IBM CloudPak for Data

Getting an OpenShift Login Token

You can obtain your OpenShift API token from the OpenShift web console:

1. Log in to the OpenShift console.
2. Click your username in the upper-right corner.
3. Select Copy login command.
4. Authenticate again if prompted.
5. Copy the token from the displayed oc login command.

Example:

oc login --token=sha256~xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --server=https://api.cluster.example.com:6443

Logging in to OpenShift with cpd-cli

After starting the container, log in to OpenShift using cpd-cli.

The OpenShift token can be found in the env.sh file. You can either export it as OCP_TOKEN or copy and paste it directly into the command.

./cpd-cli manage login-to-ocp --token=sha256~xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --server=https://api.cluster.example.com:6443

This login is stored by cpd-cli inside the running container and is separate from a standard oc login session.