Before you can install Maistra Service Mesh, you must subscribe to OpenShift Container Platform and install OpenShift Container Platform in a supported configuration.
Maintain an active OpenShift Container Platform subscription on your Red Hat account. If you do not have a subscription, contact your sales representative for more information.
Review the OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 overview.
Install OpenShift Container Platform 4.6. If you are installing Maistra Service Mesh on a restricted network, follow the instructions for your chosen OpenShift Container Platform infrastructure.
Install the version of the OpenShift Container Platform command line utility (the oc client tool) that matches your OpenShift Container Platform version and add it to your path.
If you are using OpenShift Container Platform 4.6, see About the OpenShift CLI.
The following configurations are supported for the current release of Maistra Service Mesh:
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.x.
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated version 4.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.
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This release of Maistra Service Mesh is only available on OpenShift Container Platform x86_64, IBM Z, and IBM Power Systems.
IBM Z is only supported on OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 and later.
IBM Power Systems is only supported on OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 and later.
Configurations where all Maistra components are contained within a single OpenShift Container Platform cluster. Maistra Service Mesh does not support management of microservices that reside outside of the cluster within which Maistra is running.
Configurations that do not integrate external services such as virtual machines.
For additional information about Maistra Service Mesh lifecycle and supported configurations, refer to the Support Policy.
Maistra Service Mesh supports the following network configurations.
OpenShift-SDN
OVN-Kubernetes is supported on OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.32+, OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.12+, and OpenShift Container Platform 4.9+.
Third-Party Container Network Interface (CNI) plug-ins that have been certified on OpenShift Container Platform and passed Maistra conformance testing. See Certified OpenShift CNI Plug-ins for more information.
The Kiali observability console is only supported on the two most recent releases of the Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari browsers.
Jaeger agent as a sidecar is the only supported configuration for Jaeger. Jaeger as a daemonset is not supported for multitenant installations or OpenShift Dedicated.
This release only supports the following Mixer adapter:
3scale Istio Adapter
Install Maistra Service Mesh in your OpenShift Container Platform environment.