Platform UI

You can use the Platform UI to manage users and customize your console home page.

What's new

The Platform UI versions are listed based on the installer release that coincided with the Platform UI operator version release, from the newest to the oldest release.

Platform UI version 1.8.x

• Prometheus and Grafana UI deprecation: In Platform UI version 1.8.x (foundational services version 3.21), Prometheus and Grafana UI are deprecated in OpenShift Container Platform version 4.10 and removed in OpenShift Container Platform version 4.11. When you click on the OpenShift Container Platform Grafana link from the Administration panel, you will now be redirected to the OpenShift Container Platform Observability Dashboard. For more information, see OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 release notes.

Platform UI version 1.6.x

• When creating a new user group from Access control, you can now select the Dynamic membership type for attribute-based access control (ABAC) over the new user group that you are creating.

Platform UI version 1.4.x

• The Platform UI can be used with an optional installation of Cloud Pak Platform common landing page and Services catalog.

  Thanks to these two additional components, you can effortlessly view your current IBM software products and discover new products that might bring additional value to your organization.

  Cloud Pak Platform common landing page provides good visibility over all IBM Cloud Paks that you purchased. You are directed to the landing page upon login. You can view each of the Cloud Pak instances to which you have access, as well as information about new IBM software products that you might find valuable.

  Services catalog provides the user interface for browsing additional IBM software products that can help you solve the business needs that are not yet met.

  The new components are free of charge, however, they require additional OpenShift resources that must be purchased in the form of OpenShift entitlements.

  For more information on Cloud Pak Platform, see Cloud Pak Platform and Installing Cloud Pak Platform operator.

• Administration Hub is renamed to Administration panel.

Platform UI Version 1.1.x

The Platform UI provides the following updates for user management and platform customizations:

• The navigation is updated. Under Administration, User management is renamed to Access control, and Platform customization to Customizations.
• The flow for creating a user and a role on the Access control page is updated.
• You can customize extra elements, such as the browser icon, home page and login image to improve the console branding.

Platform UI version 1.0.2

The Platform UI provides new features within the console for managing users and managing user profile settings.

The service is now available as a part of IBM Cloud Pak foundational services. This service is available when you install the ibm-zen-operator. This operator is available with IBM Cloud Pak foundational services Installer version 3.7.x

How to check which service version you are using

You can check the installer version in the configmap by running the following command:

oc -n kube-public get ConfigMap ibmcloud-cluster-info -o jsonpath=’{.data.version}’

   3.6.0

You can check the Common service operator full version and deployed namespace by running the following command:

oc get csv --all-namespaces | grep common-service-

common-service        IBM Cloud Platform Common Services     3.6.3                   ibm-common-service-operator.v3.5.6             Succeeded
ibm-common-services  IBM Cloud Platform Common Services     3.6.3                   ibm-common-service-operator.v3.5.6             Succeeded