3.5. OpenShift Installation

You may want to choose an OpenShift Cluster installation if you are using the OpenShift Container Platform to deploy your applications.

If you want to install on OpenShift via Helm Chart please see chapter HelmChart Installation.

3.5.1. Prerequisites

Please make sure that you provide the following prerequisites:

  1. a valid licence file is needed (get it at speedgain.com)

  2. a OpenShift Container Platform accessible via oc terminal command and web interface

  3. 4 CPU Cores, 16GB RAM and at least 100GB to store data

  4. a modern web-browser

3.5.2. Services

One service can’t be run on its own. It has to be executed in a compose with 5 other services (all available on Docker-Hub and via ITGAIN download portal: itgain.sharefile.eu ). The list of all 6 images:

  1. Timescale - as the repository to store all performance metrics

  2. Speedgain Collector - the core component to pull metrics

  3. Speedgain Service - rest api service

  4. Speedgain Frontend - web-frontend

  5. Speedgain Grafana - delivering all needed dashboards

  6. NginX - as reverse proxy

3.5.3. Install Step-by-Step

To install and run Speedgain for Databases as an OpenShift Cluster installation follow these steps:

  1. Get at least a trial license via speedgain.com

  2. Copy the licence file Speedgain_for_Databases.licence to your file system

  3. The license file must be made available in the Openshift Cluster. To do this, the provided file must be created as a ConfigMap with the following command:

    oc create configmap s4dbs-licence --from-file Speedgain_for_Databases.licence
  4. You may want to download and extract the Speedgain OpenShift all files package

  5. Copy or create the Openshift NginX configuration file nginx.conf to your file system

  6. The Nginx configuration file must be made available in the Openshift Cluster. To do this, the provided file must be created as a ConfigMap with the following command:

    oc create configmap s4dbs-nginx-conf --from-file nginx.conf
  7. Create a secret named "s4dbs-secrets". Add a key called "postgres-password" with the desired performance database password as value. Your password will be base64 encoded in Openshift if you use the stringData map with your cleartype password. You may want to use the Speedgain secrets configuration file s4dbs-secrets.yaml via

    oc apply -f s4dbs-secrets.yaml
  8. Provide a persistent volume claim called "s4dbs-postgres-pv-claim" to persist the collected performance data. The size depends on the databases to be monitored. A good value is 100 GB.

  9. Provide a persistent volume claim called "s4dbs-grafana-dashboards-pv-claim" to persist the dashboards used in Grafana to visualize the performance data. A good value for its size is 1 GB.

  10. Provide a persistent volume claim called "s4dbs-grafana-pv-claim" to persist the application data of Grafana. A good value for its size is 10 GB.

  11. Review the provided deployment YAML files. Verify that the docker images can be accessed in your Openshift cluster. If you do not have direct access to Docker-Hub, download images from our download portal and transfer to the docker repository used by your Openshift Cluster via

    docker load --input s4dbs_vx.x.x_all_images.tar.gz
  12. Import the Speedgain Timescale deployment file s4dbs-postgres.yaml via

    oc apply -f s4dbs-postgres.yaml
  13. Import the Speedgain Collector deployment file s4dbs-collector.yaml via

    oc apply -f s4dbs-collector.yaml
  14. Import the Speedgain Service deployment file s4dbs-service.yaml via

    oc apply -f s4dbs-service.yaml
  15. Review the Speedgain Grafana deployment file s4dbs-grafana.yaml. Replace the <enter host hostname here> tags with the hostname of your application. Import the file via

    oc apply -f s4dbs-grafana.yaml
  16. Review the Speedgain Web Frontend deployment file s4dbs-frontend.yaml. Replace the <enter host hostname here> tags with the hostname of your application. Import the file via

    oc apply -f s4dbs-frontend.yaml
  17. Import the Speedgain Reverse Proxy deployment file s4dbs-reverse.yaml via

    oc apply -f s4dbs-reverse.yaml
  18. Create a route to the s4dbs-reverse-service. Specify name, hostname and path to your liking. The target port is 8080. Also, if you like to use a secure connection you can choose that option.

  19. The application wil be available via the hostname of the created route

3.5.4. Customization Options

For customization options, please review the Docker Compose installation section.

3.5.5. Speedgain OpenShift all files package

3.5.6. Speedgain Collector deployment file s4dbs-collector.yaml

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    app: s4dbs-collector
  name: s4dbs-collector-deployment
spec:
  replicas: 1
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: s4dbs-collector
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: s4dbs-collector
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: s4dbs-collector
        image: docker.io/itgainis/s4dbs_collector:1.6.0
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        env:
          - name: PDB_DB_NAME
            value: speedgain
          - name: PDB_HOST
            value: s4dbs-postgres-service
          - name: PDB_PASS
            valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: s4dbs-secrets
               key: postgres-password
          - name: PDB_PORT
            value: "5432"
          - name: PDB_USER
            value: postgres
          - name: SPGLOGLEVEL
            value: INFO
        volumeMounts:
          - mountPath: /SPEEDGAIN/licence/Speedgain_for_Databases.licence
            subPath: Speedgain_for_Databases.licence
            name: s4dbs-licence
            readOnly: true
      restartPolicy: Always
      volumes:
      - name: s4dbs-licence
        configMap:
          name: s4dbs-licence

3.5.7. Speedgain Timescale deployment file s4dbs-postgres.yaml

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    app: s4dbs-postgres
  name: s4dbs-postgres-deployment
spec:
  replicas: 1
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: s4dbs-postgres
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: s4dbs-postgres
    spec:
      volumes:
      - name: postgres-pv-storage
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          claimName: s4dbs-postgres-pv-claim
      containers:
      - name: s4dbs-postgres
        image: docker.io/timescale/timescaledb:2.11.2-pg13
        ports:
        - containerPort: 5432
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        env:
        - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
          valueFrom:
            secretKeyRef:
              name: s4dbs-secrets
              key: postgres-password
        - name: PGDATA
          value: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
        volumeMounts:
        - name: postgres-pv-storage
          mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: s4dbs-postgres-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: s4dbs-postgres
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 5432
      targetPort: 5432

3.5.8. Speedgain Service deployment file s4dbs-service.yaml

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    app: s4dbs-service
  name: s4dbs-service-deployment
spec:
  replicas: 1
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: s4dbs-service
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: s4dbs-service
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: s4dbs-service
        image: docker.io/itgainis/s4dbs_service:1.6.0
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        env:
          - name: PDB_DB_NAME
            value: speedgain
          - name: PDB_HOST
            value: s4dbs-postgres-service
          - name: PDB_PASS
            valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: s4dbs-secrets
               key: postgres-password
          - name: PDB_PORT
            value: "5432"
          - name: PDB_USER
            value: postgres
          - name: SPGDB_SERVICE_HOME
            value: /tmp/spgdb_service_home/
      restartPolicy: Always
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: s4dbs-service-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: s4dbs-service
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080

3.5.9. Speedgain Grafana deployment file s4dbs-grafana.yaml

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    app: s4dbs-grafana
  name: s4dbs-grafana-deployment
spec:
  replicas: 1
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: s4dbs-grafana
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: s4dbs-grafana
    spec:
      volumes:
      - name: grafana-pv-storage
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          claimName: s4dbs-grafana-pv-claim
      - name: grafana-dashboard-pv-storage
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          claimName: s4dbs-grafana-dashboards-pv-claim
      containers:
      - name: s4dbs-grafana
        image: docker.io/itgainis/s4dbs_grafana:1.6.0
        ports:
        - containerPort: 3000
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        env:
          - name: PDB_DB_NAME
            value: speedgain
          - name: PDB_HOST
            value: s4dbs-postgres-service
          - name: PDB_PASS
            valueFrom:
              secretKeyRef:
                name: s4dbs-secrets
                key: postgres-password
          - name: PDB_PORT
            value: "5432"
          - name: PDB_USER
            value: "postgres"
          #- name: GF_DASHBOARDS_DEFAULT_HOME_DASHBOARD_PATH
          #  value: "/grafanaprovisioning/dashboards/s4dbs-spg/S4DBs-Overview.json"
          - name: GF_SERVER_SERVE_FROM_SUB_PATH
            value: "true"
          - name: GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL
            value: "%(protocol)s://%(domain)s:%(http_port)s/grafana/"
          - name: GF_SERVER_DOMAIN
            value: ##enter dns name of route here (will be created later) ##
          - name: GF_SECURITY_ALLOW_EMBEDDING
            value: "true"
          - name: GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED
            value: "true"
          - name: GF_USERS_DEFAULT_THEME
            value: "light"
          - name: GF_PATHS_PLUGINS
            value: "/grafanaplugins/"
          - name: GF_PATHS_PROVISIONING
            value: "/grafanaprovisioning/"
        volumeMounts:
          - name: grafana-pv-storage
            mountPath: /var/lib/grafana
          - name: grafana-dashboard-pv-storage
            mountPath: /grafanaprovisioning/
      restartPolicy: Always
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: s4dbs-grafana-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: s4dbs-grafana
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 3000
      targetPort: 3000

3.5.10. Speedgain Web Frontend deployment file s4dbs-frontend.yaml

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    app: s4dbs-frontend
  name: s4dbs-frontend-deployment
spec:
  replicas: 1
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: s4dbs-frontend
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: s4dbs-frontend
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: s4dbs-frontend
        image: docker.io/itgainis/s4dbs_frontend:1.6.0
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        env:
          - name: FRONTEND_CONFIG_MODE
            value: "false"
          - name: SERVICE_PROTOCOL
            value: http
          - name: SERVICE_HOST
            value: <enter host hostname here>
          - name: SERVICE_PORT
            value: "30800"
          - name: GRAFANA_PROTOCOL
            value: http
          - name: GRAFANA_HOST
            value: <enter host hostname here>
          - name: GRAFANA_PORT
            value: "30800/grafana"
      restartPolicy: Always
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: s4dbs-frontend-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: s4dbs-frontend
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080

3.5.11. Speedgain Reverse Proxy deployment file s4dbs-reverse.yaml

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    app: s4dbs-reverse
  name: s4dbs-reverse-deployment
spec:
  replicas: 1
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: s4dbs-reverse
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: s4dbs-reverse
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: s4dbs-reverse
        image: docker.io/nginx:1.23
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        volumeMounts:
          - mountPath: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
            subPath: nginx.conf
            name: s4dbs-nginx-conf
            readOnly: true
      restartPolicy: Always
      volumes:
      - name: s4dbs-nginx-conf
        configMap:
          name: s4dbs-nginx-conf
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: s4dbs-reverse-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: s4dbs-reverse
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080
---
kind: Route
apiVersion: route.openshift.io/v1
metadata:
  name: s4dbs
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
spec:
  to:
    kind: Service
    name: s4dbs-reverse-service
  port:
    targetPort: 8080

3.5.12. Openshift NginX configuration file nginx.conf

worker_processes  5;  ## Default: 1

pid        /tmp/nginx.pid;

events {
  worker_connections   1000;
}

http {

  client_body_temp_path /tmp/client_temp;
  proxy_temp_path       /tmp/proxy_temp_path;
  fastcgi_temp_path     /tmp/fastcgi_temp;
  uwsgi_temp_path       /tmp/uwsgi_temp;
  scgi_temp_path        /tmp/scgi_temp;

  map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
    default upgrade;
    '' close;
  }

  upstream grafana {
    server s4dbs-grafana-service:3000;
  }

  upstream service {
    server s4dbs-service-service:8080;
  }

  server {
    listen             8080;
    root /usr/share/nginx/www;
    index index.html index.htm;

#SSL Config
# Enable the following 4 lines if SSL should be activated:
#    listen 443 ssl http2;
#    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
#    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/ssl_cert.key;
#    ssl_certificate     /etc/ssl/ssl_cert.crt;

# service
    location /Speedgain_for_Databases_Service/ {
      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
      proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
      proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
      proxy_pass http://service;
    }

# frontend
    location / {
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
      proxy_pass http://s4dbs-frontend-service:8080/s4dbs-ui/;
    }
    location /s4dbs-ui/ {
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
      proxy_pass http://s4dbs-frontend-service:8080/s4dbs-ui/;
    }

# grafana
    location /grafana/ {
      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
      proxy_pass http://grafana;
      proxy_read_timeout 300;
      proxy_connect_timeout 300;
      proxy_send_timeout 300;

    }

    location /grafana/api/live/ {
      proxy_http_version 1.1;
      proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
      proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
      proxy_pass http://grafana;
      proxy_read_timeout 300;
      proxy_connect_timeout 300;
      proxy_send_timeout 300;
    }
  }
}

3.5.13. Speedgain secrets configuration file s4dbs-secrets.yaml

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: s4dbs-secrets
type: Opaque
stringData:
  postgres-password: <PasswordOfPostgresUser>