you will need an entitlement key. Navigate to this link to obtain your entitlement key that is assigned to your IBM ID which will grant you access to the IBM Entitled Registry. Copy this into a text editor as we will need it later in the Lab.
You can check your entitlement for the Cloud Pak for AIOPs by clicking View Library
If your entitlement key is not valid for the Cloud Pak for AIOPs, you can register for a 60 day trial using the following link: Request trial.
2.2: Requesting a Lab Environment
Below is a live chart showing Tech Zone capacity in each available region. When requesting your environment it would be wise to select the region that has the most capacity available.
Follow these instructions for step by step guidance on requesting a new lab environment in IBM Tech Zone.
Request Tech Zone environment:
2.3: Accessing your Lab Environment
Once you have received an eMail confirming that your environment is ready, follow these instructions for step by step guidance on accessing your lab environment in IBM Tech Zone.