How to Install OpenShift on MXLinux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of OpenShift on MXLinux Latest. OpenShift is a container application platform that allows developers to build and deploy their applications in a secure and scalable way.

Step 1: Check Prerequisites

Before we begin the installation, let's make sure we have all the prerequisites installed on our MXLinux Latest system.

• Docker: We need to install Docker as it will be used as the container runtime for OpenShift. You can install Docker by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install docker-ce

• Git: We need Git to clone the OpenShift repository from GitHub. You can install Git by running:

sudo apt-get install git

Step 2: Clone OpenShift Repository

Now, we need to clone the OpenShift repository from GitHub. We will use the oc command to install OpenShift, which can be obtained from this repository.

• Clone the OpenShift repository by running:

git clone https://github.com/openshift/origin.git

• After cloning, navigate to the origin directory:

cd origin

Step 3: Install OpenShift

We can now install OpenShift on our MXLinux Latest system using the oc command.

• Run the following command to install OpenShift:

./hack/install-developer.sh

• This will install OpenShift and all its dependencies on your system.

Step 4: Start OpenShift

Once the installation is complete, we can start OpenShift by running the following command:

oc cluster up

• This will start OpenShift and create a Docker registry, router and other necessary services.

Step 5: Login to OpenShift

We can now access the OpenShift web console by visiting https://127.0.0.1:8443 in our web browser. Please note that we should use the https protocol instead of http.

• Login to OpenShift using the following credentials:

Username: developer

Password: developer

• After logging in, we can start deploying our applications on OpenShift.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install OpenShift on MXLinux Latest. We successfully installed OpenShift, started it and logged in to the OpenShift web console. We can now start deploying our applications on OpenShift.

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