Running WebSphere Liberty on Microsoft Azure

You can run WebSphere® Liberty on Azure Red Hat® OpenShift® (ARO) or on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

WebSphere Liberty on ARO
For the ARO offer, you get virtual networks, an ARO cluster, the OpenShift Container Registry (OCR), and the WebSphere Liberty operator. A secure OpenShift namespace is set up to contain your application. The offer can also deploy WebSphere Liberty container images. For more information, see IBM WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Azure Red Hat OpenShift on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace website.
WebSphere Liberty on AKS
For the AKS offer, you get an Azure Container Registry (ACR) instance, an AKS cluster, and the WebSphere Liberty operator. The offer can also deploy WebSphere Liberty container images. For more information, see IBM WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Azure Kubernetes Service on the Azure Marketplace website.
WebSphere products on Azure: You can also run Open Liberty on ARO and AKS. WebSphere Application Server traditional is available pre-configured in IBM WebSphere Application Server Single Instance and configurable in IBM WebSphere Application Server Base 9.0.5.x Image. IBM WebSphere Application Server Cluster provides a pre-configured Network Deployment traditional cluster while IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 9.0.5.x Image and IBM HTTP Server for WebSphere Application Server 9.0.5.x Image provide configurable deployments. For more information, see IBM WebSphere Product Family on Azure Overview on the Azure Marketplace website.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that you have an active WebSphere entitlement.

    To use WebSphere Liberty on ARO or AKS, you must have a valid license to use WebSphere Liberty. For a list of products that grant you entitlement to use WebSphere Liberty, see Viewing license information for WebSphere Liberty operator.

  2. Provision an offer.
    1. Select the offer in the portal. You must be licensed to run offers in Microsoft Azure.
    2. Click Create to start provisioning the offer, and then use the wizard to specify your choices.

What to do next

After initial provisioning, you can deploy your Liberty applications to your cluster.