Deploying Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Service VPC cluster

You can deploy a Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Service VPC (Gen2 infrastructure) cluster using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on VPC landing zone DA from IBM Cloud Public Catalog.

Make sure your existing Red Hat OpenShift cluster has outbound access to quay.io registry site.

1. Go to IBM Cloud public catalog and search for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on VPC landing zone DA and click on it's tile.
2. Select the Product version. Select Variation as Standard and click Add to project.
3. On Add to project page, either create a project or add to your existing project.
   • To create a project, enter Name, Description (optional), select a Region, and Resource group
   • To add to existing project, select option, project, and enter either a new configuration name or use the default configuration name. Click Add.
4. On Edit configuration page, under Configure > Security section, enter your api_key by either selecting from Secrets Manager or by entering it manually.
   • If you are using the Secrets Manager, ensure you have granted required permissions and created the API key. For more information, see Using an API key with secrets manager to authorize a project to deploy an architecure.
5. Under Required section, select kube_version as 4.15_openshift. Select the region where you are planning to create this cluster. For prefix field, enter a unique name.
   • For more information about supported Red Hat OpenShift versions, see Software compatibility reports
6. Under Optional section, click the edit option in front of override_json_string field and in the pop-up window, remove the double quotes ("") and enter the content that is provided in the override.json file and click Save button.
   • For information about an example on different deployment options, see the override.json file.
   • For more information about Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on VPC landing zone deployment architecture, see Overview.
7. If you have entered all required values then Validate button will be visible. Click it.
8. The validation starts and on Vaidation changes page, you can see a message > All changes are scanned for code errors, cost, and compliance. and it's generating plan. These activities can take time to complete.
9. Make sure validation completes and it displays Validation successful message.
10. On Approval pending section, enter I approve and click Approve button.
11. Click Deploy option. This will start deploying of the cluster.