Chapter 2. Tutorial: ROSA with HCP activation and account linking

Activate the ROSA with HCP product at the AWS console page by clicking the Get started button:

Figure 2.1. Get started

If you have activated ROSA before but did not complete the process, you can click the button and complete the account linking as described in the following steps.

Confirm that you want your contact information to be shared with Red Hat and enable the service:

Figure 2.2. Enable ROSA

After the process is completed, you will see a confirmation:

Figure 2.3. ROSA enablement confirmation

Other sections on this verification page show the status of additional prerequisites. In case any of these prerequisites are not met, a corresponding message is shown. Here is an example of insufficient quotas in the selected region:

Figure 2.4. Service quotas

If all the prerequisites are met, the page will look like this:

Figure 2.5. Verify ROSA prerequisites

The ELB service-linked role is created for you automatically. You can click any of the small Info blue links to get contextual help and resources.

Click the orange Continue to Red Hat button to proceed with account linking:

Figure 2.6. Continue to Red Hat

If you are not already logged in to your Red Hat account in your current browser’s session, you will be asked to log in to your account:

Figure 2.7. Log in to your Red Hat account

Complete the Red Hat account linking after reviewing the terms and conditions:

Figure 2.8. Complete your account connection

Both the Red Hat and AWS account numbers are shown on this screen.

Click the Connect accounts button if you agree with the service terms.

If this is the first time you are using the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console, you will be asked to agree with the general managed services terms and conditions before being able to create the first ROSA cluster:

Figure 2.9. Terms and conditions

Additional terms that need to be reviewed and accepted are shown after clicking the View Terms and Conditions button:

Figure 2.10. Red Hat terms and conditions

Submit your agreement once you have reviewed any additional terms when prompted at this time.

The Hybrid Cloud Console provides a confirmation that AWS account setup was completed and lists the prerequisites for cluster deployment:

Figure 2.11. Complete ROSA prerequisites

The last section of this page shows cluster deployment options, either using the rosa CLI or through the web console:

Figure 2.12. Deploy the cluster and set up access

Initiate the cluster deployment using the rosa create cluster command. You can click the copy button on the Set up Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) console page and paste the command in your terminal. This launches the cluster creation process in interactive mode:

Figure 2.13. Deploy the cluster and set up access

When deploying a ROSA with HCP cluster, the billing AWS account needs to be specified:

Figure 2.14. Specify the Billing Account

A cluster can be created using the web console by selecting the second option in the bottom section of the introductory Set up ROSA page:

Figure 2.15. Deploy with web interface

The first step when creating a ROSA cluster using the web console is the control plane selection. Make sure the Hosted option is selected before clicking the Next button:

Figure 2.16. Select hosted option

The next step Accounts and roles allows you specifying the infrastructure AWS account, into which the ROSA cluster is deployed and where the resources are consumed and managed:

Figure 2.17. AWS infrastructure account

The billing AWS account is selected in the immediately following section:

Figure 2.18. AWS billing account