Verify Lab
Verify Lab
Let’s start by verifying the status of all providers. Use the URL as desplained before and the provided login credentials.
In CloudForms we can add so called “Providers”. Providers are categorized into Cloud, Infrastructure, Physical and Container Providers. CloudForms 4.6 supports the following list of providers:
Cloud Providers:
- Amazon EC2
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Compute Platform
Infrastructure as a Service Providers:
- Red Hat Virtualization
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform
- VMware vSphere
- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Physical Providers:
- Lenovo XClarity
Container Providers:
- OpenShift Container Platform
Let’s first verify the providers you have available and check their health status.
OpenStack Provider status
OpenStack gives you a modular cloud infrastructure that runs off standard hardware—letting you deploy the tools you need, when you need them, all from one place.
Let’s first check the OpenStack Provider:
Navigate to Compute -> Clouds -> Providers
Don’t click while navigating the main menu structure on the left, just hover until you reach the entry you want…
You should see a tile icon labeled “OpenStack”. Click on it.
Click on Authentication -> Re-check Authentication Status
This will validate the credentials are correct, and it will also restart the provider specific background processes.
Click the little arrow to reload the page.
Wait a few moments before you reload the page, the provider tile should show a green check mark and the last refresh fields should report “less than a minute ago” or similar.
Don’t worry if the last refresh does not change. As long as the provider icon is showing a green check box, you’re good and can carry on with the lab.
If the provider icon does not show a green check mark, consult an instructor before you continue with the lab!
Red Hat Virtualization Provider status
Take complexity and application processing latency out of your implementation. Go beyond bare metal and virtualize more resource-intensive workloads on fewer servers. Requiring no modification with better synchronization, Red Hat Virtualization is a natural choice for virtualized Linux workloads.
Let’s then check the RHV Provider:
Navigate to Compute -> Infrastructure -> Providers
You should see a tile icon labeled “RHV”. Click on it.
Click on Authentication -> Re-check Authentication Status
This will validate the credentials are correct, and it will also restart the provider specific background processes.
Switch to the Summary view by clicking the little icon on the top right
Click the little arrow to reload the page.
Wait a few moments before you reload the page, the provider tile should show a green check mark and the last refresh fields should report “less than a minute ago” or similar.
Don’t worry if the last refresh does not change. As long as the provider icon is showing a green check box, you’re good and can carry on with the lab.
If the provider icon does not show a green check mark, consult an instructor before you continue with the lab!
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform status
Red Hat® OpenShift is a container application platform that brings Docker and Kubernetes to the enterprise. Regardless of your applications architecture, OpenShift lets you easily and quickly build, develop, and deploy in nearly any infrastructure, public or private. Whether it’s on-premise, in a public cloud, or hosted, you have an award-winning platform to get your next big idea to market ahead of your competition.
Let’s finally check the OpenShift Provider:
Navigate to Compute -> Containers -> Providers
You should see a tile icon labeled “OpenShift”. Click on it.
Click on Authentication -> Re-check Authentication Status
This will validate the credentials are correct, and it will also restart the provider specific background processes.
Click on the little icon Summary View in the top right
Check Summary View
Click the little arrow to reload the page.
Wait a few moments before you reload the page, the provider tile should show a green check mark and the last refresh fields should report “less than a minute ago” or similar.
Don’t worry if the last refresh does not change. As long as the provider icon is showing a green check box, you’re good and can carry on with the lab.
Metrics collection has been disabled in this lab. If the “Last Metrics Collection” is not updated, this can be ignored.
If the provider icon does not show a green check mark, consult an instructor before you continue with the lab!