Podman installation

Procedures for installing HCL Link using the Podman installation.

On the RedHat Linux distribution, HCL Link application installation supports Podman installation types. On other Linux distributions (For example: Ubuntu), HCL Link supports both Docker and Podman container engines. Select Podman method for HCL Link installation.

Prerequisites

Before installing HCL Link in Podman mode, verify that the HCL Link installation folder and data folders are not located on a network file system. The HCL Link application and its data must be on the local computer's file system. Additionally, do not inherit data folders from previous HCL Link installations of different types.

The config.yaml file defines the following HCL Link data folders. Ensure that these folders and their respective subfolders are located on the local computer's file system and that are owned by the HCL Link installation user:
  • /opt/data
  • /opt/link
  • opt/hipmodules
  • /opt/hipfiles
  • /opt/hiplibs
  • /opt/hip-rest
  • /tmp

Podman Configuration

To configure the HCL Link installation to Podman mode, run the following command:

./Link configure -type podman

Installation Procedure

After configuring the HCL Link installation to install in Podman mode, run the following command:

./Link install