OpenShift Development Environment with GitHub and Visual Studio Code

1. To Access Openshit from command you need to install OpenShift command line interface (CLI). Link https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/ocp/latest/.

2. Download the openshift-client--.* .

3. Windows user need to add the path of the file to environment variable To Help https://www.architectryan.com/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/

4. Check the the version through command promit

    oc version
   

5. To login the Openshift account using API end point URL

    oc login <API END POINT Url>
    Username: <enter your user anem>
    Password: <enter your password>
   

6. Creating a new project

    oc new-project <projectname>
    Ex: oc new-project node-test1
   

   or creating a project in web console

   

7. Deploy the application

    oc new-app -- name node-express-hello https://github.com/sada498/OpenShift-Apps.git#test-1  --context-dir node-express-       hello
   

Note: #test-1 is the branch of the GitHub repo to test application

8. Open your web console and check the app deploy In developer topology

9. Expose the application to public

    oc expose svc/node-express-hello
   

10. Go the web console check the application public end point

    

How to make CI/CD pipe line for GitHub and OpenShift

1. Go to your GitHub project repo then settings
2. Click on webhooks > add webhook
3. To get the payload URL, switch to the OpenShift web console in your browser, and then click on Builds in the navigation pane.
4. Click the your project build config to bring up the Build Config Overview page.
5. Scroll to the bottom of this page and locate the Copy URL with Secret link next to the GitHub type.
6. Click on the notepad icon to copy the payload URL.
7. When you make changes or commits to github project.OpenShift make a automatic builds for the application.