3 About Configuring and Deploying Your BRM Cloud Native Environment

Learn about the high-level steps for configuring and deploying your Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) cloud native environment.

Topics in this document:

• About Configuring and Deploying BRM Cloud Native

• High-Level Installation Tasks

About Configuring and Deploying BRM Cloud Native

You install the BRM cloud native deployment package by configuring and deploying its Helm charts. The Helm charts include YAML template descriptors for all Kubernetes resources and a values.yaml file that provides default configuration values for each chart.

Installing a Helm chart generates valid Kubernetes manifest files by replacing default values from the values.yaml file with custom values from your override-values.yaml file, and creates Kubernetes resources. Helm calls this a new release. You use the release name to track and maintain this installation.

Note:

This documentation uses the override-values.yaml file name for ease of use, but you can name the file whatever you want.

The BRM cloud native deployment package includes the Helm charts in Table 3-1.

Table 3-1 BRM Cloud Native Helm Charts

Chart Name	Description	When to Use
oc-cn-init-db-helm-chart	This chart initializes and upgrades the database schema for the BRM server. In initialize mode, it: Creates tables, views, procedures, indexes, and other database objects needed by BRM Server Loads seed data In upgrade mode, it modifies the existing database schema to match the current release's data model.	Use this chart in initialize mode when preparing a new BRM setup and have an empty database schema. Use this chart in upgrade mode when upgrading your schema to the latest release.
oc-cn-op-job-helm-chart	This chart does the following: Creates WebLogic Server domains for PDC, Billing Care, the Billing Care REST API, and Business Operations Center. Installs PDC, Billing Care, the Billing Care REST API, and Business Operations Center in their respective domains. Populates persistent volumes with domain and application files for sharing between WebLogic Server runtimes. (Release 15.0.1 or later) Creates the following PDC groups: PricingDesignAdmin: This group's users have administrative privileges on PDC. They can perform operations on all PDC UI screens, pricing components, and setup components. PricingAnalyst: This group's users have administrative privileges for pricing components and view-only privileges for setup components. PricingReviewer: This group's users have view-only privileges for all pricing and setup components.	If you want to use Billing Care, Business Operations Center, Pricing Design Center, or the Billing Care REST API, install this chart before you install oc-cn-helm-chart.
oc-cn-helm-chart	This chart does the following: Deploys BRM server, PDC, and PCC. Starts the WebLogic servers for Billing Care, the Billing Care REST API, and Business Operations Center. Exposes web clients as services outside of the cluster. Shares persistent volumes between its services through persistent volume claims.	Install this chart to use the services of the BRM server, PDC, PCC, Billing Care, Business Operations Center, or the Billing Care REST API.
oc-cn-ece-helm-chart	This chart does the following: Deploys ECE and its services. Sets up the connection with the BRM server and PDC. Configures sharing of persistent volumes with the BRM server.	Install this chart to use ECE as your convergent charging solution.

High-Level Installation Tasks

You install BRM cloud native on your system by performing these high-level tasks:

1. Install all prerequisite software for your BRM cloud native environment.

   See "Setting Up Prerequisite Software".

2. Prepare your deployment environment by downloading the BRM cloud native deployment package, extracting the Helm charts, and loading the BRM component images.

   See "Preparing Your BRM Cloud Native Environment".

3. Configure and deploy the BRM database schema in your cloud native environment.

   See "Deploying the BRM Database Schema".

4. Configure the BRM cloud native services that you want to include in your system, including:

   • BRM server, PDC, and PCC services. See "Configuring BRM Server, PDC, and PCC Services".

   • BRM and PDC REST services. See "Configuring REST Services".

   • BRM client services such as Billing Care and Business Operations Center. See "Configuring the Billing Care, Billing Care REST API, and Business Operations Center Services".

   • ECE services. See "Configuring ECE Services".

5. Deploy the BRM cloud native services in your cloud native environment.

   See "Deploying BRM Cloud Native Services".