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In this chapter, we will learn about the environment setup of OpenShift.
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15 GB hard disk for hosting images and 15 GB for storing images.
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Step 1 − First install Linux on both the machines, where the Linux 7 should be the least version. This can be done using
the following commands if one has an active Red Hat subscription.
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# subscription-manager
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# subscription-manager repos --enable = "rhel-7-server-extras-rpms"
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# subscription-manager repos --enable = "rhel-7-server-ose-3.0-rpms"

# yum install wget git net-tools bind-utils iptables-services bridge-utils

# yum install wget git net-tools bind-utils iptables-services bridge-utils

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# yum install docker

# yum update

Once we have all the above base packages installed in both of the machines, the next step would be to set up Docker on
the respective machines.

Step 2 − Configure Docker so that it should allow insecure communication on the local network only. For this, edit the
Docker file inside /etc/sysconfig. If the file is not present then you need to create it manually.
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# vi /etc/sysconfig/docker
OPTIONS = --selinux-enabled --insecure-registry 192.168.122.0/24

After configuring the Docker on the master machine, we need to set up a password-less communication between both the
machines. For this, we will use public and private key authentication.

Step 3 − Generate keys on the master machine and then copy the id_rsa.pub key to the authorized key file of the node
machine, which can be done using the following command.

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# ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_rsa.pub root@ose3-node.test.com

Once you have all of the above setup in place, next is to set up OpenShift version 3 on the master machine.

Step 4 − From the master machine, run the following curl command.

# sh <(curl -s https://install.openshift.com/ose)

The above command will put the setup in place for OSV3. The next step would be to configure OpenShift V3 on the
machine.

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If you cannot download from the Internet directly, then it could be downloaded from
https://install.openshift.com/portable/oo-install-ose.tgz as a tar package from which the installer can run on the local
master machine.

Once we have the setup ready, then we need to start with the actual configuration of OSV3 on the machines. This setup is
very specific to test the environment for actual production, we have LDAP and other things in place.

Step 5 − On the master machine, configure the following code located under /etc/openshift/master/master-config.yaml

# vi /etc/openshift/master/master-config.yaml
identityProviders:
- name: my_htpasswd_provider
challenge: true
login: true
provider:
apiVersion: v1
kind: HTPasswdPasswordIdentityProvider
file: /root/users.htpasswd
routingConfig:
subdomain: testing.com

Next, create a standard user for default administration.

# htpasswd -c /root/users.htpasswd admin

Step 6 − As OpenShift uses Docker registry for configuring images, we need to configure Docker registry. This is used for
creating and storing the Docker images after build.

Create a directory on the OpenShift node machine using the following command.

# mkdir /images

Next, login to the master machine using the default admin credentials, which gets created while setting up the registry.

# oc login
Username: system:admin

Switch to the default created project.

# oc project default

Step 7 − Create a Docker Registry.

#echo '{"kind":"ServiceAccount","apiVersion":"v1","metadata":{"name":"registry"}}' | oc create -f -

Edit the user privileges.

#oc edit scc privileged

users:
- system:serviceaccount:openshift-infra:build-controller
- system:serviceaccount:default:registry

Create and edit the image registry.

#oadm registry --service-account = registry --

config = /etc/openshift/master/admin.kubeconfig --
credentials = /etc/openshift/master/openshift-registry.kubeconfig --

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images = 'registry.access.redhat.com/openshift3/ose-${component}:${version}' --
mount-host = /images

Step 8 − Create a default routing.

By default, OpenShift uses OpenVswitch as software network. Use the following command to create a default routing. This
is used for load balancing and proxy routing. The router is similar to the Docker registry and also runs in a registry.

# echo '{"kind":"ServiceAccount","apiVersion":"v1","metadata":{"name":"router"}}' | oc create -f -

Next, edit the privileges of the user.

#oc edit scc privileged

users:
- system:serviceaccount:openshift-infra:build-controller
- system:serviceaccount:default:registry
- system:serviceaccount:default:router

#oadm router router-1 --replicas = 1 --

credentials = '/etc/openshift/master/openshift-router.kubeconfig' --
images = 'registry.access.redhat.com/openshift3/ose-${component}:${version}'

Step 9 − Configure the DNS.

In order to handle URL request, OpenShift needs a working DNS environment. This DNS configuration is required to create
a wild card, which is required to create DNS wild card that points to a router.

# yum install bind-utils bind

# systemctl start named

# systemctl enable named

vi /etc/named.conf
options {listen-on port 53 { 10.123.55.111; };
forwarders {
10.38.55.13;
;
};

zone "lab.com" IN {
type master;
file "/var/named/dynamic/test.com.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};

Step 10 − The final step would be to set up github server on OpenShift V3 master machine, which is optional. This can be
done easily using the following sequence of commands.

#yum install curl openssh-server

#systemctl enable sshd

# systemctl start sshd

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# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service = http

# systemctl reload firewalld

#curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-

#yum install gitlab-ce

# gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Once the above setup is complete, you can verify by test and deploy applications, which we will know more about in the
subsequent chapters.

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