Creating clusters with deployable architectures

IBM Cloud deployable architectures (DAs) are well-architected automation patterns that create a complete Red Hat® OpenShift® on IBM Cloud® cluster environment for you, including networking, security, and optional integrations.

The following three deployable architectures create a cluster or clusters for you.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on VPC Landing Zone — Creates a cluster environment that adheres to the IBM Financial Services Cloud reference architecture. For related infrastructure code, see the Red Hat OpenShift VPC cluster on IBM Cloud Terraform module.
OpenShift AI on IBM Cloud — A Community Registry solution that creates a cluster with GPU-based worker nodes and installs the Red Hat OpenShift AI operator and its dependencies.
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud Starters — A Community Registry solution that creates a simple cluster with or without integrated logging and monitoring.

Checking your permissions

Each deployable architecture requires a specific set of IAM permissions. In addition to creating the cluster, a deployable architecture can also create complementary services that integrate with the cluster. A permissions check runs during deployment to verify that you have the necessary access. For details, see IAM roles and actions.

Creating an API key

Deployable architectures authenticate using an IBM Cloud API key. After you confirm that you have the required permissions, create an API key and save it for use during deployment.

Creating the deployable architecture

In the IBM Cloud catalog, click the deployable architecture tile that meets your needs. If the architecture has variations, review the architecture diagram for each variation before selecting one.
Click Add to Project. Give your project a name. The configuration name becomes the name of the IBM Cloud Schematics workspace where the Terraform runs. Select the region for the workspace, then click Create.
In the project, complete the three configuration tabs in the Configure section:
- Security — Enter your API key in the api_key field.
- Required — Complete all required variables.
- Optional — Complete any optional variables.
Click Save, then click Validate. The validation phase runs first.
- For the VPC Landing Zone deployable architecture, review and resolve any validation errors before proceeding.
- For the OpenShift AI and Starters deployable architectures, you can override validation results if needed.
To continue, either click Edit Configuration to resolve validation issues, or provide a comment and click Override and Approve.
Click Deploy to run the Terraform.

After provisioning completes, your cluster appears in the IBM Cloud console.