Setting up a remote physical location for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
You can expand your Cloud Pak for Data deployment by installing IBM Cloud Pak for Data agents on a remote cluster.
In a typical installation, IBM Cloud Pak for Data runs in a set of projects (namespaces) on a single Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform cluster. You can use remote physical locations to expand your Cloud Pak for Data deployment to a remote cluster by installing Cloud Pak for Data agents on the remote cluster.
- Who needs to complete this task?
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Cluster administrator A cluster administrator must complete this task.
- When do you need to complete this task?
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Repeat as needed If you want to set up multiple physical locations, you can repeat this task for each physical location.
Before you begin
This task assumes that the following prerequisites are met:
| Prerequisite | Where to find more information |
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| You have an existing IBM Cloud Pak for Data
instance that you want to expand to remote clusters. This instance is the hub. |
If this task is not complete, see Installing IBM Cloud Pak for Data. |
| You have your platform API key for the instance of IBM Cloud Pak for Data that you want to expand to remote
clusters. The API key must be associated with a user who has the Manage physical locations permission on the instance. |
If this task is not complete, see Generating API keys for authentication. |
| You have an existing remote Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster where you plan to create the remote physical locations. | If this task is not complete, see Installing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. |
| Storage is configured on the remote Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster where you plan to create the remote physical locations. | If this task is not complete, see: |
The workstation from which you will run the remote physical location setup is a client
workstation and has the following command-line interfaces:
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If this task is not complete, see Setting up a client workstation to install Cloud Pak for Data. |
| If your cluster is in a restricted network, you have the required CASE packages on the client workstation. | If this task is not complete, see Downloading CASE packages before running IBM Cloud Pak for Data installation commands in a restricted network. |
Procedure
Complete the following tasks to set up a remote physical location: