Create a TimesTenClassic Object

This section creates a TimesTenClassic object.

Perform these steps:

Create an empty YAML file. You can choose any name, but you may want to use the same name you used for the name of the TimesTenClassic object. (In this example, cachetest.) The YAML file contains the definitions for the TimesTenClassic object. See TimesTenClassicSpecSpec for information on the fields that you must specify in this YAML file as well as the fields that are optional.
In this example, note these fields:
- name: Replace cachetest with the name of your TimesTenClassic object (represented in bold).
- storageClassName: Replace oci-bv with the name of the storage class used to allocate PersistentVolumes to hold TimesTen.
- storageSize: Replace 250Gi with the amount of storage that should be requested for each Pod to hold TimesTen. Note: This example assumes a production environment and uses a value of 250Gi for storageSize. For demonstration purposes, a value of 50Gi is adequate.
- image: Replace container-registry.oracle.com/timesten/timesten:22.1.1.19.0 with the location and name of your image.
- imagePullSecret: Replace sekret with the image pull secret that Kubernetes should use to fetch the TimesTen image.
- dbConfigMap: This example uses one ConfigMap (called cachetest) for the metadata files (represented in bold).
```
% vi cachetest.yaml

apiVersion: timesten.oracle.com/v1
kind: TimesTenClassic
metadata:
  name: cachetest
spec:
  ttspec:
    storageClassName: oci-bv
    storageSize: 250Gi
    image: container-registry.oracle.com/timesten/timesten:22.1.1.19.0
    imagePullSecret: sekret
    dbConfigMap:
    - cachetest
```
Use the kubectl create command to create the TimesTenClassic object from the contents of the YAML file (in this example, cachetest.yaml). Doing so begins the process of deploying your active standby pair of TimesTen databases in the Kubernetes cluster.
```
% kubectl create -f cachetest.yaml
timestenclassic.timesten.oracle.com/cachetest created
```

You have successfully created the TimesTenClassic object in the Kubernetes cluster. The process of deploying your TimesTen databases begins, but is not yet complete.