We have reached the final entry in this opening blog series. What we are going to be covering this time is my Ansible playbook to automate the install of an OpenShift cluster onto VMWare via the IPI install method as either an online (connected) or offline (disconnected) install. To start, you will need to clone…
Now that we have built our cluster in Part 3, it is time to do the final configuration steps to tell it to use our offline, mirrored Operator installs. This is a fairly simple procedure to finish, and will lead to this being one of the shortest posts I’ve made yet but the information is…
Now that we have all the container content we need mirrored, we need to tackle mirroring the ova. If you are using SonaType Nexus (like I am) you can work with your admin and they can have it host the OVA for you. For others, I would recommend spinning up a small webserver and just…
Continuing from part 1 we are moving on to the steps needed to actually mirror the content to your registry. To start, you will need the oc-mirror plugin, which you can download from here under the OpenShift disconnected installation tools section, click Download for OpenShift Client (oc) mirror plugin and save the file. Once you have oc-mirror downloaded, copy it to…
So for my initial posts, I’m going to cover my adventures in performing a disconnected install of OpenShift on vSphere using the IPI install method. This involves several steps which I will list below: As mentioned, for my examples I am using SonaType Nexus, which hosts all the necessary mirrored content (including the OVA for…
Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I’m going to be talking about my adventures in IT specifically dealing with OpenShift, Ansible, and general automation topics. So I suppose I should start with a little blurb about who I am. I am an Information Technology Professional with a focus on automation. I have over…