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Pre-Requisites for Deploying to Bare Metal

The baremetal UPI install can be optionally automated when using knictl (see below).  When attempting a manual baremetal UPI install, however, please be sure to read: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/installing/installing_bare_metal/installing-bare-metal.html

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apiVersion: kni.akraino.org/v1alpha1
kind: SiteConfig
metadata:
 name: notImportantHere
 config:
   releaseImageOverride: registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/origin/release:4.1
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NOTE: If you are deploying on baremetal, specific configuration needs to be set. This is going to be covered in an specific section for it

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mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/gerrit.akraino.org/kni
cd $GOPATH/src/gerrit.akraino.org/kni
git clone https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/kni/installer
cd installer
make build
mkdir -p $GOPATH/bin/
cp knictl $GOPATH/bin/

cp knictl /usr/local/go/bin/

Secrets

Most secrets (TLS certificates, Kubernetes API keys, etc.) will be auto-generated for you, but you need to provide at least two secrets yourself:

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This will deploy a cluster based on the specified manifests. You can learn more about how to manage cluster deployment and how to interact with it on https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/welcome/index.html

Specific instructions for baremetal are going to be provided later.

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https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/installing/installing_bare_metal/installing-bare-metal.html#installation-registry-storage-config_installing-bare-metal to fix image registry operator.

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