Chapter 2. Installation overview
You can deploy self-service automation portal 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 automation portal is available in the OpenShift Helm catalog.
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- You have a valid subscription to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
- You have access to an instance of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 with the appropriate permissions to create an OAuth application.
- You have access to an OpenShift Container Platform instance (Version 4.12 or newer) with the appropriate permissions within your project to create an application.
You have installed
oc
, the OpenShift command-line interface (CLI) tool, on your local machine. You can useoc
commands in your terminal to interact with your OpenShift cluster.For information on installing
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. Helm is a package manager for applications on OpenShift Container Platform. See the Installing Helm chapter of the OpenShift Container Platform Building applications guide.