Creating a namespace for deploying BMC Helix IT Operations Management

Before deploying BMC Helix IT Operations Management, you must create a namespace. This namespace is used to install BMC Helix IT Operations Management and BMC Helix Logging.

The namespace must be a DNS-1123 label, which means that it must consist of lowercase alphanumeric characters or '-', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character.

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Preparing to collect logs

To create a namespace

  1. Run the following command.

    kubectl create ns <namespace>
  2. Verify that nothing is installed in the namespace in which you plan to deploy the product. Perform the following steps to verify:

    1. Run the following command:

      kubectl get all -n <namespace_created_earlier_in_this_procedure>

    2. Make sure that the following message is displayed:

      No resources found.

 

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