Preparing the OpenShift project for IBM MQ using the OpenShift web console

Prepare your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster, so that it's ready to deploy a queue manager using the IBM MQ Operator. This task should be completed by a project administrator.


Before starting

Note: If we plan to use IBM MQ in a project with other IBM Cloud Pak for Integration components already installed, you may not need to follow these instructions.

Log in to the OpenShift cluster's web console.


About this task

The IBM MQ Advanced certified container images are pulled from a container registry that performs a license entitlement check. This check requires an entitlement key that is stored in a docker-registry pull secret. If we do not yet have an entitlement key, follow these instructions to get an entitlement key and create a pull secret.


Procedure

  1. Get the entitlement key that is assigned to your ID.
    1. Log in to MyIBM Container Software Library with the IBM ID and password that are associated with the entitled software.
    2. In the Entitlement keys section, select Copy key to copy the entitlement key to the clipboard.

  2. Create a secret containing your entitlement key, in the project where we want to deploy your queue manager.
    1. From the navigation pane, click on Workloads > Secret. The Secrets page is displayed.
    2. In the Project drop-down, select the project into which we want to install IBM MQ
    3. Click the Create button, and select Image Pull Secret
    4. In the Name field, enter ibm-entitlement-key
    5. In the Registry Server Address field, enter cp.icr.io
    6. In the Username field, enter cp
    7. In the Password field, enter the entitlement key you copied in the previous step
    8. In the Email field, enter the IBM ID associated with the entitled software


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Deploying a queue manager using the OpenShift web console Parent topic: Deploying IBM MQ certified containers using the IBM MQ Operator