Installing OpenIAM with a remote database in Kubernetes environment

Installation of OpenIAM with a remote database in Kubernetes environment is rather simple and straightforward. To begin installation, users need to configure the preferred database as identified in Step 1 of the respective RPM document.

To deploy OpenIAM with an external database, users will need to configure the terraform.tfvars as described below.

1. Specify the database type.

database = {
    # type of database.  Can be one of 'MariaDB', 'Postgres', 'Oracle', or 'MSSQL'
    type = "MariaDB"

2. Specify your database credentials, as per configured database.

# the master credentials into the database
    # if using AWS or GKE, do not use 'root' or 'master' as the username.  Use a strong password.
    root = {
        user = "openiamadmin2"
        password = "passwd00"
    }

    # the openiam user, password, and database names
    openiam = {
        user = "iamuser"
        password = "IAMUSER"
        database_name = "openiam"
        schema_name = "openiam"
    }

3. Specify activity user, password and database names.

# the activiti user, password, and database names
    activiti = {
        user = "activiti"
        password = "ACTIVITI"
        database_name = "activiti"
        schema_name = "activiti"

4. Specify the host and port and define replicas as 0. If port and host are not empty and replicas = 0, OpenIAM will use external DB.

 helm = {
        # set these ONLY if the database is external (not managed by Openiam)
        # and managed by you
        host = ""
        port = ""

        # number of replicas of the mariadb or postgres database, managed by OpenIAM, deployed in your private
        # k8 cluster
        replicas = "1"

        size = "100Gi"

5. Proceed with the regular OpenIAM installation instructions for Kubernetes environment.