Installing as an OpenShift application#
The ID that you use to install the product must be able to make changes to the host environment. The tools required by all installation scenarios include the following items:
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Docker installed on the host system.
Note: If you use Docker for Windows, make sure Docker is using Linux-type containers. UrbanCodeā¢ Velocity does not support Windows-type containers.
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Internet connection. During installation, files and container images are retrieved from remote locations. If you are unable to access the internet during installation, you can download the files beforehand and perform an offline installation. UrbanCode Velocity supports the following browsers: Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.
Note: The installation files used for offline installation are not the same as those used for internet-connected installation. Ensure that you download the right file for you installation environment.
In addition to the requirements for all installation scenarios, you need the following items:
- Configured OpenShift client instance. This topic uses Minishift for local instance installations.
- OpenShift command line tool, OC, installed on the client.
- Create an OpenShift project where you can install UrbanCode Velocity.
- MongoDB database version 3.4+ installed on your OpenShift instance with a persistent volume.
- Access to the PEM-format certificate and private key that you can use to configure OpenShift routes.
- Master node: 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 30 GB storage.
- Other nodes: 1vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 15 GB storage.
- If you are using offline installation, you need 4GB free in your
/tmp
or\temp
directory.
Get a key. The key enables you to complete installation. Visit the UrbanCode Velocity web portal to obtain your key. After completing the form, you can copy the access key. Store the key in a readily-available location; you use it during installation.
Note: Make sure that you select a key for the product version that you want to install. Keys for the Standard Edition do not work with the Community Edition and vice-versa.
You will install UrbanCode Velocity into a OpenShift project. During installation, you configure a MongoDB for your project, add the UrbanCode Velocity service to your OpenShift project catalog, and create a route that makes the UrbanCode Velocity application publicly accessible.
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Download the installation file for your environment.
Note: For macOS and Linux installations, set the appropriate permissions before running the file:
sudo chmod +x
.- Linux: https://hcl-velocity-binaries.s3.amazonaws.com/velocity-hcl-install-latest-linux
- Windows: https://hcl-velocity-binaries.s3.amazonaws.com/velocity-hcl-install-latest-win.exe
- Mac OS: https://hcl-velocity-binaries.s3.amazonaws.com/velocity-hcl-install-latest-macos
- Run the downloaded executable file.
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At the Please enter your Velocity access key prompt, enter your SE version access key.
If you previously installed an SE version, the already-configured key is the default value.
Note: Make sure that you enter the key for the right version.
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Complete local installation by responding to the prompts described in the following steps.
When the script starts, you are prompted to accept the license. You can explicitly accept the license without viewing it by appending the following parameter to the command:
./<velocity-installation-file\> **--license=accept**
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At the Choose the platform prompt, select
OpenShift
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At the Enter the location where the Velocity files will be installed prompt, specify where to put the installation files.
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At the Openshift Project Name prompt, enter the name of the project you created earlier.
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At the Name of installation user prompt, enter your OpenShift ID.
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At the Choose one prompt, select Install new instance.
If you are upgrading, see Upgrading OpenShift installations.
Files that you use to complete installation are copied to the specified directory.
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From the OpenShift dashboard, create a project for UrbanCode Velocity.
When the project is created, in the My Projectsarea, select the project, and then click Browse Catalog.
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Install the UrbanCode Velocity service template in the project catalog by completing the following steps:.
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From the OpenShift project catalog, use the Add to Project > Import YAML/JSON command, and then import the velocity-se-<version number>-openshift.yaml file.
The yaml was installed in the previous step.
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Select Create, and then uncheck Process the Templateand check Save Template.
After refreshing the browser, you see the UrbanCode Velocity service in the OpenShift project catalog.
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Create a MongoDB service for the project by completing the following steps:
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From the OpenShift project catalog, select MongoDB.
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On the MongoDB configuration page, click Next, and then, in the MongoDB Admin Password field, enter a password for admin user.
You can accept the default values for the other parameters.
Note: The user must be the admin user, not the MongoDB user.
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Click Create.
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On the MogoDB has been created page, copy the
Connection URL
string and store it in a readily-accessible location, then close configuration window.You use the connection string to configure your UrbanCode Velocity project.
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Create an UrbanCode Velocity service by completing these steps.
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From project catalog, select Velocity .
The Velocity configuration window is displayed.
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Click Next, and then, in the Name field, enter a service name.
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In the Hostname field, enter the service host name.
The host name must resolve to a name on your DNS server, or in the server's hosts file. On Linux, the file location is etc/hosts; on Windows, the location is C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.
Note: The Hostname cannot be an IP address.
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In the Access Key field, paste the UrbanCode Velocity access key received earlier.
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In the Mongo URL field, paste MongoDB connection string for the MongoDB service.
Do not use the default user or database name. Use the admin user and password you created for the admin. For example:
mongodb://admin:password@mongodb
Note: When you copy the sample connection code, make sure that you delete the
sampleDB
part from the copied code.If you do not want to use the admin user, log on to the MongoDB and use a command similar to this one to grant admin permissions to the user:
```
db.grantRolesToUser( "mongo", ["readWriteAnyDatabase", "dbAdminAnyDatabase", "clusterAdmin"] ) ```
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Accept the default values for the other parameters and click Create.
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Create a route by completing the following steps:
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From project dashboard, click Applications > Routes > Create Route.
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In the Name field, provide a name for the route.
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In the Hostname field, enter the host name you specified earlier for UrbanCode Velocity.
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In the Service field, select the
velocity-router
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Check Secure route.
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From the TLS Termination list, select
Edge
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Upload your PEM-format certificate or, on the Insecure Traffic list, select
Allow
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Click Create.
The new route is listed on the Routes page.
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After the installation is complete, open UrbanCode Velocity by clicking the route name link. The default user name is admin and the default password is admin.
Parent topic: Installation