diff --git a/_topic_maps/_topic_map.yml b/_topic_maps/_topic_map.yml index ce573e8f55..f6f693d29c 100644 --- a/_topic_maps/_topic_map.yml +++ b/_topic_maps/_topic_map.yml @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Topics: File: uninstalling-cluster-nutanix - Name: Installation configuration parameters for Nutanix File: installation-config-parameters-nutanix -- Name: Installing on-premise with the Assisted Installer +- Name: Installing on-premise with Assisted Installer Dir: installing_on_prem_assisted Distros: openshift-enterprise Topics: diff --git a/installing/installing_on_prem_assisted/installing-on-prem-assisted.adoc b/installing/installing_on_prem_assisted/installing-on-prem-assisted.adoc index 31f31c9ca9..a81051b078 100644 --- a/installing/installing_on_prem_assisted/installing-on-prem-assisted.adoc +++ b/installing/installing_on_prem_assisted/installing-on-prem-assisted.adoc @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ include::_attributes/common-attributes.adoc[] toc::[] -The {ai-full} for {product-title} is a user-friendly installation solution offered on the link:https://console.redhat.com/[{hybrid-console}]. +You can install {product-title} on on-premise hardware or on-premise VMs by using the {ai-full}. Installing {product-title} by using the {ai-full} supports `x86_64`, `AArch64`, `ppc64le`, and `s390x` CPU architectures. -include::modules/assisted-installer-using-the-assisted-installer.adoc[leveloffset=+1] \ No newline at end of file +include::modules/assisted-installer-using-the-assisted-installer.adoc[leveloffset=+1] + +[id="assisted-installer-api-support-policy"] +== API support for the {ai-full} + +Supported APIs for the {ai-full} are stable for a minimum of three months from the announcement of deprecation. diff --git a/modules/assisted-installer-using-the-assisted-installer.adoc b/modules/assisted-installer-using-the-assisted-installer.adoc index d7104059d9..ff2d8e921f 100644 --- a/modules/assisted-installer-using-the-assisted-installer.adoc +++ b/modules/assisted-installer-using-the-assisted-installer.adoc @@ -6,4 +6,45 @@ [id="using-the-assisted-installer_{context}"] = Using the Assisted Installer -See the link:https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/assisted_installer_for_openshift_container_platform[Installing {product-title} with the {ai-full}] documentation for details. +The link:https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/assisted_installer_for_openshift_container_platform[{ai-full}] is a user-friendly installation solution offered on the link:https://console.redhat.com/openshift/assisted-installer/clusters/~new[Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console]. The {ai-full} supports the various deployment platforms with a focus on bare metal, Nutanix, and vSphere infrastructures. + +The {ai-full} provides installation functionality as a service. This software-as-a-service (SaaS) approach has the following advantages: + +* *Web user interface:* The web user interface performs cluster installation without the user having to create the installation configuration files manually. +* *No bootstrap node:* A bootstrap node is not required when installing with the {ai-full}. The bootstrapping process executes on a node within the cluster. +* *Hosting:* The {ai-full} hosts: +** Ignition files +** The installation configuration +** A discovery ISO +** The installer +* *Streamlined installation workflow:* Deployment does not require in-depth knowledge of {product-title}. The {ai-full} provides reasonable defaults and provides the installer as a service, which: +** Eliminates the need to install and run the {product-title} installer locally. +** Ensures the latest version of the installer up to the latest tested z-stream releases. Older versions remain available, if needed. +** Enables building automation by using the API without the need to run the {product-title} installer locally. +* *Advanced networking:* The {ai-full} supports IPv4 and IPv6 networking, as well as dual-stack networking with the OVN-Kubernetes network plugin, NMState-based static IP addressing, and an HTTP/S proxy. OVN-Kubernetes is the default Container Network Interface (CNI) for {product-title} 4.12 and later releases. OpenShift SDN is supported up to {product-title} 4.14, but is not supported for {product-title} 4.15 and later releases. + +* *Preinstallation validation:* The {ai-full} validates the configuration before installation to ensure a high probability of success. The validation process includes the following checks: +** Ensuring network connectivity +** Ensuring sufficient network bandwidth +** Ensuring connectivity to the registry +** Ensuring time synchronization between cluster nodes +** Verifying that the cluster nodes meet the minimum hardware requirements +** Validating the installation configuration parameters +* *REST API:* The {ai-full} has a REST API, enabling automation. + +The {ai-full} supports installing {product-title} on premises in a connected environment, including with an optional HTTP/S proxy. It can install the following: + +* Highly available {product-title} or {sno} (SNO) + +* {product-title} on bare metal, Nutanix, or vSphere with full platform integration, or other virtualization platforms without integration + +* Optional: {VirtProductName}, multicluster engine, {lvms-first}, and {rh-storage} ++ +[NOTE] +==== +Currently, {VirtProductName} and {lvms} are not supported on {ibm-z-name} (`s390x`) architecture. +==== + +The user interface provides an intuitive interactive workflow where automation does not exist or is not required. Users may also automate installations using the REST API. + +See the link:https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/assisted_installer_for_openshift_container_platform[Assisted Installer for OpenShift Container Platform] documentation for details.