Paul Bastide

Tag: powervs

  • Cert Manager on Multi-Architectures

    I found a cool article on Cert Manager with IPI PowerVS

    Simplify certificate management on OpenShift across multiple architectures

    Chirag Kyal is a Software Engineer at Red Hat… has authored an article about deploying IPI PowerVS and Cert Manager on IBM Cloud.

    Check out the article about efficient certificate management techniques on Red Hat OpenShift using the cert-manager Operator for OpenShift’s multi-architecture support.

    https://developers.redhat.com/learning/learn:openshift:simplify-certificate-management-openshift-across-multiple-architectures/resource/resources:automate-tls-certificate-management-using-cert-manager-operator-openshift

  • Downloading pvsadm and getting VIP details

    pvsadm is an unsupported tool that helps with Power Virtual Server administration. I needed this detail for my CAPI tests.

    1. Get the latest download_url per StackOverflow
    $ curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ppc64le-cloud/pvsadm/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4
...
https://github.com/ppc64le-cloud/pvsadm/releases/download/v0.1.7/pvsadm-linux-ppc64le
...
    1. Download the pvsadm tool using the url from above.
    $ curl -o pvsadm -L https://github.com/ppc64le-cloud/pvsadm/releases/download/v0.1.7/pvsadm-linux-ppc64le
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100 21.4M  100 21.4M    0     0  34.9M      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 34.9M
    1. Make the pvsadm tool executable
    $ chmod +x pvsadm

    1. Create the API Key at https://cloud.ibm.com/iam/apikeys

    2. On the terminal, export the IBMCLOUD_API_KEY.

    $ export IBMCLOUD_API_KEY=...REDACTED...
    1. Grab the details of your network VIP using your service name and network.
    $ ./pvsadm get ports --instance-name demo --network topman-pub-net
I0808 10:41:26.781531  125151 root.go:49] Using an API key from IBMCLOUD_API_KEY environment variable
+-------------+----------------+----------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------+--------+
| DESCRIPTION |   EXTERNALIP   |   IPADDRESS    |    MACADDRESS     |                PORTID                | STATUS |
+-------------+----------------+----------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------+--------+
|             | 1.1.1.1        | 2.2.2.2        | aa:24:7c:5d:cb:bb | aaa-bbb-ccc-ddd-eee                  | ACTIVE |
+-------------+----------------+----------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------+--------+

  • PowerVS: Grabbing a VM Instance Console

    1. Create the API Key at https://cloud.ibm.com/iam/apikeys

    2. On the terminal, export the IBMCLOUD_API_KEY.

    $  export IBMCLOUD_API_KEY=...REDACTED...
    1. Login to the IBM Cloud using the commandline tool https://www.ibm.com/cloud/cli
    $ ibmcloud login --apikey "${IBMCLOUD_API_KEY}" -r ca-tor
API endpoint: https://cloud.ibm.com
Authenticating...
OK

Targeted account Demo <-> 1012

Targeted region ca-tor

Users of 'ibmcloud login --vpc-cri' need to use this API to login until July 6, 2022: https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/vpc-metadata#create-iam-token
                      
API endpoint:      https://cloud.ibm.com   
Region:            ca-tor   
User:              myuser@us.ibm.com   
Account:           Demo <-> 1012   
Resource group:    No resource group targeted, use 'ibmcloud target -g RESOURCE_GROUP'   
CF API endpoint:      
Org:                  
Space:
    1. List your PowerVS services
    $ ibmcloud pi sl
Listing services under account Demo as user myuser@us.ibm.com...
ID                                                                                                                   Name   
crn:v1:bluemix:public:power-iaas:mon01:a/999999c1f1c29460e8c2e4bb8888888:ADE123-8232-4a75-a9d4-0e1248fa30c6::     demo-service
    1. Target your PowerVS instance
    $ ibmcloud pi st crn:v1:bluemix:public:power-iaas:mon01:a/999999c1f1c29460e8c2e4bb8888888:ADE123-8232-4a75-a9d4-0e1248fa30c6::
    1. List the PowerVS Services’ VMs
    $ ibmcloud pi ins                                                  
Listing instances under account Demo as user myuser@us.ibm.com...
ID                                     Name                                   Path   
12345-ae8f-494b-89f3-5678   control-plane-x       /pcloud/v1/cloud-instances/abc-def-ghi-jkl/pvm-instances/12345-ae8f-494b-89f3-5678
    1. Create a Console for the VM instance you want to look at:
    $ ibmcloud pi ingc control-plane-x
Getting console for instance control-plane-x under account Demo as user myuser@us.ibm.com...
                 
Name          control-plane-x   
Console URL   https://mon01-console.power-iaas.cloud.ibm.com/console/index.html?path=%3Ftoken%3not-real
    1. Click on the Console URL, and view in your browser. it can be very helpful.

    I was able to diagnose that I had the wrong reference image.