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Comprehensive guide covering all steps needed to run the Migration Factory in air-gapped or restricted networks, including OLM catalog mirroring, container image mirroring, Ansible collection and Python package availability, Git access, and AAP deployment considerations. Resolves: MFG-117 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Great starting point! his also might be a good use case to have our EMEA contribution team work through as well using this document as a baseline
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| - An internal container registry (e.g., a self-hosted Quay, Artifactory, | ||
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| - An internal HTTP/HTTPS server or Automation Hub instance for hosting |
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Since we are not including the management of Execution Environments. Could it be assumed that all dependencies are satisfied by the runtime execution of an EE?
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| ## 1. Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) Catalog Mirroring | ||
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| The Migration Factory depends on the following OLM-managed Operators. |
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| The Migration Factory depends on the following OLM-managed Operators. | |
| The Ansible for OpenShift Virtualization Migration depends on the following OLM-managed Operators. |
| - A Red Hat account with entitlements for downloading Operator catalog | ||
| indexes and container images. | ||
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| ## 1. Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) Catalog Mirroring |
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| ## 1. Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) Catalog Mirroring | ||
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| The Migration Factory depends on the following OLM-managed Operators. | |
| The Ansible for OpenShift Virtualization Migration depends on the following OLM-managed Operators. |
| Each must be available in a mirrored CatalogSource on every target | ||
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Does the destination namespace matter in the context of mirroring?
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| ## 5. Git Repository Access | ||
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| The Migration Factory project source and any GitOps export targets must |
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| The Migration Factory project source and any GitOps export targets must | |
| The Ansible for OpenShift Virtualization Migration project source and any GitOps export targets must |
| aap_project_branch: main | ||
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| - If using the `vm_gitops_export` role, ensure the target Git repository |
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Depends on #16 which will also be eventually located in the openshift_virtualization_ops collection
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| When deploying AAP in a disconnected environment: | ||
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| - The AAP Operator must be included in the mirrored Operator catalog (it |
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This assumes an OpenShift deployment of AAP
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| - [ ] All seven required Operators are installable from the mirrored |
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| - [ ] All seven required Operators are installable from the mirrored | |
| - [ ] All required Operators are installable from the mirrored |
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| - [ ] The EE image is pullable from the internal registry. | ||
| - [ ] The VDDK image is pullable from the internal registry. | ||
| - [ ] All 13 required Ansible collections are available in the Private |
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| - [ ] All 13 required Ansible collections are available in the Private | |
| - [ ] All required Ansible collections are available in the Private |
- Rename "Migration Factory" to project name - Add EE dependency assumption note - Add OpenShift GitOps operator to required list - Add oc-mirror additionalImages tip - Apply wording suggestions from review - Add clarifying notes for AAP and collection dependencies Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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