3 Prepare

Before you install Transaction Manager for Microservices (MicroTx), set up a transaction store, identity provider, and optionally, a load balancer.

• Set up a data store, which persists data, for MicroTx Distributed Transactions and MicroTx Workflows.
• Set up an identity provider. Use the OpenID Connect JWT tokens to authenticate and authorize user access to MicroTx Distributed Transactions.
• Optionally, set up a load balancer.

Topics:

• Download the Installation Bundle
  Perform the following steps to download the Transaction Manager for Microservices (MicroTx) installation bundle to your local system:
• Download the MicroTx images from Oracle Container Registry
  
• Set Up Oracle Identity Providers
  Use Oracle IAM as an identity provider to manage access to your application.
• Prepare a Kubernetes Cluster
  In Kubernetes, you can install Transaction Manager for Microservices (MicroTx) within a service mesh or without it.
• Set Up Access to MicroTx Web Console
  Complete all the tasks in this section to ensure that users can access the MicroTx web console. Skip this section if you don't want to set up the web console.
• Set Up Oracle Database as Data Store
  Set up a data store for MicroTx Distributed Transactions and MicroTx Workflows to store logs.
• Set Up etcd as Data Store for MicroTx Distributed Transactions
  Create a data store for MicroTx Distributed Transactions to store the transaction logs. You can use either etcd or Oracle Database as the data store.