Verify the configuration

You can inspect the deployment logs and ConfigMap on the OpenShift console to verify that the deployment conforms with the settings in your Helm chart.

View the deployment logs
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You can view the logs in the OpenShift console. Pay close attention to the install-dynamic-plugins container logs. This helps confirm that the required plug-ins installed successfully.

Procedure
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  1. In a browser, log in to your OpenShift instance.
  2. In the Developer view, navigate to the Topology view for the namespace where you deployed the Helm chart.
  3. The deployment appears: the label on the icon is D.

    The name of the deployment is <installation-name>-backstage, for example <my-self-service-automation-portal-backstage>.

  4. Click the icon representing the deployment.
  5. The Details pane for the deployment opens.
  6. Select the Resources tab.
  7. Click View logs for the deployment pod in the Pods section:
    Deployment on OpenShift console

    The Pod details page opens for the deployment pod.

  8. Select the Logs tab in the Pod details page.
  9. To view the install messages, select the install-dynamic-plugins container from the INIT CONTAINERS section of the dropdown list of containers:
    View install messages

    The log stream displays the progress of the installation of the plug-ins from the plug-in registry.

    The log stream for successful installation of the plug-ins resembles the following output:

     ======= Installing dynamic plugin http://plugin-registry:8080/ansible-backstage-plugin-catalog-backend-module-rhaap-dynamic-0.1.0.tgz
 *=> Grabbing package archive through pm pack'
 •=› Vertfying package Integrity
 •*> Extracting package archtve /dynamtc-plugtns-root/anstble-backstage-plugtn-catalog-backend-nodule-rhaap-dynamic-0.1.0.tgz
 •*› Removing package archive /dynamic-plugins-root/ansible-backstage-plugin-catalog-backend-module-rhaap-dynamic-0.1.0. tgz
 -> Successfully installed dynamic plugin http://plugin-registry:8080/ansible-backstage-plugin-catalog-backend-module-rhaap-dynamic-0.1.0.tgz
  10. Select the Environment tab in the Pod details page to view the environment variables for the containers. If you set additional environment variables in your Helm chart, check that they are listed here.
    Pod environment variables