Access your OpenShift Cluster
This section will guide you through the pre-requisites and setup of the environment used in this workshop labs. It is broken up into the following steps:
1. Sign up for IBM Cloud
You will need an IBM Cloud ID for the workshop. If you already have an IBM Cloud ID, proceed to the next section. To create an ID:
Follow the steps outlined in NEWACCOUNT.
2. OpenShift Cluster
For the hands-on labs, you will be given access to a temporary free OpenShift cluster that was pre-created for the purpose of the workshop. The cluster will be deleted after the workshop. To gain access to this cluster:
Open the URL that was provided to you by the instructor to access your cluster.
Enter the workshop code provided by the workshop instructor and your IBM Cloud account IBM id. Select the terms and conditions checkbox and click the
SubmitbuttonYou will be added to a cloud account where a cluster has been pre-provisioned for you. Click on the link in the instructions which ask you to
Log in to this IBM Cloud account.
If you previously logged in to the IBM Cloud, the browser will direct you to the IBM Cloud resource list view (if you have not logged in previously, you will be asked to log in using your IBM Cloud ID). Expand the
Clusterssection and select the cluster assigned to you (the name will vary).
Note the name of your cluster, you will use this cluster for this lab.
Log into OpenShift
Once you have a cluster, you will need to authenticate with the OpenShift console before continuing.
From the IBM Cloud Home Page, make sure you are in the IBM Cloud account where your cluster is located. Select from the dropdown menu in the upper right.
Next, find your clusters by navigating to Kubernetes->Clusters in the upper lefthand menu
Select your cluster to get to the cluster home page. Then, select the OpenShift Web Console Button
From the OpenShift console, in the upper righthand menu, select Copy Login Command
Follow the instructions including logging in using your IBM ID to get the command to login. Run the command in your IBM Cloud Shell environment
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