This guide will help you get started with IBM® DataPower® Operations Dashboard v1.0.14.0.

Product Overview

IBM® DataPower® Operations Dashboard delivers advanced operations for real-time visibility of transactions and centralized operations to enable quicker problem resolution and operational resiliency. The product installation media is provided as a bootable ISO file, that can be deployed on a virtual machine as well as physical hardware. For more information about system requirements or a detailed installation procedure, please consult the administration guide.

Step 1: Obtain the software

Download the package from IBM® Passport Advantage®. The package includes the following components:

• The image to deploy:

  • An ISO file for Appliance package (Std or Developer Edition).

  • A CEF file (Compressed Executable File) for Non-Appliance package.

  • A tar.gz Docker image file (lightweight "Developer edition") - Available on IBM® Fix Central.

• This document.

Step 2: Review hardware and system configuration

• The Product supports installation on either physical hardware or hypervisors which both requires:

  • Support of 64 bit architecture

  • Must be Intel® CPU's with hyper threading

• The product supports the following hypervisors:

  • VMWare ESX v6.0, v6.5

  • VMWare Player - v14, v15

  • VMWare Workstation - v14, v15

  • VMware Fusion v11.0, v11.5, v12.0

  • PureApp (only on Intel Processors) - no pattern yet available, can be provided only as an imported OVA.

  • For Hyper V support - contact your IBM sales representatives.

• Non Appliance installations will require a user pre installed operating system:

  • CentOS 7.7-7.9 - x86-64 bit only on supported HW or Hypervisor as stated above

  • RHEL 7.7-7.9, 8.3 - x86-64 bit only on supported HW or Hypervisor as stated above

• Installation for Docker Container with Light Developer Edition has been tested only on CentOS 7.8 with Docker CE version 18.09.2 and Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.3 LTS with Docker CE version 18.09.2.

• Docker hosted on Windows is not supported.

• The minimum resource allocation for the Developer Edition installation is as follows:

  • 2 virtual processors (vCPU)

  • Minimum of 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)

  • Disk space of 25GB, with only 1 disk

• The minimum resource allocation for the Docker Container for Light Developer Edition installation is as follows:

  • At least 2GB of disk space that can grow up to 4GB.

  • At least 3GB of free memory (RAM).

• The minimum resource allocation for Standard Edition:

  • 4 virtual processors (vCPU)

  • 18 GB RAM 

  • Disk space of 180 GB (thick provisioned) configured as follows:

    • Appliance package - Storage space must be divide divided to 3 disks:

      • Operating System - 40GB

      • Install - 40GB

      • Data - 100GB 

    • Non Appliance package - follow the Appliance configuration for performance.

      • The installation process will not verify the usage of 3 Disks but performance issues can not be addressed if this configuration is not applied.

Step 3: Installation

Option A - Appliance and software installation

Install the ISO file

Use the appropriate ISO file to install DPOD:

• Standard Edition (Production and Non-Production Environment)

  • Appliance Package - DPOD_CentOS_v.v.v.iso  (can be download from PPA)

  • Non Appliance Package - DPOD_RedHat__v.v.v.cef (can be download from PPA)

• Developer Edition: DPOD_Developer_CentOS_v.v.v.iso  

When installing on a physical hardware:

• The ISO file should be burned to a bootable DVD or copied to a bootable USB drive.

• Make sure to enable the bootable DVD or USB drive in the machine's BIOS boot order list.

When installing on a virtual environment:

• Create a new virtual machine based on the system requirements above.

• Make sure to define a DVD/CD in the virtual machine configuration.

• Link the DVD/CD defined before to the ISO file.

Start the machine and follow the steps below:

• Accept license agreement.

• Follow the on screen instructions and provide the installation script with general OS parameters such as time, time zone, NTP, Network and more.

• Choose your environment name

• Choose the correct architecture load based on the aggregated TPS on all your monitored devices.

• Set passwords for the application user and root user.

• Wait for system to reboot.

Deploy Software

• Login as root with the password you set in a previous step.

• Execute the following command:

  • installApp

• Follow the instructions on screen until the installation finishes successfully.

Option B: Software Installation on a pre-prepared Appliance

Install the CEF file

You can install DPOD on an fresh, dedicated pre installed CentOS/RHEL 7.7-7.8 by following the steps below:

• Prepare your appliance.

• Download the CEF package and move it to the /tmp folder of your server.

• Run the CEF package and follow the on-screen instructions.

• Verify your installation.

Option C: Docker Container Deployment

• Import the Docker image to your local Docker repository.

• Download the desired DPOD Docker image from IBM's Fix Central

• After downloading the desired images to your Docker host use the load command: docker load < /tmp/dpod-latest.tar.gz

• Use the following command to display your local image repository: docker images

• Enable firewall rules for allowing DataPower access to DPOD Docker container agents (syslog on port 60000 and wsm on port 60020):

  Code Block
  iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp -m tcp -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 --dport 60000 -j ACCEPT

...

• iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp -m tcp -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 --dport 60020 -j ACCEPT

...

• iptables-save

• Use the following command to create a DPOD Docker container:

  Code Block
  docker run -d \

...

• --security-opt seccomp:unconfined \

...

• --cap-add SYS_ADMIN \

...

• --cap-add SYS_RESOURCE \

...

• --cap-add SYS_TIME \

...

• --tmpfs /tmp:exec \

...

• --tmpfs /run \

...

• --tmpfs /run/lock \

...

• -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro \

...

• -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \

...

• --device /dev/rtc \

...

• -p 9022:22 \

...

• -p 443:443 \

...

• -p 60000:60000 \

...

• -p 60020:60020 \

...

• --stop-timeout 10 \

...

• --hostname dpod \

...

• --name dpod \

...

• datapower-operations-dashboard:latest && docker exec -d -u root dpod /bin/su - -c "export ACCEPT_LICENSE=true; export TIME_ZONE=America/New_York; export DPOD_EXT_HOST_IP=<Host IP Address>; /app/scripts/app-init.sh"

• For further details regarding  the docker run command please see product documentation.

Step 4: Get started

• Access the Web console via the URL: https://<DPOD ip address>

• Sign in using the default credentials (case sensitive):

  • Username: admin

  • Password: adminuser

• Perform the verification steps as described in the administrative guide.

• Perform the  post-installation steps as described in the administrative guide.