Worksheet: Common production-level topologies

This worksheet applies to the Controller +n compute, HA controller +n compute, or distributed database topologies. Use this worksheet to review common tasks required to get started with IBM® Cloud Manager with OpenStack. This is a common deployment if you want to start using the product in production environments and perform some customization.

Table 1. Getting started
  Tasks Description
___ 1. Planning for IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack
  1. Review IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack prerequisites
  2. Review Scalability and performance considerations
  
___ 2. Configuring operating system yum repositories for nodes using Red Hat Enterprise Linux  
___ 3. Installing IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack on Linux  
___ 4. Decide whether to use the IBM Cloud Manager - Deployer or the command-line interface to deploy your IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack cloud environment. Then, complete the relevant set of steps.
Deploying the cloud environment using the IBM Cloud Manager - Deployer user interface
  1. Review Selecting a topology.
  2. Review Controller +n compute deployment .
  3. Review High Availability (HA) controller +n compute deployment
  4. Review Distributed database deployment.
  5. Create your cloud environment.
Deploying the cloud environment using the command-line interface
  1. Review Selecting a topology
  2. Review Controller +n compute deployment .
  3. Review High Availability (HA) controller +n compute deployment
  4. Review Distributed database deployment.
  5. Review Deploying prerequisites
  6. Complete Deploying a test or production cloud to create your cloud environment.
  
___ 5. Review Managing with the IBM Cloud Manager - Dashboard and Managing with (User access)