Question & Answer
Question
Can I use a version of a static catalog that is no longer listed in the catalog overview page?
Cause
The catalogs list in https://ibm-mas.github.io/cli/catalogs/ changes over time:
When new catalogs are issued, they are then added to the list.
Older catalogs are removed
Catalog might be removed from the list because a defect was found in this catalog version and a new version of the catalog was issued.
If you want control over when updates are introduced to your cluster, we highly recommend the use of static operator catalogs.
IBM recommends that you update regularly the static catalog to receive security updates and bug fixes.
Answer
When catalogs are removed from the list, they are still available.
If you need to use a catalog that is no longer present in this list, it is still possible. You need to use the version of the ansible DevOps collection or a version of the MAS cli where this version of the catalog was listed.
To know what versions of the catalog are available in a version of the MAS cli or ansible DevOps collection, you can do the following:
start a mas cli container, for example:
podman run -ti -v ~:/mnt/home quay.io/ibmmas/cli:3.20.0
Then, inside the pod, list the content of the casebundles folder:
ls ansible-devops/common_vars/casebundles/
If you want to know the corresponding version of the ansible DevOps collection:
ansible-galaxy collection list | grep mas_devops
[{"Type":"MASTER","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB59","label":"Sustainability Software"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSRHPA","label":"IBM Maximo Application Suite"},"ARM Category":[{"code":"a8m3p000000GoLBAA0","label":"Maximo Application Suite-\u003EInstallation"}],"ARM Case Number":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"All Versions"}]
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Modified date:
13 June 2023
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ibm17003491