IBM Catalog Management Plug-in for IBM Cloud Paks (tech preview)

Important: This content is a technical preview, and should not be relied on in a production environment.

The IBM Catalog Management Plug-in for IBM Cloud Paks simplifies the process for discovering required IBM product images and uses standard tooling for registry and cluster access. The metadata is packaged within 1-n CASEs (Container Application Software for Enterprise) which specify the composition of the product (for example, OLM packages, channels, and so on) and ultimately images that must be copied into an air-gapped environment.

Additionally, the ibm-pak plug-in extends the OpenShift CLI (oc command) capability to streamline the process of delivering installation images to the IBM Cloud Pak in an air-gapped environment.

Note: The IBM Catalog Management Plug-in for IBM Cloud Paks will be referred to in the documentation as ibm-pak plug-in.

Installation methods

The following sections illustrate the required steps for each approach to an air-gapped installation:

• Bastion host
• Portable compute and storage devices (file system)