Configuring IBM Cloud Pak for Data

If you select Db2® as your database, you must configure Cloud Pak for Data.

About this task

If you use IBM Cloud Pak® for Data, consider the following configuration and deployment options:
  • Avoid the IBM® operator catalog to install IBM Cloud Pak for Data.
  • Use storage services, such as Portworx or Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Storage.
  • Secure operator versions and disable auto-update for all components.
  • Use the IAM and LDAP service instead of the default authentication methods.
  • For more information, see DB2® Performance Insight®.

Procedure

  1. Open the Red Hat OpenShift console to log in to IBM Cloud Pak for Data.
    If you do not have the Cloud Pak for Data admin password the first time you log in, you can get it through the Red Hat OpenShift console.
    1. In the Red Hat OpenShift console, from the side navigation menu, click Workloads > Secrets.
    2. In the Project field, select a Cloud Pak for Data namespace.
      If you installed Maximo Application Suite on Amazon Web Services, the Cloud Pak for Data namespace is cpd-services-uniqueid.
    3. Filter for admin-user-details.
    4. Click the name of the administrator account.
    5. Copy the value of the initial_admin_password field.
  2. From the side navigation menu, click Networking > Routes.
  3. On the Routes page, from the Project field, select a Cloud Pak for Data namespace.
  4. Click the Location link to open the Cloud Pak for Data login page in a new browser tab.
  5. Log in to Cloud Pak for Data as an administrator.
  6. Select Databases and then click Create Database.
  7. On the Select a database page, click Next.
  8. On the Configure page, select Single location for all data and then click Next.
  9. On the Advanced page, click Next.
  10. On the Storage page, select the storage class and then click Next.
    For Amazon Web Services customer-managed Red Hat OpenShift clusters that are provisioned through an automated deployment offering, select oc-storagecluster-cephs.
  11. On the Finalize page, update the display name if needed, and then click Create.

Results

After the instance is created, a green icon appears on the database tile.