Installing the server software on Ubuntu by using k3s

You can install Rational® Test Automation Server on the Ubuntu server that has a Kubernetes environment to run functional, integration, and performance tests. Rational® Test Automation Server combines test data, test environments, and test runs and reports into a single, web-based browser for testers and non-testers.

Before you begin

You must have read and been familiar with additional Helm parameters. See Additional Helm parameters.
You must have performed the following tasks:
- Completed the tasks provided in the Prerequisites section. See Prerequisites to install the server software on Ubuntu.
- Set up the Kubernetes environment (k3s). See Setting up a Kubernetes environment (k3s) on Ubuntu.
- Logged in to the server host system again after you completed the k3s environment setup.
- Copied the following values to be used during the installation process:
  - The Entitlement key from the Container software library.
  - The INGRESS_DOMAIN value that is displayed on completion of the ubuntu-init.sh script.

About this task

The following table lists the variables that you must replace with the actual value in the command.

Variables	Description
{your_entitlement_key}	The key that you copied from the Container software library.
{example@abc.com}	The email address of the administrator if required.
{my-rtas}	The release name of your choice. Note: The release name must consist of alphanumeric characters that are in lowercase or - (hyphen). The release name must also start with an alphabetic character and end with an alphanumeric character. For example, `my-org` or `abc-123`.
{my-ingress-dns-name}	The INGRESS_DOMAIN value that is displayed on completion of the ubuntu-init.sh script.
{password-seed}	A value of your choice for the password. Important: This password seed is used to create several default passwords for the server. You must store the password seed securely. When you install the server software by using the backup of the user data, you can reuse the password seed. You can use this seed to restore the backed-up files either on the current or later versions of the server software.
{rlks-ip-address}	The IP address of License Key Server, if you want to set the license value for the first time. Important: When you upgrade the product from the previous version, you must configure the value of License Key Server in the Team Space License Configuration window when the installation of the server is complete.

The test-system is the name of the namespace that is created during the setting up of the k3s environment.

Procedure

Log in to the Ubuntu server using an SSH session.
Add the entitlement registry to Helm to access the server install charts by running the following command:
```
helm repo add ibm-helm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IBM/charts/master/repo/ibm-helm
```
Run the following command to get the latest updates from the repository:
```
helm repo update
```

Create a Secret to pull the images that are used by Rational® Test Automation Server by running the following command:

kubectl create secret docker-registry cp.icr.io \
-n test-system \
--docker-server=cp.icr.io \
--docker-username=cp \
--docker-password={your_entitlement_key} \
--docker-email={example@abc.com}

Perform the following steps to install the server software:
1. Run the following command to get the latest updates from the repository:
```
helm repo update
```
2. Run the following command to retrieve the charts required to install the server software:
```
helm pull --untar ibm-helm/ibm-rtas-prod --version 9.1050.0
```
3. Run the following command to provide the execution permission for the scripts that are available in the files directory:
```
chmod +x ibm-rtas-prod/files/*.sh
```
4. Run the following command to install the server software:
  Note: To provide enhanced security to Rational® Test Automation Server, the Sign up link on the Login page of Rational® Test Automation Server is not visible when you install the server software.
  If you want to enable the Sign up link on the Login page, then you must add the --set keycloak.signup.enabled=true parameter in the following helm install command.
```
helm install {my-rtas} ./ibm-rtas-prod -n test-system \
--set license=true \
-f ibm-rtas-prod/values-k3s.yaml \
--set global.ibmRtasIngressDomain={my-ingress-dns-name} \
--set global.ibmRtasPasswordAutoGenSeed={password-seed} \
--set global.ibmRtasRegistryPullSecret=cp.icr.io \
--set global.rationalLicenseKeyServer=@{rlks-ip-address}
```
Optional: Run the following command to remove a job that is used to initialize the PostgresQL database during the installation of the server software:
```
kubectl delete job {my-rtas}-postgresql-init -n test-system
```
Run the following script from the ibm-rtas-prod/files directory to verify and test the installed server software:
```
ibm-rtas-prod/files/helm-test-diag.sh {my-rtas} -n test-system
```

Results

On completion of the installation of server software, the output displays the following information on the command-line interface:

Instructions to access Keycloak to manage and authenticate users.
The user name can be keycloak and the password can be retrieved by running the following command:
```
kubectl get secret -n test-system rtas-keycloak-postgresql -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 --decode; echo 
```
Where, rtas is a sub-domain name that you selected for the server.
The URL to access the Rational® Test Automation Server UI.

What to do next

You can perform the following tasks:

Configure licenses for team spaces. See Configuring licenses for team spaces.
Configure the server software. See Configuration of the server software.

You can migrate the user data if you upgraded the server software from the earlier version to a new version.

The migration procedure is different based on the existing version of the server software. For more information about migration process, go to the following topics: