Prerequisite software
SPM was enhanced in version 7.0.10.0 to enable it to be deployed on cloud native hosting platforms.
Further enhancements have been introduced in version 7.0.11.0 to enable deployment on OpenShift.
To build and run Merative Social Program Management (SPM) for Kubernetes, install the following software components:
- Base third-party software
- Merative Social Program Management (SPM) software
- Docker®, and Helm
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Code Ready Container
- ChartMuseum
- GitHub repo
In order to be hosted on Kubernetes, Merative Social Program Management has been enhanced to support the following technologies:
Supported Software Version Prerequisite Minimum Notes Kubernetes 1.25 and future releases 1.25 1,2 OpenShift 4.12 and future releases 4.11 3,4 WebSphere Liberty 23.0.0.12 and future fix packs 22.0.0.9 5 IBM MQ LTS 9.2 and future fix packs 9.2.0.2 6 IBM MQ CD 9.2 and future fix packs 9.2.2.0 7 Docker 24 24.0.2 8,9,10 Helm v3 and future releases v3.3.4 11,12 Notes (1)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) distribution of Kubernetes, for Development and Test purposes only.(2)
| Kubernetes releases a new version quarterly. When a new version is releasedn-2
is deprecated, andn-3
is unsupported. For more information please see Supported Kubernetes versions in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)(3)
| OpenShift releases a new version quarterly. When a new version is releasedn-1
andn-2
is in Maintenance Support, andn-3
is unsupported. For more information please see Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Life Cycle Policy(4)
Merative Social Program Management supports Red Hat OpenShift Extended Update Support (EUS). For more information please see Red Hat OpenShift Extended Update Support (EUS) Overview.(5)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports IBM WebSphere Liberty when containerized as Docker containers and deployed on Kubernetes Services.(6)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports IBM MQ Long Term Support (LTS) when Merative Social Program Management is containerized and deployed on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).(7)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports IBM MQ CD when Merative Social Program Management is containerized and deployed on OpenShift only.(8)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports Docker for packaging Merative Social Program Management into containers for deployment on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).(9)
| Only Linux-based containers are supported by Merative Social Program Management.(10)
| Merative Social Program Management does not support Docker containers hosted outside Azure Kubernetes Services.(11)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports Helm version 3.x for deploying Merative Social Program Management on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS). or OpenShift(12)
| From Helm releasev3.7.0
, the ChartMuseum Push plugin to be used with Merative Social Program Management must be version0.10.0
or greaterSupported Software Version Prerequisite Minimum Notes WebSphere Liberty 23.0.0.12 and future fix packs 21.0.0.12 1 OpenShift 4.6 and future releases 4.6
4.6 EUS2,4,5 IBM MQ LTS 9.2 and future fix packs
9.1 and future fix packs9.2.0.2
9.1.0.56 IBM MQ CD 9.2 and future fix packs 9.2.2.0 7 Docker 20.10 20.10.2 8,9,10,11 Helm v3 and future releases v3.3.4 12,13 Notes (1)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports IBM WebSphere Liberty when containerized as Docker containers and deployed on OpenShift.(2)
| Merative Social Program Management supports Red Hat OpenShift distributions of Kubernetes.(4)
| OpenShift releases a new version quarterly. When a new version is releasedn-1
andn-2
is in Maintenance Support, andn-3
is unsupported. For more information please see Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Life Cycle Policy(5)
Merative Social Program Management supports Red Hat OpenShift Extended Update Support (EUS). For more information please see Red Hat OpenShift Extended Update Support (EUS) Overview.(6)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports IBM MQ Long Term Support (LTS) when Merative Social Program Management is containerized and deployed on OpenShift.(7)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports IBM MQ CD when Merative Social Program Management is containerized and deployed on OpenShift only.(8)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports Docker for packaging Merative Social Program Management into containers for deployment on OpenShift.(9)
| Merative Social Program Management does not support Docker containers hosted outside IBM Cloud Kubernetes Services, or OpenShift.(10)
| Only Linux-based containers are supported by Merative Social Program Management.(11)
| Merative Social Program Management only requires Docker to build container images, Merative Social Program Management does not require Docker as a container runtime engine.(12))
| Merative Social Program Management only supports Helm version 3.x for deploying Merative Social Program Management on OpenShift.(13)
| From Helm releasev3.7.0
, the ChartMuseum Push plugin to be used with Merative Social Program Management must be version0.10.0
or greaterSupported Software Version Prerequisite Minimum Notes WebSphere Liberty 22.0.0.6, 21.0.0.9, 20.0.0.9 20.0.0.9 1 OpenShift 4.6 and future releases 4.6
4.6 EUS12 IBM MQ LTS 9.1 and future fix packs 9.1.0.5 3 IBM MQ CD 9.1 and future fix packs 9.1.5.0 8 Docker 19.03 19.03.5 4,5,6,9,13 Docker 20.10 20.10.2 4,5,6,10,13 Helm v3 and future releases v3.3.4 7,14 Notes (1)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports IBM WebSphere Liberty when containerized as Docker containers and deployed on OpenShift.(3)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports IBM MQ Long Term Support (LTS) when Merative Social Program Management is containerized and deployed on OpenShift.(4)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports Docker for packaging Merative Social Program Management into containers for deployment on OpenShift.(5)
| Only Linux-based containers are supported by Merative Social Program Management.(6)
| Merative Social Program Management does not support Docker containers hosted outside of OpenShift.(7)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports Helm version 3.x for deploying Merative Social Program Management on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Services (IKS), or OpenShift.(8)
| Merative Social Program Management only supports IBM MQ CD when Merative Social Program Management is containerized and deployed on OpenShift only.(9)
| Docker is due to drop support for Docker 19.03 in July 2021. After this date Docker 19.03 is not supported by Merative Social Program Management.(10)
| Support for Docker 20.10 was introduced as part of the SPM@Kubernetes 21.2.0 release.(12)
| OpenShift releases a new version quarterly. When a new version is releasedn-1
andn-2
is in Maintenance Support, andn-3
is unsupported. For more information please see Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Life Cycle Policy(13)
| Merative Social Program Management only requires Docker to build container images, Merative Social Program Management does not require Docker as a container runtime engine.(14)
| From Helm releasev3.7.0
, the ChartMuseum Push plugin to be used with Merative Social Program Management must be version0.10.0
or greater