OpenShift

Intro

OpenShift is a PaaS (Platform aas) that lets you easily manage containers, using both Docker and Kubernetes.

Openshift-Origin is the open source upstream of OpenShift (like Fedora is to RHEL).

Redhat Atomic is the Enterprise release of Red Hat that is configured for containers. CentOS Atomic is the open source version. HOWEVER it seems that the base CentOS will work just fine. So let's skip this layer since it doesn't seem necessary.

So to get our open source PaaS, we install CentOS, then install Openshift-Origin on it. I think.

Quick Start (binary on existing VM/metal)

For a quick rampup, stand up a CentOS machine, and run a Red Hat Origin binary.

Install prerequisites on your CentOS system:

yum install wget git net-tools bind-utils yum-utils iptables-services bridge-utils bash-completion kexec-tools sos psacct
yum update
systemctl reboot
yum install atomic
yum install docker
[root@C68 openshift-origin-server-v3.9.0-191fece-linux-64bit]# docker-storage-setup create first /etc/sysconfig/docker-storage-setup 
 Created storage configuration first
# systemctl enable docker
# systemctl start docker
# systemctl is-active docker
iptables -F

Binary instructions
Binary releases - get client and server
Untar the client and initialize it:

cd ~/apps
untar (client).tar.gz && cd (client)
export PATH="$(pwd)":$PATH
oc client up

Untar the server and start it:

cd ~/apps
untar (server).tar.gz && cd (server)
export PATH="$(pwd)":$PATH
sudo ./openshift start --create-certs=true

Quick Start (minishift on existing VirtualBox)

The next-easier way is to install a minishift cluster on VirtualBox. Minishift puts everything in one simplified package.

Download the minishift command for your OS, put it in your path
Ensure that VirutalBox is installed on that same OS
Bootstrap it:

$ minishift start --vm-driver=virtualbox
-- Checking if VirtualBox is installed ... OK
-- Downloading OpenShift binary 'oc' version 'v3.7.1'
-- Starting local OpenShift cluster using 'virtualbox' hypervisor ...
-- Minishift VM will be configured with ...
   Memory:    2 GB
   vCPUs :    2
   Disk size: 20 GB
Downloading ISO 'https://github.com/minishift/minishift-b2d-iso/releases/download/v1.2.0/minishift-b2d.iso'
Pulling image openshift/origin:v3.7.1
OpenShift server started.
The server is accessible via web console at:
    https://192.168.99.100:8443
You are logged in as:
    User:     developer
    Password: <any value>
To login as administrator:
    oc login -u system:admin