26. Red Hat PAM Operator on OpenShift 4

In this lab we will use the enhanced Business Automation Operator 7.10+ to deploy a number of IBM Business Automation Open Edition 9.0 environments on OpenShift 4.

26.1 Goal

• Install the Business Automation Operator on OCP 4.
• Use the Business Automation Operator 8.0.4 to deploy a number of IBM Business Automation Open Edition 9.0 environments.
• Change the KIE-App deployment CRDs to show reconciliation.
• Change Operator ConfigMaps to make advanced configuration changes to the KIE-App.

26.2 Problem Statement

In this lab, the goal is to provision and manage various IBM Business Automation Open Edition 9.0 architectures using the Business Automation Operator on OpenShift 4.

• We deploy an IBAMOE Trial environment, which is a basic ephemeral environment that does not require any form of storage (e.g. persistent volume, database).
• We explore Operator reconciliation features by removing provisioned resources like Services and Deployment Configs.
• We alter the deployment through the Operator to show how the provisioned environment changes.
• We change a KIE configuration parameter in the Business Automation Operator ConfigMap to demonstrate advanced configuration changes.
• We provision a more sophisticated Production environment, to show creation of PVCs, deployment of databases and integration with IBAMOE Smart Router.
• We use the Operator Installer console to install a new KIE-App deployment.

26.3 First steps

If you are using your own OpenShift environment, follow the steps below to create a project and install the operator. If you are trying this lab in an environment provisioned by the Red Hat team, skip to the section Inspect the Lab environment.

1. Create a new project in OpenShift. We suggest the name ibamoe-install.

   

2. Navigate to Operators, Operator Hub, and search for Business Automation:

   

3. Click on the Business Automation and then, click Install.

   

4. You can select the following options, and click on Submit:

   

5. Once subscribed, you should wait for the operator to get provisioned. Then you can proceed with the lab.