Private ARO Cluster with Access via JumpHost

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0400

This article was originally published at https://cloud.redhat.com/experts/aro/private-cluster/

A Quickstart guide to deploying a Private Azure Red Hat OpenShift cluster.

Prerequisites

Azure CLI

Obviously you’ll need to have an Azure account to configure the CLI against.

MacOS

See Azure Docs for alternative install options.

Install Azure CLI using homebrew

brew update && brew install azure-cli

Install sshuttle using homebrew

brew install sshuttle

Linux

See Azure Docs for alternative install options.

Import the Microsoft Keys

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

Add the Microsoft Yum Repository

cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/azure-cli.repo
[azure-cli]
name=Azure CLI
baseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/azure-cli
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
EOF

Install Azure CLI

sudo dnf install -y azure-cli sshuttle

Prepare Azure Account for Azure OpenShift

Log into the Azure CLI by running the following and then authorizing through your Web Browser

az login

Make sure you have enough Quota (change the location if you’re not using East US)

az vm list-usage --location "East US" -o table

See Addendum – Adding Quota to ARO account if you have less than 36 Quota left for Total Regional CPUs

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Private ARO Cluster with Access via JumpHost

Prerequisites

Azure CLI

Prepare Azure Account for Azure OpenShift