Installing the IBM Cloud Pak for Data command-line interface
To install IBM Cloud Pak for
Data software on
your Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform cluster, you must
install the Cloud Pak for Data command-line interface
(cpd-cli
) on the workstation from which you are running the installation
commands.
- Installation phase
- Setting up a client workstation
- Who needs to complete this task?
-
User Purpose Cluster administrators - Required to create catalog sources and operator subscriptions.
- Required to change node settings
Project administrators - Required to install IBM Cloud Pak for Data
- Required to integrate with the IAM Service (if applicable)
Private container registry administrators Required to mirror images to the private container registry. - When do you need to complete this task?
- You must complete this task on any workstation from which you plan to run installation
commands.
You can also complete this task if you need to use the
cpd-cli
to complete other tasks, such as backing up and restoring your installation or managing users.
Before you begin
Ensure that the workstation meets the requirements in Setting up a client workstation.
About this task
Install the cpd-cli
on a client workstation that can connect to your
cluster.
Procedure
Results
cpd-cli
manage
commands, the cpd-cli-workspace
directory is
automatically created. The location of the directory depends on several factors:- If you made the
cpd-cli
executable from any directory, the directory is created in the directory where you run thecpd-cli
commands.Important: In this scenario, ensure that you run thecpd-cli
from the same directory every time to ensure that all of the data is in the same directory. - If you did not make the
cpd-cli
executable from any directory, the directory is created in the directory where thecpd-cli
is installed.
The cpd-cli-workspace
directory includes the following
sub-directories:
Directory | What is stored in the directory? |
---|---|
olm-utils-workspace/work |
|
olm-utils-workspace/work/offline |
The contents of this directory are organized by release. For example, if you download the
CASE packages for Version 4.5.3, the packages are stored in the 4.5.3 directory. In addition, the output of commands such as
the |