Maximo Application Suite on Azure installation topology

When you install Maximo® Application Suite in Azure, the virtual network infrastructure, Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster, Suite prerequisites, and Suite are created in your Azure account.

The virtual network infrastructure configured with the New OpenShift cluster option, Red Hat OpenShift cluster, Suite prerequisites, and Suite are created in your Azure account when the Maximo Application Suite is installed in Azure.

The following figure and steps illustrate the sequence of events during an installation and the resulting topology:

Installation topology described in the list following the image
 1 
In Azure Marketplace, you subscribe to the Maximo Application Suite product.
 2 
In the user interface section of the product deployment process, you specify the installation parameters, and start the installation by creating the product instance.
 3 
In your Azure subscription, a boot node is created in a new resource group (called the boot node resource group) to complete the installation. The boot node contains all of the required information to install the Suite in an Red Hat OpenShift cluster.
 4 
The boot node starts a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) cluster deployment that creates the OCP bootstrap node and network infrastructure. The OCP bootstrap node uses the Red Hat OpenShift installer to create controller and worker nodes. The Red Hat OpenShift cluster resources are created in a different resource group that is created by Red Hat OpenShift installer itself, called the OCP cluster resource group.

When you use the New OpenShift cluster option, you can select New OpenShift cluster (IPI), New OpenShift cluster, existing network (UPI), and Existing OpenShift cluster.

 5 
Information about the installation context and the Terraform® state is saved to an Azure Blob storage in your Azure subscription.
 6 
The boot node installs the Suite prerequisites and the Suite itself.
 7 
If you provide the SMTP configuration during the deployment, you receive emails that contain the information that you need to access the Suite.
 8 
The cluster is ready, and you can access the Suite.
 9 
After the installation is complete, the boot node is moved to a shutdown state. If required, you can restart the boot node and access it by using Secure Shell (SSH).
  1. Subscribe to the Maximo Application Suite in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
  2. Specify the installation parameters, and start the installation by creating the product instance in the user interface section of the product deployment process.
  3. A boot node is created in a new resource group (called the boot node resource group) to complete the installation in your Microsoft Azure subscription. The boot node contains all the required information to install the Maximo Application Suite in Red Hat OpenShift cluster.
  4. Bootnode creates required network components in Microsoft Azure using Solution template (only in IPI mode).
  5. Bootnode starts Red Hat OpenShift cluster deployment that creates the bootstrap node. The bootstrap node uses the Red Hat OpenShift installer to create master and worker nodes. In case of IPI mode, the Red Hat OpenShift cluster resources are created in a new resource group that is created by Red Hat OpenShift installer itself. In case of UPI mode, the Red Hat OpenShift cluster resources are created in the same resource group where existing network infrastructure resides. The resource group where Red Hat OpenShift cluster resources are created is called as OCP cluster resource group.
  6. Information about the installation context and the Terraform® state is saved to an Microsoft Azure Blob storage in your Microsoft Azure subscription. Bootstrap logs are streamed to Log Analytics workspace.
  7. The boot node installs the Maximo Application Suite prerequisites and the application itself.
  8. If you provide the SMTP configuration during the deployment, you receive emails that contain the information that you need to access Maximo Application Suite.
  9. The cluster is ready, and you can access the Maximo Application Suite.
  10. After the installation is complete, the boot node is moved to a shutdown state. If required, you can restart the boot node and access it by using Secure Shell (SSH).