Deploy IBM Sterling Connect:Direct WebService on OpenShift using Ansible Scripts

Playbook will run the last version of Connect:Direct WebService, but take care of Kubernetes/Openshift version is supported

Connect:Direct	helm-chart	Kubernetes	OpenShift	Helm
6.3.0.11_ifix000	1.0.4	>=1.27.0 <1.30.0	>= 4.14 and <= 4.16	>= 3.14.x
6.3.0.9_ifix000	1.0.2	>=1.27.0 <1.30.0	>= 4.14 and <= 4.16	>= 3.14.x
6.3.0.8_ifix000	1.0.1	>=1.27.0 <1.29.0	>= 4.14 and <= 4.15	>= 3.14.x
6.3.0.7_ifix000	1.0.0	>=1.26.0 <1.29.0	>= 4.13 and <= 4.15	>= 3.14.x

Check with

kubectl version

Preparation

1. IBM Entitled Registry

You must have kubectl, oc, git and ansible installed in your machine

Log in the IBM Container software library with the IBMid and password that are associated with the entitled software. Click Get entitlement key. With key export variable

export ENTITLED_REGISTRY_KEY=<entitlement_key>

Do a login in Openshift console and run the command:

oc login --token=sha256~P...k --server=https://c....containers.cloud.xxx.com:31234

3. Cloning ansible-ibm-websphere from git

git clone https://github.com/ibm-sterling-devops/ansible-ibm-sterling.git

4. Set roles path

To run playbook the playbook

cd ansible-ibm-sterling

export ANSIBLE_CONFIG=./ansible.cfg

Deploy you Connect:Direct WebService

1) To run the playbook

ansible-playbook playbooks/deploy_cdws.yml

check for sterling-cdws01 namespace in Kubernetes/Openshift console.

Examples

Example 1: Change namespace and C:D node name

To change namespace/project and C:D node name

cd ansible-ibm-sterling

export CDWS_NAMESPACE=sterling-cdws01

ansible-playbook playbooks/deploy_cd.yml

Environment Variable

Environment variables for this role:

Environment Variable	Default Value	Required	Description
ENTITLED_REGISTRY_KEY	N/A	Yes	Entitlement registry key
CDWS_NAMESPACE	sterling-cdws01	Yes	Namespace for C:D application
CDWS_VERSION	6.3.0.8_ifix000	No	Version of C:D container to deploy
CDWS_TRUSTSTOREPASSWORD	changeit	No	Password for truststore
CDWS_KEYSTOREPASSWORD	changeit	No	Password for keystore
CDWS_CACERT_PASSWORD	passw0rd	No	Password for CA certificate
CDWS_LICENSE_TYPE	non-prod	No	License type for C:D application (prod or non-prod)
CDWS_STORAGE_CLASS	-	Yes	Storage class to be used for the container
CDWS_STORAGE_CAPACITY	500Mi	No	Storage capacity to be allocated to the container
CDWS_CPU_LIMITS	3000m	No	CPU limit for the container
CDWS_MEM_LIMITS	2Gi	No	Memory limit for the container
CDWS_CPU_REQUESTS	1500m	No	CPU request for the container
CDWS_MEM_REQUESTS	1Gi	No	Memory request for the container