Prerequisites

Before installing HCL CDP on Microsoft Azure, ensure that the required infrastructure and tools are in place.

There are two parts of the deployment:

  • Microservices-based components, to be deployed on a containerization platform. Here, Microsoft Azure platform is the choice of the Container orchestration platform.
  • Virtual Machine (VM) based deployment.

Before proceeding with the installation of the required components, ensure that Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is provisioned and properly configured.

The following tools must be present in the deployment to facilitate the installation:

  • Azure CLI (az command) — Used to authenticate with Azure and manage Azure resources, including AKS.
  • Kubernetes CLI (kubectl command) — Used to connect to and manage the AKS cluster and its resources.
  • Helm CLI (helm command) — Used to install, configure, and manage HCL CDP components and their Kubernetes deployments.