Chapter 2. Preparing to deploy AMQ Interconnect on OpenShift Container Platform

Procedure

1. If you do not have an existing certificate authority (CA) certificate for inter-router connections, create one.

   These commands create a self-signed CA certificate for inter-router connections:

   # Create a new directory for the inter-router certificates.
   $ mkdir internal-certs
   
   # Create a private key for the CA.
   $ openssl genrsa -out internal-certs/ca-key.pem 2048
   
   # Create a certificate signing request for the CA.
   $ openssl req -new -batch -key internal-certs/ca-key.pem -out internal-certs/ca-csr.pem
   
   # Self sign the CA certificate.
   $ openssl x509 -req -in internal-certs/ca-csr.pem -signkey internal-certs/ca-key.pem -out internal-certs/ca.crt

2. Create a certificate for the router signed by the CA.

   These commands create a private key and a certificate, and sign the certificate using the CA created in the previous step:

   # Create a private key.
   $ openssl genrsa -out internal-certs/tls.key 2048
   
   # Create a certificate signing request for the router.
   $ openssl req -new -batch -subj "/CN=amq-interconnect.<project_name>.svc.cluster.local" -key internal-certs/tls.key -out internal-certs/server-csr.pem
   
   # Sign the certificate using the CA.
   $ openssl x509 -req -in internal-certs/server-csr.pem -CA internal-certs/ca.crt -CAkey internal-certs/ca-key.pem -out internal-certs/tls.crt -CAcreateserial

   where <project_name> is the name of the current OpenShift project.

3. Create a secret containing the private key, router certificate, and CA certificate.

   This command creates the secret using the key and certificates that were created in the previous steps:

   $ oc create secret generic inter-router-certs-secret --from-file=tls.crt=internal-certs/tls.crt  --from-file=tls.key=internal-certs/tls.key  --from-file=ca.crt=internal-certs/ca.crt

4. If you want to use SSL/TLS to authenticate client connections (as opposed to authenticating clients using SASL), create a CA certificate for client connections.

   These commands create a self-signed CA certificate for client connections:

   # Create a new directory for the client certificates.
   $ mkdir client-certs
   
   # Create a private key for the CA.
   $ openssl genrsa -out client-certs/ca-key.pem 2048
   
   # Create a certificate signing request for the CA.
   $ openssl req -new -batch -key client-certs/ca-key.pem -out client-certs/ca-csr.pem
   
   # Self sign the certificate.
   $ openssl x509 -req -in client-certs/ca-csr.pem -signkey client-certs/ca-key.pem -out client-certs/ca.crt

5. Create a certificate for client connections signed by the CA.

   These commands create a private key and a certificate, and then sign the certificate using the CA created in the previous step:

   # Create a private key.
   $ openssl genrsa -out client-certs/tls.key 2048
   
   # Create a certificate signing request for the client connections
   $ openssl req -new -batch -subj "/CN=<client_name>" -key client-certs/tls.key -out client-certs/client-csr.pem
   
   # Sign the certificate using the CA.
   $ openssl x509 -req -in client-certs/client-csr.pem -CA client-certs/ca.crt -CAkey client-certs/ca-key.pem -out client-certs/tls.crt -CAcreateserial

   where <client_name> is unique for each router client.

6. Create a secret containing the CA certificate used to sign client certificates using the certificate that was created in the previous steps:

   $ oc create secret generic client-ca-secret --from-file=ca.crt=client-certs/ca.crt --from-file=tls.crt=client-certs/ca.crt --from-file=tls.key=client-certs/ca-key.pem

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators OperatorHub.
2. Choose Red Hat Integration - AMQ Certificate Manager Operator from the list of available Operators, and then click Install.

3. On the Operator Installation page, select All namespaces on the cluster (default), and then click Install.

   The Installed Operators page appears displaying the status of the Operator installation.

4. Verify that the Red Hat Integration - AMQ Certificate Manager Operator is displayed and wait until the Status changes to Succeeded.

5. If the installation is not successful, troubleshoot the error:

   1. Click Red Hat Integration - AMQ Certificate Manager Operator on the Installed Operators page.
   2. Select the Subscription tab and view any failures or errors.