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Install IBM Storage Ceph Pro Edition for a free 60-day trial.

About this task

You can install an IBM Storage Ceph trial version by following the steps provided.

Procedure

  1. Acquire and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.
    1. Create and or log in to your Red Hat account.
    2. Acquire a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 subscription from Red Hat for free here.
      1. Confirm that your version meets the Operating system requirements for IBM Storage Ceph 7.
    3. Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 on your storage nodes or hosts.
  2. Install IBM Storage Ceph Pro Edition.
    1. Register for a free 60-day IBM Storage Ceph Pro trial here.
    2. Log in to your account with the username and password from the previous step and obtain your IBM entitlement key from the container software library in My IBM.
    3. Register your Red Hat Enterprise Linux nodes and enable the IBM Storage Ceph repositories by following the steps mentioned here.
    4. Run dnf install cephadm -y command to install cephadm.
    5. Run the preflight playbook.
    6. Bootstrap the IBM Storage Ceph cluster that uses cephadm.
    7. Use the dashboard to expand your cluster with OSD, Ceph Object Gateway, S3, and other daemons and services.