OLM How-to guides

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Step-by-step guides covering key operations and common tasks related to the Juju OLM

Setup

• Set up your test environment
  The recommended test environment is a Linux environment that supports installation via snap, e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 or later.
  • Create an Ubuntu virtual machine with Multipass
• Set up the OLM
  The Juju OLM is currently supported on all of Linux, MacOS, or Windows.
  • Install the Juju client
• Set up your cloud
  Juju can be run on a wide range of cloud infrastructures, including—for development and exploration purposes—a virtual cloud running on your local machine.

	Localhost	Private cloud	Public cloud	Kubernetes
	LXD	OpenStack	Oracle	MicroK8s
		VMware vSphere	Microsoft Azure	Microsoft AKS
		MAAS	Google GCE	Google GKE
		Manual setup	Amazon AWS	Amazon EKS
			Rackspace
			Equinix Metal

Operations tasks

• Access individual machines with SSH
• Work with actions
• Collect Juju metrics
• Define and use persistent storage
• Use LXD clustering
• Use LXD profiles
• Define instance tags
• Manage applications
  • Deploy a charm from Charmhub
  • Deploy to a LXD container
  • Deploy to a specific machine
  • Deploy to a specific availability zone
  • Deploy to a network space
  • Trust an application with a credential
  • Expose a deployed application
  • Control application network ingress
• Troubleshoot
  • Gather information for troubleshooting
  • Troubleshoot model upgrades
  • Troubleshoot clouds
  • Troubleshoot additions
  • Troubleshoot removals
  • Debug charm hooks

System administration tasks

• Use the client
• Manage the client
• Manage clouds
  • Add clouds
  • Add credentials
• Manage controllers
  • Create a controller
  • Configure a controller
  • Log in to a controller
  • Back up the controller
  • Make the controller highly available
• Manage models
  • Add a model
  • Configure a model
  • Migrate a model
  • Work with multiple users
• Manage constraints
• Manage relations
  • Manage relations
  • Cross-model relations
• Upgrade things
  • Upgrade a machine’s series
  • Upgrade models
  • Upgrade applications
  • Upgrade the dashboard
• Remove things
• Disable commands
• Work offline
  • Configure Juju for offline usage
  • Deploy charms offline
  • Install snaps offline
  • Use the localhost cloud offline
• Access the dashboard

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• Ensure security and isolation in Charmed Kubernetes with Kata Containers
• Get started with Hadoop Spark 2
• Install Kubeapps on your Kubernetes cluster
• Deploy StorageOS on Charmed Kubernetes
• Get started with Charmed OSM 1
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