Prerequisites:
- A storage bucket in GCPandcredentials to access it.
- A Configmap and SecretonyourOpenShiftcluster for the bucket config and credentials.
- Creating the Configmap and Secret inOpenShift.
Step 1: Creating a storage bucket
You can create a bucket through the GCP console or by running the following script in Google Cloud Shell.
Note:Replace<bucket_name> with the correct value before running the script.
AX_CPS_BUCKET_NAME=<bucket_name>gsutil mb -b on gs://$AX_CPS_BUCKET_NAME/gcloud iam service-accounts create appranix --display-name "Appranix service account"AX_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL=$(gcloud iam service-accounts list --filter="displayName:Appranix service account" --format 'value(email)')gsutil iam ch serviceAccount:$AX_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL:objectAdmin gs://${AX_CPS_BUCKET_NAME}gcloud iam service-accounts keys create ax_service_account.json --iam-account $AX_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL
Step 2: Obtaining the Appranix token for the cluster
Log in to your Appranix console and create a cluster.
After the cluster creation copy, the token generated for that cluster.
Note:You can sign-up for Appranix at https://signin.appranix.net/red-hat/marketplace-signup
Step 3: Creating the Configmap and Secret in the cluster
A Configmap and Secret which contains the credentials and bucket configuration must be created before installing the operator.
It can be done by running the following script against your cluster.
Note: Replace<token>,<bucketname> with the correct values before running the script.
AX_TOKEN=<token>AX_CPS_BUCKET_NAME=<bucket_name>AX_CPS_BUCKET_PROVIDER=gcpAX_SERVICE_ACCOUNT=$(cat ax_service_account.json | base64 -w 0)oc new-project appranixcurl -Ls -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://us-central1-appranix-dev-07.cloudfunctions.net/gen-setup -d '{"token": "'$AX_TOKEN'", "bucket": "'$AX_CPS_BUCKET_NAME'", "cloud": "'$AX_CPS_BUCKET_PROVIDER'", "secret": "'$AX_SERVICE_ACCOUNT'"}' | oc apply -f -
Once the pre-requisites are done, continue to install the operator from OperatorHub:
Go to Operators -> OperatorHub on your OpenShift console
Search for Appranix in OperatorHub
Select Appranix APS Operator and click on Install
Select the appranix namespace and click on Subscribe
Go to Operators -> Installed Operators to check the installation status.
Uninstallation:
To remove the Appranix Operator from OpenShift:
Go to Operators -> Installed Operators
On the Appranix APS Operator listing click on the 3 dots and click on Uninstall Operator
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