Installation Preparation

The following procedure describes the steps to download the SCP Images and Helm files from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.

Refer to the following chapters in the OCCNE 1.2 Installation Guide for more information on how to configure docker registry and NFs on OCCNE:
  • For docker registry refer to Docker Image Registry Configuration chapter
  • For executing the below commands on Bastion Host refer to NF Installation in the cluster chapter

Table 2-3 Download Images and Helm files

Step # Procedure Description

1

Download the SCP package file

Customers are required to download the SCP package file from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud (OSDC). Package is named as follows:

<nfname>-pkg-<marketing-release-number>.tgz 

For example: ocscp-pkg-1.1.0.0.0.tgz

2

Untar the SCP Package File

Untar the SCP package to the specific repository

tar -xvf <<nfname>-pkg-<marketing-release-number>>.tgz
The directory consists of following:
  1. SCP Docker Images File: tarball contains images of SCP

    ocscp-images-1.1.0.tar

  2. Helm File: tarball contains Helm charts and templates

    ocscp-1.1.0.tgz

  3. Readme txt: Contains cksum and md5sum of the tarballs

    Readme.txt

3

Check the checksums Check the checksums of tarballs mentioned in Readme.txt. Refer to Readme.txt for the commands and checksum details.

4

Load the tarball to system

Execute the following command to load the tar file

docker load --input <image_file_name.tar>

5

Push docker files to Docker registry (recommended step) Execute the following command to push the docker files to docker registry:
docker tag <image-name>:<image-tag> <docker-repo>/<image-name>:<image-tag>
docker push <docker_repo>/<image_name>:<image-tag>

6

Check if all the images are loaded Execute the following command to check:
docker images

Refer to unresolvable-reference.htm#GUID-CCB7755C-1D10-411A-838F-9444F82A1179__TABLE_65A7958D6A1E4BB3ADAF17705652CA5C table for the list of images.

7

Push helm files to helm repository (recommended step) Execute the following command to push the helm files to helm repository:
helm push <helm_repo> <image_name>.tgz

8

Download Service Communication Proxy (SCP) Custom Template The Service Communication Proxy (SCP) Custom Template are available at the OHC. Customer can download this template and customize it as per the requirement. The ocscp_values.yaml template consists of:
  • ocscp_values.yaml
  • scpAlertrules.yaml
  • ScpMetricDashboard.json