Before deploying the Cloud Pak for Business Automation operator, it is important to ensure that the necessary database and persistent volume are in place. This will allow the operator to store and persist data as needed. The other options are not prerequisites for all Cloud Pak for Business Automation capabilities.

References: [1]  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_9.7.1/com.ibm.wbpm.inst.doc/topics/t_k8s_prereq.html  [2]  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_9.7.1/com.ibm.wbpm.inst.doc/topics/t_k8s_install_operator.html

When deploying the Cloud Pak for Business Automation, the starter deployment requires one capability to be installed independently:

Operational Decision Manager (ODM) and Automation Decision Services (ADS): These capabilities provide a set of tools for creating and managing business rules, decision services, and analytics. They are typically used to automate decision-making processes within an organization.

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSYHZ8_20.0.x/com.ibm.dba.baw.install/topics/install_overview.html

Fluentd is a log collector that uses input and output plug-ins to collect data from multiple sources and to distribute or send data to multiple destinations. This allows Fluentd to collect and process data from various sources and send it to various destinations with minimal effort.

References: [1]  https://docs.fluentd.org/  [2]  https://www.fluentd.org/

 To manually scale up the Process Mining deployment in the IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, the replicas parameter section needs to be updated in the custom resource YAML file. This parameter allows you to specify the desired number of replicas for the deployment.

References: [1]  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_2.2.2/bas/bas_install.html#manually_scale_up_the_process_mining_deployment  [2]  https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/scale-stateful-set/

Kubernetes Events are objects that provide insight about what is happening inside a cluster, such as the state of a pod, the status of a deployment, or any other type of activity. They can be used to detect and troubleshoot errors, or to track the progress of a deployment.

References: [1]  https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/debug-application-cluster/discover-events/  [2]  https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/logging/

It contains details about the security credentials used to access the FileNet Content Engine and if there are any authentication errors, you can see them recorded in systemout.log. Other useful references for troubleshooting authentication issues include the IBM Knowledge Center and IBM Support, as well as the IBM FileNet Content Engine forum.

When setting up a demo environment an identity provider may not be known. In this case, htpasswd can be used to replace the default admin user with a simple identity provider. Htpasswd is an Apache utility for creating and updating user authentication files for the Apache web server. It uses a combination of plaintext passwords and a hashing algorithm to store its credentials.

References: [1]  https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/htpasswd.html  [2]  https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/auth.html#gettingstarted

The minimum required user role to request publish approval for workstream definitions within IBM Automation Workstream Services is Publishers. Publishers have the ability to create, edit, and request approval for workstream definitions. They can also view and execute workstreams, but they cannot approve or reject workstream definition requests.

It ' s important to note that other roles such as Configurators, Supervisors, and Workers have different permission levels and may not have the permission to request approval for workstream definitions.

A tracking event reflects an ongoing activity instance in a workflow process. It is used to capture and track the progress of the process and can be used to create an audit trail.

References: [1]  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/logic-apps-monitor-and-manage-logs  [2]  http://www.bawtech.com/what-are-business-activity-workflows-baw/

If security pods are not scheduled, then a Cloud Pak for Business Automation Administrator should check the Resource Registry as it may not be correctly configured. The Resource Registry is the central repository for all resources used by the pods and is used to define the resources used by the pods.

References: [1]  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_2.2.2/cpd/administer/res_registry.html  [2]  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_2.2.2/cpd/administer/overview.html