Chapter 2. Installation overview
You can deploy self-service technical preview from a Helm chart on OpenShift Container Platform.
Helm is a tool that simplifies deployment of applications on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform clusters. Helm uses a packaging format called Helm charts. A Helm chart is a package of files that define how an application is deployed and managed on OpenShift. The Helm chart for self-service technical preview is available in the OpenShift Helm catalog.
2.1. Prerequisites
- A valid subscription to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5.
- An Ansible Automation Platform instance with the appropriate permissions to create an OAuth application.
- An OpenShift Container Platform instance (Version 4.12 or newer) with the appropriate permissions within your project to create an application.
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You have installed the OpenShift CLI (
oc
). See the Getting started with the OpenShift CLI chapter of the Understanding OpenShift Container Platform guide. - You have installed Helm 3.10 or newer. See the Installing Helm chapter of the OpenShift Container Platform Building applications guide.