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  1. Install the EPEL release.

    1. Download the latest EPEL package.
      curl -O https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

    2. Install the downloaded RPM.
      yum install epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

  2. If running Red Hat, enable the server extras repository.
    subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-extras-rpms

  3. Copy '/root/datacore/Swarm-v14.1/SCS/podman_packages.tar and place it into the folder ‘/root/datacore’.

  4. Extract the file podman_packages.tar

    Code Block
    [root@zorc1 datacore]# tar xvvf podman_packages.tar
    drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2022-05-31 05:27 podman_packages/
    -rw-r--r-- root/root  22009328 2022-05-31 05:25 podman_packages/podman-3.0.1-2.el7.3.1.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root   2572172 2022-05-31 05:25 podman_packages/podman-plugins-3.0.1-2.el7.3.1.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root    339264 2022-05-31 05:26 podman_packages/catatonit-0.1.5-1.el7.6.1.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root     40400 2022-05-31 05:26 podman_packages/conmon-2.1.0-2.3.1.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root  37888444 2022-05-31 05:26 podman_packages/containernetworking-plugins-1.1.1-1.el7.2.1.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root     89680 2022-05-31 05:26 podman_packages/containernetworking-plugins-unit-test-devel-1.1.1-1.el7.2.1.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root  16927216 2022-05-31 05:26 podman_packages/cri-tools-1.21.0-.el7.3.3.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root     69676 2022-05-31 05:26 podman_packages/fuse-overlayfs-1.5.0-1.el7.5.1.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root   5836152 2022-05-31 05:26 podman_packages/runc-1.0.1-1.el7.1.1.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root  12610384 2022-05-31 05:26 podman_packages/skopeo-1.4.1-1.el7.3.1.x86_64.rpm
    -rw-r--r-- root/root     56404 2022-05-31 05:26 podman_packages/skopeo-tests-1.4.1-1.el7.3.1.x86_64.rpm
    drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2022-05-31 05:27 podman_packages/repodata/
    -rw-r--r-- root/root      4730 2022-05-31 05:27 podman_packages/repodata/2ada7f5ac7099e31c79b90ad90adc0efa13c5f6101a44fbfd06f27ed17548324-other.sqlite.bz2
    -rw-r--r-- root/root      2759 2022-05-31 05:27 podman_packages/repodata/fc8d49da48cff8a2f5b1815353f283992f50c787240ff795f8cb86195d5ab88f-other.xml.gz
    -rw-r--r-- root/root      6341 2022-05-31 05:27 podman_packages/repodata/fa7e866b76f379c77b785878811b3edf546576d0b6ea650300c98efce99c0d3a-filelists.sqlite.bz2
    -rw-r--r-- root/root      3302 2022-05-31 05:27 podman_packages/repodata/8784e815f651b512ad3b490ee947454f63e366ebcb498e024651f05ec06d8bb2-filelists.xml.gz
    -rw-r--r-- root/root     14938 2022-05-31 05:27 podman_packages/repodata/832aacbe4e539b0f3a20cfae379be8f8e85ca3521eb211644dcf5a807c9d982b-primary.sqlite.bz2
    -rw-r--r-- root/root      7731 2022-05-31 05:27 podman_packages/repodata/fd8a765aedf92cb89ad10e785f49828883adde45b23774fe07bd56550c1ba0b0-primary.xml.gz
    -rw-r--r-- root/root      2976 2022-05-31 05:27 podman_packages/repodata/repomd.xml
    

    Note:
    This creates a folder “podman_packages” in the /root/datacore folder.

  5. Add a new local repo with '/etc/yum.repos.d/podman.repo' path shown as below:

    Code Block
    [podman]
    name=Dependencies for install podman 3.0.1
    baseurl=file:///root/datacore/podman_packages
    enabled=true
    gpgcheck=0
  6. Enable the local repo on:

    • CentOS (no additional steps are required, this shows the repo as enabled)

      Code Block
      yum repolist enabled
    • Red Hat

      Code Block
      yum config-manager enable podman.repo
      yum repolist enabled
  7. Verify podman is listed as an enabled repo.

  8. Install SCS build.
    yum -y install swarm-scs-1.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm

  9. Check the scsctl help command to verify the SCS is installed.

    Code Block
    languagebash
    usage: scsctl [-v | --info-log | --debug-log | --trace-log] 
                  [--user USER | --token TOKEN] 
                  options: ... 
    Provides basic control and visibility into the Platform service. 
    
    optional arguments: 
      --user USER    User name and (optionally) password. 
                    If password is included, then this must be in the form "{user_name}:{password}" 
                    (default: None) 
      --token TOKEN  Authentication token. (default: None) 
      
    output options: 
      These options affect the way output is displayed.
      -v, --verbose  Increase output verbosity (ex: -v, -vv, -vvv). Verbose output is always sent to stdout. (default: None) 
      --info-log     Set info-level verbosity (equivalent to -v). (default: None) 
      --debug-log    Set debug-level verbosity (equivalent to -vv). (default: None) 
      --trace-log    Set trace-level verbosity (equivalent to -vvv). (default: None) 
    
    subcommands: 
      Which action you wish to perform. To get detailed help, add 'help' to the end. For example: 'scsctl auth help' 
      
      options: 
        auth         Manages persisted credentials for contacting the Platform API. 
        backup       Manages backing up and restoring the Platform service. 
        diagnostics  Performs diagnostics on the Platform server setup. 
        init         Utilities for setting up a Swarm environment. 
        license      Manages the license for this Swarm ecosystem installation. 
        repo         Manages the Platform repository. The repository contains installed component versions and other third-party software. 
        system       Performs administrative operations on the system. 
        help         Outputs this help and exits. 
    
    ERROR: Cannot connect to the Platform API service at 172.16.33.10:8095. 
    Please ensure the service is up and running.

Tip

Next, run the initialization wizard.