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Oliver Pinter, 2020-10-26 15:12

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h1. Get Redmine on IBM Cloud
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You should have an IBM Cloud account, otherwise you can [register here].
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At the end of the tutorial you will have a cluster with  Redmine up and runnning.
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1. We will provision a new Kubernetes Cluster for you if, you already have one skip to step **2**
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2. We will deploy  the IBM Cloud Block Storage plug-in, if already have it skip to step **3**
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3.  Redmine deployment
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h2. Step 1 provision Kubernetes Cluster
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* Click the **Catalog** button on the top 
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* Select **Service** from the catalog
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* Search for **Kubernetes Service** and click on it
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!kubernetes-select.png!
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* You are now at the Kubernetes deployment page, you need to specify some details about the cluster 
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* Choose a plan **standard** or **free**, the free plan only has one worker node and no subnet, to provision a standard cluster, you will need to upgrade you account to Pay-As-You-Go 
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  * To upgrade to a Pay-As-You-Go account, complete the following steps:
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  * In the console, go to Manage > Account.
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  * Select Account settings, and click Add credit card.
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  * Enter your payment information, click Next, and submit your information
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* Choose **classic** or **VPC**, read the [docs] and choose the most suitable type for yourself 
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 !infra-select.png!
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* Now choose your location settings, for more information please visit [Locations]
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  * Choose **Geography** (continent)
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!location-geo.png!
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  * Choose **Single** or **Multizone**, in single zone your data is only kept in on datacenter, on the other hand with Multizone it is distributed to multiple zones, thus  safer in an unforeseen zone failure 
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!location-avail.png!
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  * Choose a **Worker Zone** if using Single zones or **Metro** if Multizone
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 !location-worker.png!
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    * If you wish to use Multizone please set up your account with [VRF] or [enable Vlan spanning]
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    * If at your current location selection, there is no available Virtual LAN, a new Vlan will be created for you 
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* Choose a **Worker node setup** or use the preselected one, set **Worker node amount per zone**
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!worker-pool.png!
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* Choose **Master Service Endpoint**,  In VRF-enabled accounts, you can choose private-only to make your master accessible on the private network or via VPN tunnel. Choose public-only to make your master publicly accessible. When you have a VRF-enabled account, your cluster is set up by default to use both private and public endpoints. For more information visit [endpoints].
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!endpoints.png
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* Give cluster a **name**
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!name-new.png!
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* Give desired **tags** to your cluster, for more information visit [tags]
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!tasg-new.png
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* Click **create**
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!create-new.png!
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* Wait for you cluster to be provisioned 
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!cluster-prepare.png!
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* Your cluster is ready for usage 
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!cluster-done.png!
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h2. Step 2 deploy IBM Cloud Block Storage plug-in
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The Block Storage plug-in is a persistent, high-performance iSCSI storage that you can add to your apps by using Kubernetes Persistent Volumes (PVs).
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* Click the **Catalog** button on the top 
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* Select **Software** from the catalog
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* Search for **IBM Cloud Block Storage plug-in** and click on it
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!block-search!
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* On the application page Click in the _dot_ next to the cluster, you wish to use
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* Click on  **Enter or Select Namespace** and choose the default Namespace or use a custom one (if you get error please wait 30 minutes for the cluster to finalize)
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!block-cluster.png!
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* Give a **name** to this workspace 
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* Click **install** and wait for the deployment
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!block-storage-create.png!
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h2. Step 3 deploy  Redmine
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We will deploy   Redmine on our cluster 
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* Click the **Catalog** button on the top 
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* Select **Software** from the catalog
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* Search for ** Redmine** and click on it
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!search.png!
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* Please select IBM Kubernetes Service
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!target-select.png!
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* On the application page Click in the _dot_ next to the cluster, you wish to use
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!cluster-select.png!
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* Click on  **Enter or Select Namespace** and choose the default Namespace or use a custom one 
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!details-namespace.png!
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* Give a unique **name** to workspace, which you can easily recognize
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!details-name.png!
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* Select which resource group you want to use, it's for access controll and billing purposes. For more information please visit [resource groups]
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!details-resource.png!
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* Give **tags** to your  Redmine, for more information visit [tags]
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!details-tags.png!
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* Click on **Parameters with default values**, You can set deployment values or use the default ones
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!parameters.png!
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* Please set the  Redmine password in the parameters
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!password.png!
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* After finishing everything, **tick** the box next to the agreements and click **install**
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!aggreement-create.png!
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* The  Redmine workspace will start installing, wait a couple of minutes 
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!in-progress.png!
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* Your   Redmine workspace has been successfully deployed
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!done.png!
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h2. Verify  Redmine installation
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* Go to [Resources] in your browser 
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* Click on **Clusters**
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* Click on your Cluster
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!resource-select.png!
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* Now you are at you clusters overview, here Click on **Actions** and **Web terminal** from the dropdown menu
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!cluster-main.png!
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* Click **install** - wait couple of minutes 
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!terminal-install.jpg!
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* Click on **Actions**
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* Click **Web terminal** --> a terminal will open up
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* **Type** in the terminal, please change NAMESPACE to the namespace you choose at the deployment setup:
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$ kubectl get ns
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!get-ns.png!
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$ kubectl get pod -n NAMESPACE -o wide 
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!get-pod.png!
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 ```sh
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$ kubectl get service -n NAMESPACE
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!get-service.png!
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* Running Redmine service will be visible 
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* Copy the **External ip**, you can access the website on this IP
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* Paste it into your browser
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* Redmine welcome message will be visible
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!welcome.png!
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* Enter you password/username which you entered in the deployment step (default username is user)
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!login.png!
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* You arrived at the main Redmine page
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!logged-in.png!
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You have succesfully deployed  Redmine IBM Cloud! 
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   [IBM Cloud]: <http://cloud.ibm.com>
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   [Resources]: <http://cloud.ibm.com/resources>
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   [Register Here]: <http://cloud.ibm.com/registration>
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   [docs]: <https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-infrastructure_providers>
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   [Locations]: <https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-regions-and-zones#zones>
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   [VRF]: <https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/dl?topic=dl-overview-of-virtual-routing-and-forwarding-vrf-on-ibm-cloud>
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   [enable Vlan spanning]: <https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vlans?topic=vlans-vlan-spanning#vlan-spanning>
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   [endpoints]: <https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-service-endpoints-overview>
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   [tags]: <https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-tag>