IBM Maximo Application Suite installation in disconnected environments
You can install IBM® Maximo® Application Suite in an air gap environment, which is also known as disconnected, offline, or restricted network.
Before you begin
You must have access to the following components:
- A private image registry setup and running in the restricted network, and secured with certificates. Configure one of the following options:
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- A bastion host with access to product images on the internet and the restricted network and has support for running docker containers. The docker image that contains the IBM Maximo Application Suite command line utility on the bastion host.
- A host outside the restricted network with access to product images on the internet and with support for running docker containers. The docker image that contains the Maximo Application Suite command line utility on the host. Portable disk space sufficient to store the required images. A host inside the restricted network with support for running docker containers and can access the images downloaded to the portable disk space.
- Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster setup as an air gap cluster for disconnected
installation.
Ensure you use the Maximo Application Suite sizing calculator to estimate your Red Hat OpenShift Worker Node configuration, storage, and memory requirements.
For more information, see Requirements and capacity planning. - IBM entitlement key.
- IBM Maximo Application Suite license file.
For more information, see Prerequisites for installing.
Note: It is recommended that you follow the Red Hat OpenShift instructions for setting up a docker registry.
An alternative is deploying the docker registry into a separate Red Hat OpenShift cluster. This scenario requires two Red Hat OpenShift clusters. One Red Hat OpenShift cluster for the docker registry and a second air gap Red Hat OpenShift cluster for Maximo Application Suite.
You can run the following command to deploy a docker registry
into an Red Hat OpenShift cluster.
docker run -ti --rm --pull always quay.io/ibmmas/cli mas setup-registry
Remember: You must not use the same Red Hat OpenShift cluster for both, the
docker registry and Maximo Application Suite.
About this task
Run the following docker commands on a bastion host to install Maximo Application Suite.