Kubernetes Initialization

Once the pods are created, you will be prompted with the application initialization stage - which is the last step before fully launching the application. This initialization form is NOT optional.

This can be done using a YAML secrets file instead. Click here for more details.

Initialization Items

  1. Database Repository Setup: Provide the connection details for the database engine that will house the Pyramid repository:
    1. Installation Type:
      • Select Existing Installation if you want your database server to contain an existing (previously installed) Pyramid database.
      • Select New Installation if you want a new Pyramid database schema to be created in the provided database. This is the default value.
    2. Database Location:
      • Native installation - self provided database server. This is the default value.
      • AWS RDS.
      • Azure Managed Database.
      • GCP Cloud SQL.
    3. Server Type: Choose from PostgreSQL or MS SQL Server.
    4. Server Address: The host name or IP address of the server hosting the database.
    5. Port: The database port.
    6. Select the Create Database checkbox to add a database as part of this process. This option is only relevant where the deployment is not to RDS.
    7. Database Name: The name of an EMPTY database that already exists and that will be used by this installation. For most RDS frameworks, the database must exist in advance.
    8. Database Root Certificate:
      • Select the Enforce SSL checkbox to enforce SSL over the database connection. This option is supported for PostgreSQL and SQL server.

        • Note: If you select this option and you have one or more certificates that are not publicly signed (that are self-signed), you need to upload a base64 encoded ZIP file containing those certificates in the PEM format. For more information, see Encrypting Connections.

      • Select the install in fips mode [BETA] checkbox to enable the use of FIPS-compatible encryption algorithms. Note that this necessarily disables some of the product functionality. For more information, see Encryption and FIPS.
    9. Credentials: The application credentials to use when connecting to the database server to perform the necessary operations to create the repository.
  2. Disk Storage Setup: Provide the details for connecting up to cloud based storage service to host permanent files generated from the application:
    1. Storage Type: The preferred persistent file storage method. The option selected here determines which other fields are included on the page:
    2. AWS S3:
      • Region ID: AWS Region Code. A full list can be found here.
      • AWS Access Key ID: AWS Access Key ID. To use an AWS IAM role, type "iam" into this field after configuring a role on AWS. In this case, you do not need to set an AWS Secret Access key.
      • AWS Secret Access key: AWS Secret Access key.
      • Bucket: After connecting, pick the correct bucket from the drop-down list.
    3. Azure Blob:
      • Account Name: Azure account name.
      • Account Key: Azure account key.
      • Container: Azure container name.
    4. Secure FTP (SFTP)
      • Host: Either the FTP IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name of the machine.
      • Port: Usually 22.
      • User Name: FTP server username.
      • Password: FTP server password.
      • Authentication: User name and Password
      • Folder: The relative path on the FTP server that will be the root storage folder for Pyramid.
    5. Network File System (NFS). This requires no configuration as it is handled in the YAML itself.
  3. Initial User Details: Provide the username and password for the first system user on Pyramid.
  4. Select the licensing and user options:
    • If you already have your license key file, select the License File checkbox and upload your file. Otherwise, it can be added after the system initializes.
    • If you want to login automatically once the installation is complete, select the Auto Login checkbox .
  5. Click Run Setup to initialize the repository, setup key structures in the repository, and launch.

The initialization process will take a few minutes to run, after which, if you selected Auto Login, the tool will automatically bounce you directly into the application.