Online Installation Into Existing OpenShift Cluster

This guide contains the steps to install SwaggerHub On-Premise to an existing OpenShift cluster. When complete, the SwaggerHub application will be deployed in the chosen namespace in the cluster.

Prerequisites

This guide assumes a OpenShift cluster has been prepared as specified in the Minimum Requirements.

All commands assume a jumpbox with connectivity to the cluster.

OpenShift CLI must be installed. The kubectl binary included with the OpenShift CLI must also be installed.

Install with namespace-scoped access

By default, the installer assumes that your user has the cluster-admin role at the cluster level. Alternatively, you can install with namespace-scoped access if your user only has cluster-admin access on a single project. Be aware that installing without cluster-scoped access limits some functionality:

  • Without access to cluster-scoped resources, some preflight checks will not be able to run. These tools continue to function but return less data.

  • Support bundles will only be able to collect limited information.

  • The admin console "Snapshots" feature will not work because the admin console can't access the velero namespace.

    The kubectl kots velero ensure-permissions command can be used to create additional Roles and RoleBindings to allow the necessary cross-namespace access. For more information, see velero ensure-permissions in the kots CLI documentation.

This installs guide includes the commands needed to install with namespace-scoped access.

Create a project for SwaggerHub in OpenShift

On a computer with the OpenShift CLI and cluster access, log in to your cluster:

oc login -u USERNAME

If you do not already have a project for SwaggerHub in OpenShift, create it. If you do not have permissions to create a project, you may need to ask your administrator to complete this step:

oc new-project swaggerhub

Or, if you have created a project previously, switch to it:

oc project PROJECT_NAME

In this guide we will assume that the project name is swaggerhub.

Install KOTS plugin for oc and kubectl

SwaggerHub 2.x uses KOTS to manage the installation, licensing, and updates. KOTS is a plugin for kubectl. SwaggerHub requires KOTS 1.76.1 or later.

First, check if KOTS is already installed:

kubectl kots version

If you see Replicated KOTS 1.x.x and the version is:

  • 1.76.1 or later --> skip to the next section;

  • 1.76.0 or earlier --> updrade KOTS to the latest version.

If you see the “unknown command” error, proceed to install KOTS.

One-liner

The easiest way to install KOTS is to run this one-liner command:

curl https://kots.io/install | bash
Manual installation

If you do not have root access or cannot write to the /usr/local/bin directory, you can download and install KOTS manually:

  1. Download the latest release for your operating system from:

    go.gifhttps://github.com/replicatedhq/kots/releases/latest

    Linux and macOS are supported.

  2. Unpack the release.

  3. Rename the kots executable kubectl-kots.

  4. Copy the renamed kubectl-kots to anywhere on the PATH.

Launch the installation

The following will begin the installation process. It will:

  • Deploy an administration server to the cluster.

  • Ask for a new password for the administration service. Provide a new password, record it, and keep it safe.

  • When the server is ready, it will create a port forward to be accessible from the install VM.

To install with cluster-scoped access, run this command:

$ kubectl kots install swaggerhub --namespace swaggerhub

Alternatively, to install with namespace-scoped access, run this command:

$ kubectl kots install swaggerhub --namespace swaggerhub --skip-rbac-check --use-minimal-rbac

With namespace-scoped installs you may see some error messages like "Failed to get OpenShift server version". This is a known issue and the messages can be safely ignored.

You will then be prompted to enter a password for the administration console:

* Deploying Admin Console
  * Creating namespace [x]
  * Waiting for datastore to be ready [x]
Enter a new password to be used for the Admin Console: ********
* Waiting for Admin Console to be ready [x]

* Press Ctrl+C to exit
* Go to http://localhost:8800 to access the Admin Console

At this point, the base installation is finished. You can press Ctrl + C anytime to end the port forwarding session to the Admin Console.

At any time in the future, you can resume port forwarding to the Admin Console with this command and finish the session with Ctrl + C.

kubectl kots admin-console --namespace swaggerhub
• Press Ctrl+C to exit
• Go to http://localhost:8800 to access the Admin Console

Note

If SSH is routing to this console, for example a jumpbox situation, port forwarding will be needed to access the admin console from a local desktop. The example below will show how to tunnel from the administrator’s desktop to the jumpbox VM using SSH, which will then open port 8800 to reach the administrator console.

General example to tunnel from the administrator’s desktop:

ssh -i id_rsa -L 8800:localhost:8800 user@jump_box

Upload the license

Browse to http://localhost:8800 and log in to the Admin Console using the administrator password that you set during deployment.

Login prompt

On the next screen, you will be asked to upload your SwaggerHub license file (.yaml):

Upload your license file

If your SwaggerHub license supports airgapped (offline) installations, you will see an option to proceed with the airgapped setup. Since you are installing SwaggerHub in online mode, click Download SwaggerHub from the Internet.

Skipping airgapped installation

Configure SwaggerHub

On the next page, you can specify the configuration settings for SwaggerHub. The required settings are:

  • DNS name for SwaggerHub - Specify a public or internal domain name that will be used to access SwaggerHub on your network. For example, swaggerhub.mycompany.com.

    This domain name must already be registered in your DNS service. You will need to point it to the ingress controller.

  • Database settings - Choose between internal or external databases. If using external databases, you need to specify the database connection strings.

    Important

    It will not be possible to switch from internal to external databases or vice versa after the initial configuration.

  • SMTP settings - Specify an SMTP server for outgoing email.

Other settings are optional and depend on your environment and the desired integrations. Most settings can also be changed later. See SwaggerHub Configuration for a description of the available settings.

Configuration page

Preflight checks

The next step checks your OpenShift cluster to ensure it meets the minimum requirements.

Note

If you are installing in namespace-scoped mode, you will not be able to run the preflight checks in the UI. Follow the on-screen instructions to run the checks from the CLI.

If all preflight checks are green, click Continue.

If one or more checks fail, do not proceed with the installation and contact Support.

Preflight checks passed

Status checks

While the installer allocates resources and deploys workloads, the application status on the dashboard will be Unavailable. If it stays in this state for more than 10 minutes, generate a support bundle and send it to the Support team.

Status showing Unavailable

Tip: To monitor the deployment progress, you can run

kubectl get pods -n swaggerhub

a few times until all pods are Running or Completed:

NAME                                       READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
kotsadm-85d89dbc7-lwvq2                    1/1     Running     0          32m
kotsadm-minio-0                            1/1     Running     6          13d
kotsadm-postgres-0                         1/1     Running     5          13d
spec-converter-api-584cc46657-hbfmd        1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swagger-generator-v3-6fc55cb57d-brwg6      1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swaggerhub-accounts-api-8bb87565b-xthkv    1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swaggerhub-api-service-546b56b94b-6jxch    1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swaggerhub-configs-api-794847bd79-jnlhl    1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swaggerhub-custom-rules-5ccfd45599-d5bxc   1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swaggerhub-frontend-69b7c55595-n7vsj       1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swaggerhub-notifications-bbd5f8794-ggz99   1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swaggerhub-operator-758c997747-hnjt7       1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swaggerhub-pre-install-r9c2f               0/1     Completed   0          13d
swaggerhub-pre-upgrade-cg664               0/1     Completed   0          10m
swaggerhub-products-api-6dd446b654-7w7wn   1/1     Running     0          9m55s
swaggerhub-registry-api-886997fd7-8q8c7    1/1     Running     0          9m54s
swaggerhub-virtserver-79fdf54f98-wpmt8     1/1     Running     0          9m54s

Once the application has become ready, the status indicators on the Dashboard become green.

Status is 'ready'

Create admin user and default organization

Run the following command to create an admin user and a default organization in SwaggerHub. Note the space in -- cmd.

Example:

kubectl exec -it deploy/swaggerhub-operator -n swaggerhub -- cmd create-admin-user admin -p p@55w0rd [email protected] myorg

  • The admin username must be between 3 to 20 characters and can only contain characters A..Z a..z 0..9 - _ .

  • The admin password must be at least 7 characters long with at least 1 lowercase letter and 1 number. If the password contains characters that have a special meaning in Bash (such as ! $ & and others), enclose the password in single quotes (like -p '$passw0rd') or escape the special characters.

Once done, open the SwaggerHub web application at http://DNS_NAME and log in using the admin username and password. You should see the created organization in the sidebar:

Organization name in the SwaggerHub sidebar

What’s next

Now that SwaggerHub is up and running, you can:

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