Installing Netcool Operations Insight with the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) user interface

version 1.6.3.2 iconUse these instructions to install IBM Netcool Operations Insight®, by using the Red Hat® OpenShift® Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) user interface (UI).

Before you begin

Ensure that you complete all the steps in Preparing.

The operator images for Netcool Operations Insight on Red Hat OpenShift are in the freely accessible operator repository (icr.io/cpopen), and the operand images are in the IBM® Entitled Registry (cp.icr.io), for which you require an entitlement key.

If you want to verify the origin of the catalog, then use the OLM UI and CASE installation method instead. For more information, see Installing Netcool Operations Insight with the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) user interface and CASE (Container Application Software for Enterprises).

For more information about the OLM, see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/4.8/html/operators/understanding-operators#operator-lifecycle-manager-olm external link.

Procedure

Create a catalog source for Netcool Operations Insight.

  1. From the Red Hat OpenShift OLM UI, go to Administration > Cluster Settings, and then from the Global Configuration tab select OperatorHub> Sources.
  2. Click Create Catalog Source under the Sources tab. Provide the Netcool Operations Insight catalog source name and the image URL, icr.io/cpopen/ibm-operator-catalog:latest. Then select the Create button.
  3. Verify the Netcool Operations Insight catalog source.
    From the Red Hat OpenShift OLM UI, go to Administration > Cluster Settings, and then select the OperatorHub configuration resource under the Global Configuration tab. Verify that the ibm-noi-catalog catalog source is present and running.
  4. Edit the catalog source by adding the following lines to the spec: 
    
  updateStrategy:
    registryPoll:
      interval: 45m

Install the IBM Cloud Pak for Watson™ AIOps Event Manager Operator.

  1. Go to Operators > OperatorHub, and then search for and select IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps Event Manager and click Install.
  2. Select v1.5 in the Update channel section.
  3. Select A specific namespace on the cluster as your installation mode and select the namespace that you created in Preparing your cluster to install the operator into. Do not use namespaces that are owned by Kubernetes or OpenShift, such as kube-system or default.
  4. Click Install.
  5. Go to Operators > Installed Operators, and view IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps Event Manager. It takes a few minutes to install. Ensure that the status of the installed IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps Event Manager is Succeeded before continuing.

Create a Netcool Operations Insight instance.

  1. From the Red Hat OpenShift OLM UI, go to Operators > Installed Operators, and select IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps Event Manager. Under Provided APIs > NOI, select Create Instance.
  2. From the Red Hat OpenShift OLM UI, use the YAML view or the Form view to configure the properties for the Netcool Operations Insight deployment. For more information about configurable properties for a cloud only deployment, see Cloud operator properties.
    Note: Ensure that the name of the Netcool Operations Insight instance does not exceed 10 characters.
  3. Select Create.
  4. Under the All Instances tab, a Netcool Operations Insight instance appears.
    To monitor the status of the installation, see Monitoring cloud installation progress.
    Note:
    • Changing an existing deployment from a Trial deployment type to a Production deployment type is not supported.
    • Changing an instance's deployment parameters in the Form view is not supported post deployment.
    • If you update custom secrets in the OLM console, the crypto key is corrupted and the command to encrypt passwords does not work. Update custom secrets only with the CLI. For more information about storing a certificate as a secret, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SS9LQB_1.1.10/LoadingData/t_asm_obs_configuringsecurity.html external link

What to do next

  • To enable or disable a feature or observer after installation edit the Netcool Operations Insight instance by running the command: 
    oc edit noi <noi-instance-name>
    Where <noi-instance-name> is the name of the deployment that you want to change.

    You can then select to enable or disable the feature or observer. When you disable features postinstallation , the resource is not automatically deleted. To find out whether the feature is deleted, you must check the asm-operator log.