Chapter 2. Preparing to deploy Red Hat Decision Manager in your OpenShift environment

Procedure

1. Determine whether Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is configured with the user name and password for Red Hat registry access. For details about the required configuration, see Configuring a Registry Location. If you are using an OpenShift Online subscription, it is configured for Red Hat registry access.

2. If Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is configured with the user name and password for Red Hat registry access, run the following commands:

   $ oc get imagestreamtag -n openshift | grep rhdm73-decisioncentral-openshift
   $ oc get imagestreamtag -n openshift | grep rhdm73-kieserver-openshift

   If the outputs of both commands are not empty, the required image streams are available in the openshift namespace and no further action is required.

3. If the output of one or both of the commands is empty or if OpenShift is not configured with the user name and password for Red Hat registry access, complete the following steps:

   1. Ensure you are logged in to OpenShift with the oc command and that your project is active.
   2. Complete the steps documented in Registry Service Accounts for Shared Environments. You must log in to Red Hat Customer Portal to access the document and to complete the steps to create a registry service account.
   3. Select the OpenShift Secret tab and click the link under Download secret to download the YAML secret file.
   4. View the downloaded file and note the name that is listed in the name: entry.

   5. Run the following commands:

      oc create -f <file_name>.yaml
      oc secrets link default <secret_name> --for=pull
      oc secrets link builder <secret_name> --for=pull

      Where <file_name> is the name of the downloaded file and <secret_name> is the name that is listed in the name: entry of the file.

   6. Download the rhdm-7.3.0-openshift-templates.zip product deliverable file from the Software Downloads page and extract the rhdm73-image-streams.yaml file.

   7. Complete one of the following actions:

      • Run the following command:

        $ oc create -f rhdm73-image-streams.yaml

      • Using the OpenShift Web UI, select Add to Project → Import YAML / JSON and then choose the file or paste its contents.

4. If you want to deploy a high-availability Business Central (this functionality is a technology preview), complete the following additional steps:

   1. Verify if the AMQ scaledown controller image stream is present. Enter the following command:

      $ oc get imagestreamtag -n openshift | grep amq-broker-72-scaledown-controller-openshift

      If the output of the command is not empty, the required image stream is available in the openshift namespace and no further action is required.

   2. If the output of the commands is empty, complete the following steps:

      1. Download the following file: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jboss-container-images/jboss-amq-7-broker-openshift-image/amq-broker-72/amq-broker-7-scaledown-controller-image-streams.yaml

      2. Complete one of the following actions:

         • Run the following command:

           $ oc create -f amq-broker-7-scaledown-controller-image-streams.yaml

         • Using the OpenShift Web UI, select Add to Project → Import YAML / JSON and then choose the amq-broker-7-scaledown-controller-image-streams.yaml file or paste its contents.

           Note

           If you complete these steps, you install the image streams into the namespace of your project. If you install the image streams using these steps, you must set the IMAGE_STREAM_NAMESPACE parameter to the name of this project when deploying templates.

Procedure

1. Generate an SSL keystore with a private and public key for SSL encryption for Decision Server. In a production environment, generate a valid signed certificate that matches the expected URL of the Decision Server. Save the keystore in a file named keystore.jks. Record the name of the certificate and the password of the keystore file.

   For more information on how to create a keystore with self-signed or purchased SSL certificates, see Generate a SSL Encryption Key and Certificate.

2. Use the oc command to generate a secret named kieserver-app-secret from the new keystore file:

   $ oc create secret generic kieserver-app-secret --from-file=keystore.jks

Procedure

1. Generate an SSL keystore with a private and public key for SSL encryption for Business Central. In a production environment, generate a valid signed certificate that matches the expected URL of the Business Central. Save the keystore in a file named keystore.jks. Record the name of the certificate and the password of the keystore file.

   For more information on how to create a keystore with self-signed or purchased SSL certificates, see Generate a SSL Encryption Key and Certificate.

2. Use the oc command to generate a secret named decisioncentral-app-secret from the new keystore file:

   $ oc create secret generic decisioncentral-app-secret --from-file=keystore.jks

Procedure

1. Prepare a Maven release repository to which you can write. The repository must allow read access without authentication. Your OpenShift environment must have access to this repository. You can deploy a Nexus repository manager in the OpenShift environment. For instructions about setting up Nexus on OpenShift, see Setting up Nexus.

2. Complete the following actions on a computer that has an outgoing connection to the public Internet:

   1. Clear the local Maven cache directory (~/.m2/repository).
   2. Build the source of your services using the mvn clean install command.
   3. Upload all artifacts from the local Maven cache directory (~/.m2/repository) to the Maven repository that you prepared. You can use the Maven Repository Provisioner utility to upload the artifacts.

Procedure

1. To check whether your environment uses GlusterFS, run the following command:

   oc get storageclass

   In the results, check whether the (default) marker is on the storage class that lists glusterfs. For example, in the following output the default storage class is gluster-container, which does list glusterfs:

   NAME              PROVISIONER                       AGE
   gluster-block     gluster.org/glusterblock          8d
   gluster-container (default) kubernetes.io/glusterfs 8d

   If the result has a default storage class that does not list glusterfs or if the result is empty, you do not need to make any changes. In this case, skip the rest of this procedure.

2. To save the configuration of the default storage class into a YAML file, run the following command:

   oc get storageclass <class-name> -o yaml >storage_config.yaml

   Replace <class-name> with the name of the default storage class. For example:

   oc get storageclass gluster-container -o yaml >storage_config.yaml

3. Edit the storage_config.yaml file:

   1. Remove the lines with the following keys:

      • creationTimestamp
      • resourceVersion
      • selfLink
      • uid

   2. On the line with the volumeoptions key, add the following two options: features.cache-invalidation on, performance.nl-cache on. For example:

      volumeoptions: client.ssl off, server.ssl off, features.cache-invalidation on, performance.nl-cache on

4. To remove the existing default storage class, run the following command:

   oc delete storageclass <class-name>

   Replace <class-name> with the name of the default storage class. For example:

   oc delete storageclass gluster-container

5. To re-create the storage class using the new configuration, run the following command:

   oc create -f storage_config.yaml