Having completed the preparations, it is now time to install Usage Engine Private Edition.

Main Installation Example

In this main installation example, it is assumed that the following optional resources have been added while preparing for the installation (see Kubernetes Cluster Add-ons - AWS (4.2)):

ingress-nginx-controller
cert-manager

Example Certificate

Since cert-manager is being used to provide TLS to the Usage Engine Private Edition installation in this example, you need to create an issuer in order to generate the required certificate.

Here we are going to use an ACME issuer type that is configured to match the Kubernetes cluster that was set up previously in the Preparations - AWS (4.2) chapter:

apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: ClusterIssuer
metadata:
  name: example-issuer
spec:
  acme:
    # The ACME server URL
    server: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    # Email address used for ACME registration
    # You must replace this email address with your own.
    # Let's Encrypt will use this to contact you about expiring
    # certificates, and issues related to your account.
    email: <your valid email address>
    # Name of a secret used to store the ACME account private key
    privateKeySecretRef:
      name: example-issuer-account-key
    solvers:
    # example: cross-account zone management for example.com
    # this solver uses ambient credentials (i.e. inferred from the environment or EC2 Metadata Service)
    # to assume a role in a different account
    - selector:
        dnsZones:
          - "example-cluster.stratus.digitalroute.net"
      dns01:
        route53:
          hostedZoneID: Z076760737OMHF392P9P7
          region: eu-west-1

A few things that should be noted:

Set email to your email address of choice.
The item in the dnsZones list is the eks_domain_zone_name that can be found in the terraform output in the Set Up Kubernetes Cluster - AWS (4.2) | Setup Additional Infrastructure Resources on AWS section.
The hostedZoneID is the eks_domain_zone_id that can be found in the terraform output in the section.

Assuming that the issuer spec above has been saved into a file called example-issuer.yaml, it can be created like this:

kubectl apply -f example-issuer.yaml

Install Helm Chart

Although the number of helm value combinations to set is virtually endless, some values should more or less always be set.

So let’s start by creating a file called uepe-values.yaml, and in that file, specify a minimal set of values that will serve as a good starting point:

Example below assumes you have configured Postgres admin password through secret. If you have not done so please refer to for guidance.

aws:
  acm_certificate: arn:aws:acm:eu-west-1:058264429588:certificate/526ed179-afa7-4778-b1b8-bfbcb95e4534
  access_cidr_blocks:
  - 0.0.0.0/0  
  ingress:
    serviceName: ingress-nginx-controller
environment: aws
global:
  domain: example-cluster.stratus.digitalroute.net
  imagePullSecrets:
  - name: ecr-cred  
licenseKey: <insert-your-license-key-string-here>
log:
  format: json
platform:
  db:
    type: postgresql
  tls:
    cert:
      public: certManager
    certManager:
      public:
        issuer:
          domain: example-cluster.stratus.digitalroute.net
          kind: ClusterIssuer
          name: example-issuer
    enabled: true    
postgres:
  adminUsername: dbadmin
  host: example-cluster-db.c70g0ggo8m66.eu-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com
  port: 5432

Here follows information on how you can determine the values to set in your particular installation:

Value	Comment

Value	Comment
`aws.acm_certificate`	This value should be set to match the `certificate_arn` listed in the terraform output produced in the section.
`aws.ingress.serviceName`	This is the name of the Kubernetes `Service` that was created adding the .
`global.domain`	This value should be set to match the `eks_domain_zone_name` listed in the terraform output produced in the section.
`global.imagePullSecrets`	This is referencing an image pull secret containing the credentials required in order to pull container images from the Digital Route AWS ECR registry. If you are hosting the container images in your own container registry, depending on how that is configured, another image pull secret is probably needed. See for additional information.
`licenseKey`	The license key that can be found in the `licenseKey` file that you have previously received (see the section).
`log.format`	If you need to use dedicated log collection and monitoring tools like Fluent-bit, Elasticsearch, Kibana or AWS CloudWatch for Usage Engine Private Edition, make sure the log format is configured to `json`. See for additional information.
`platform.tls.*`	These values are set to use the example issuer created at the beginning of this chapter. This should only be seen as an example and the values should be adjusted according to the real world situation.
`platform.tls.certManager.public.issuer.domain`	Should be set to match the `eks_domain_zone_name` listed in the terraform output produced in the section.
`platform.db.type`	Set to match the RDS PostgreSQL service that was created in the section. If another database service is being used, the value must be adjusted accordingly.
`postgres.adminUsername`	Value is taken from the `db_user` listed in the terraform output produced in the section.
`postgres.host`	Value is taken from the first part of the `db_endpoint` listed in the terraform output produced in the section.
`postgres.port`	Value is taken from the second part of the `db_endpoint` listed in the terraform output produced in the section.

General documentation of the values above is provided in the values.yaml file in the usage-engine-private-editionhelm chart.

In this example, the following assumptions have been made:

PostgreSQL is used as the system database.
It is assumed that you have previously bootstrapped the postgresqlPassword secret key with a value equal to the db_password configured in the terraform.tfvars file. For instructions on how to do this, please refer to the section.
The system database is automatically created during installation.
jdbcPassword and mzownerPassword are randomly generated.
postgresqlPassword / oraclePassword / saphanaPassword is not randomly generated and therefore must be created as secret as described in point 3.
If you are using the database tool uepe-sys-db-tool.jar to create the system database manually, ensure that the credentials mentioned in point 5 and 6 are included in the secret. For more details, refer to the section.

The command below can be used to install Usage Engine Private Edition:

Where <version> is the version of Usage Engine Private Edition to install. For example 4.0.0.

Check that all pods are running and that all pod containers become ready (this may take a little while):

To get the Desktop Online web user interface hostname:

The output shows FQDN hostname, IP address and port to access desktop online web user interface.

The Desktop Online user interface should now be accessible at:
https://desktop-online.example-cluster.stratus.digitalroute.net/
Note that it may take a little while before the DNS record gets registered.

The Usage Engine Private Edition installation is now complete.

Other Common Installation Configurations

Here follows a few common installation configurations for the Usage Engine Private Edition helm chart.

They should be seen as variations to the main installation example outlined above.

Persistent File Storage

If you have chosen to prepare for persistent file storage, by installing the efs-csi-controller resource in the chapter, there are two different ways of configuring your Usage Engine Private Edition installation to use it.

Use Bundled AWS Specific PVC

Specifically for AWS, the Usage Engine Private Edition helm chart contains a bundled persistent volume claim. This persistent volume claim is using the aws-efs storage class. To enable it, simply set the following helm values:

Where the persistence.bundledClaim.storageRequest value is used to control the size of the requested storage (default is 1Gi).

Use a command like this to inspect the persistent volume claim that gets created as a result of setting the above helm values:

Reference Arbitrary PVC

Usage Engine Private Edition can be configured to reference an arbitrary persistent volume claim by setting the following helm values:

In this example, my-pvc is an arbitrary persistent volume claim that you have created beforehand.

Usage Engine Private Edition 4 Documentation

Usage Engine Private Edition Installation - AWS (4.2)