Chapter 5. Migration of information from a deployment on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3

If you previously used a Red Hat Process Automation Manager deployment on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3, you can migrate the information from that deployment to a new deployment on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.

Before migrating information, you must deploy a new Red Hat Process Automation Manager infrastructure on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 using the operator. Include the same elements in the new infrastructure as those present in the old deployment. For example:

  • For any existing authoring deployment, create a new authoring infrastructure, including Business Central and at least one KIE Server.
  • For any existing immutable KIE Server, deploy a new immutable KIE Server with the same artifacts.
  • For any existing KIE Server with a MySQL or PostgreSQL database pod, deploy a new KIE Server with the same type of database pod.
  • For any existing KIE Server that uses an external database server, deploy a new KIE Server that uses the same external database server with the same credentials. The server connects to the same database and therefore can read the process context state.
Note

If a KIE Server uses the H2 built-in database, migration of the process context state is not supported.

No migration is required for Smart Router. A new deployment of Smart Router automatically works with the services on the new KIE Servers.

5.1. Migrating information in Business Central

If you have an existing authoring environment in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3, you can copy the .niogit repository and the Maven repository from Business Central in this environment to Business Central in a new deployment on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4. This action makes all the same projects and artifacts available in the new deployment.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a machine that has network access to both the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 infrastructures.
  • The oc command-line client from Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 must be installed on the machine. For instructions about installing the command-line client, see CLI tools in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that no web clients and no client applications are connected to any elements of the old and new deployment, including Business Central and KIE Servers.
  2. Create an empty temporary directory and change into it.
  3. Using the oc command, log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3 infrastructure and switch to the project containing the old deployment.

  4. To view the pod names in the old deployment, run the following command: 

    oc get pods

    Find the Business Central pod. The name of this pod includes rhpamcentr. In a high-availability deployment, you can use any of the Business Central pods.

  5. Use the oc command to copy the .niogit repository and the Maven repository from the pod to the local machine, for example: 

    oc cp myapp-rhpamcentr-5-689mw:/opt/kie/data/.niogit .niogit
oc cp myapp-rhpamcentr-5-689mw:/opt/kie/data/maven-repository maven-repository
  6. Using the oc command, log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 infrastructure and switch to the project containing the new deployment.

  7. To view the pod names in the new deployment, run the following command: 

    oc get pods

    Find the Business Central pod. The name of this pod includes rhpamcentr. In a high-availability deployment, you can use any of the Business Central pods.

  8. Use the oc command to copy the .niogit repository and the Maven repository from the local machine to the pod, for example: 

    oc cp .niogit myappnew-rhpamcentr-abd24:/opt/kie/data/.niogit
oc cp maven-repository myappnew-rhpamcentr-abd24:/opt/kie/data/maven-repository

5.2. Migrating a MySQL database for a KIE Server

If your environment in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3 includes a KIE Server that uses a MySQL database pod, copy the MySQL database content from the old deployment to the new deployment. This action copies the existing process state to the new deployment.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a machine that has network access to both the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 infrastructures.
  • The oc command-line client from Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 must be installed on the machine. For instructions about installing the command-line client, see CLI tools in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation.
  • The mysql and mysqldump client applications provided by MySQL version 8 or later or by MariaDB version 10 or later must be installed.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that no web clients and no client applications are connected to any elements of the old and new deployment, including Business Central and KIE Servers.
  2. Create an empty temporary directory and change into it.
  3. Using the oc command, log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3 infrastructure and switch to the project containing the old deployment.

  4. To view the deployment configuration names in the old deployment, run the following command: 

    oc get dc

    Find the mysql deployment configuration that corresponds to the KIE Server.

  5. View the configuration YAML of the deployment configuration, for example: 

    oc edit dc/myapp-mysql

    In this file, find the user name (normally rhpam) and password for the database server, for example: 

    - name: MYSQL_USER
  value: rhpam
- name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
  value: NDaJIV7!

    Record the user name and password. Do not make any changes to the file.

    Note

    You can also use the following commands to retrieve the user name and password: 

    oc get dc/myapp-mysql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="MYSQL_USER")]}'.value

oc get dc/myapp-mysql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="MYSQL_PASSWORD")]}'.value

  6. To view the service names in the old deployment, run the following command: 

    oc get svc

    Find the mysql service that corresponds to the KIE Server.

  7. In a separate terminal window, start port forwarding from the local host to the mysql service, using the name and port number displayed for the service, for example: 

    oc port-forward service/myapp-mysql 3306:3306

  8. Create a full database dump using the recorded user name, for example: 

    mysqldump --all-databases -u rhpam -p -h 127.0.0.1 > mysqldump.sql

    When prompted, enter the recorded password. The dump creation can take considerable time.

  9. Stop the port forwarding in the separate window using the Ctrl+C key combination.
  10. Using the oc command, log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 infrastructure and switch to the project containing the new deployment.

  11. To view the deployment configuration names in the new deployment, run the following command: 

    oc get dc

    Find the mysql deployment configuration that corresponds to the KIE Server.

  12. View the configuration YAML of the deployment configuration, for example: 

    oc edit dc/myappnew-mysql

    In this file, find the user name (normally rhpam) and password for the database server. Record the user name and password. Do not make any changes to the file.

    Note

    You can also use the following commands to retrieve the user name and password: 

    oc get dc/myapp-mysql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="MYSQL_USER")]}'.value

oc get dc/myapp-mysql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="MYSQL_PASSWORD")]}'.value

  13. To view the service names in the new deployment, run the following command: 

    oc get svc

    Find the mysql service that corresponds to the KIE Server.

  14. In a separate terminal window, start port forwarding from the local host to the mysql service, using the name and port number displayed for the service, for example: 

    oc port-forward service/myappnew-mysql 3306:3306

  15. Restore the database dump using the recorded user name, for example: 

    mysql -u rhpam -p -h 127.0.0.1 < mysqldump.sql

    When prompted, enter the recorded password. The restoration can take considerable time.

  16. Stop the port forwarding in the separate window using the Ctrl+C key combination.

5.3. Migrating a PostgreSQL database for a KIE Server

If your environment in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3 includes a KIE Server that uses a PostgreSQL database pod, copy the PostgreSQL database content from the old deployment to the new deployment. This action copies the existing process state to the new deployment.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a machine that has network access to both the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 infrastructures.
  • The oc command-line client from Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 must be installed on the machine. For instructions about installing the command-line client, see CLI tools in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation.
  • The psql and pg_dump client applications provided by PostgreSQL version 10 or later must be installed.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that no web clients and no client applications are connected to any elements of the old and new deployment, including Business Central and KIE Servers.
  2. Create an empty temporary directory and change into it.
  3. Using the oc command, log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3 infrastructure and switch to the project containing the old deployment.

  4. To view the deployment configuration names in the old deployment, run the following command: 

    oc get dc

    Find the postgresql deployment configuration that corresponds to the KIE Server.

  5. View the configuration YAML of the deployment configuration, for example: 

    oc edit dc/myapp-postgresql

    In this file, find the user name (normally rhpam), password, and database name (normally rhpam7) for the database server, for example: 

    - name: POSTGRESQL_USER
  value: rhpam
- name: POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD
  value: NDaJIV7!
- name: POSTGRESQL_DATABASE
  value: rhpam7

    Record the user name, password, and database name. Do not make any changes to the file.

    Note

    You can also use the following commands to retrieve the user name, password, and database name: 

    oc get dc/myapp-postgresql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="POSTGRESQL_USER")]}'.value

oc get dc/myapp-postgresql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD")]}'.value

oc get dc/myapp-postgresql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="POSTGRESQL_DATABASE")]}'.value

    +

  6. To view the service names in the old deployment, run the following command: 

    oc get svc

    Find the postgresql service that corresponds to the KIE Server.

  7. In a separate terminal window, start port forwarding from the local host to the postgresql service, using the name and port number displayed for the service, for example: 

    oc port-forward service/myapp-postgresql 5432:5432

  8. Create a dump of the database using the recorded user name and database name, for example: 

    pg_dump rhpam7 -h 127.0.0.1 -U rhpam -W > pgdump.sql

    When prompted, enter the recorded password. The dump creation can take considerable time.

  9. Stop the port forwarding in the separate window using the Ctrl+C key combination.
  10. Using the oc command, log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 infrastructure and switch to the project containing the new deployment.

  11. To view the deployment configuration names in the new deployment, run the following command: 

    oc get dc

    Find the postgresql deployment configuration that corresponds to the KIE Server.

  12. View the configuration YAML of the deployment configuration, for example: 

    oc edit dc/myappnew-postgresql

    In this file, find the user name (normally rhpam), password, , and database name (normally rhpam7) for the database server. Record the user name, password, and database name. Do not make any changes to the file.

    Note

    You can also use the following commands to retrieve the user name, password, and database name: 

    oc get dc/myapp-postgresql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="POSTGRESQL_USER")]}'.value

oc get dc/myapp-postgresql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD")]}'.value

oc get dc/myapp-postgresql -ojsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name=="POSTGRESQL_DATABASE")]}'.value

  13. To view the service names in the new deployment, run the command: 

    oc get svc

    Find the postgresql service that corresponds to the KIE Server.

  14. In a separate terminal window, start port forwarding from the local host to the postgresql service, using the name and port number displayed for the service, for example: 

    oc port-forward service/myappnew-postgresql 5432:5432

  15. Restore the database dump using the recorded user name and database name, for example: 

    psql -h 127.0.0.1 -d rhpam7 -U rhpam -W < pgdump.sql

    When prompted, enter the recorded password. The restoration can take considerable time.

    Review any displayed database error messages. Messages about objects that already exist are normal.

  16. Stop the port forwarding in the separate window using the Ctrl+C key combination.