Pulling Link Chart and Container Images

About this task

You will install Link V1.2.0 using the Helm chart version V7.0.6.

Procedure

  1. Retrieve Registry Credentials
    1. Go to https://hclcr.io and click LOGIN VIA OIDC PROVIDER.
    2. Log in using your HCL ID.
    3. After login, click your User ID in the upper-right corner and select User Profile.
    4. In the CLI secret section, click the copy icon to copy the secret string.
    5. Save this secret; you will use it to authenticate with the registry.
  2. Log In to the Registry
    1. Open PowerShell and navigate to the directory where you want to download the chart.
    2. Run the following command: 
      helm registry login hclcr.io
    3. When prompted, enter the Username and Passowrd. 
      Username: <your HCL ID>
Password: <secret string>
  3. Download the Chart
    1. Run the following command: 
      helm pull oci://hclcr.io/link/lnk-product --version 7.0.6
      This downloads the chart file lnk-product-7.0.6.tgz.
  4. Extract the Chart (Optional)
    To view the chart contents, extract the file:
    tar -xzvf lnk-product-7.0.6.tgz
  5. Log Out from the Registry 
    helm registry logout hclcr.io
  6. Create a Kubernetes Secret for Image Pull
    To allow EKS to pull Link container images, create a Docker registry secret in your cluster:
    kubectl create secret docker-registry lnk-hclcr-secret \
  --docker-username=<your HCL ID> \
  --docker-password=<secret string> \
  --docker-server=hclcr.io
    This secret will be used by your Kubernetes deployments to authenticate with hclcr.io when pulling Link images.