[Sakshi-Singhroha1]

Issue

https://jsw.ibm.com/browse/MASCORE-21092
https://jsw.ibm.com/browse/MASCORE-18560

Description

• Adds GitOps support for deploying Cloud Pak for Data (CPD) 5.4.0.
• In CPD 5.4.0, the CPD platform and its foundational operators are now deployed natively via Helm charts instead of OLM (Operator Lifecycle Manager) which was used in previous versions (5.2.0, 5.3.1).
• CPD platform and operators are deployed in ordered sync waves (111–116). A new post-verify application (116-ibm-cp4d-post-verify) ensures ZenService (lite-cr) is fully ready and credentials exist before any dependent CPD services in wave 120 start installing.
• All changes are guarded for CPD ≥ 5.4.0 to maintain full backwards compatibility with older versions.

Changes

• Add olm-utils-cm for 5.4.0 (00-ibm-cp4d-olm-540.yaml) in 101-ibm-sync-jobs-cp4d and 110-ibm-cp4d containing release component versions and license metadata.
• Presync job: read the namespace-scope version and licensing channel/version from olm-utils-cm instead of using the PackageManifest.
• Add declarative ArgoCD Helm Applications in root-applications/ibm-mas-instance-root/templates/ to deploy CPD 5.4.0 components in topological dependency order:
  • Wave 111 (Cluster Scoped): Installs CRDs and cluster permissions for Common Services (cpfs-cluster), Namespace Scope (nss-cluster), IAM (iam-cluster), ibm-pg-operator (pg-cluster), and EDB PostgreSQL (postgresql-cluster).
  • Wave 112 (Namespace Scope): Installs ibm-namespace-scope-operator and configures the NamespaceScope CR.
  • Wave 113 (Namespaced Operators): Installs operators for Common Services (cpfs), Identity Management (iam), IBM Postgres (pg), and EDB Postgres (postgresql).
  • Wave 114 (Platform Cluster Resources): Installs cluster-scoped CRDs and permissions for CPD Platform (cpd-platform-cluster) and Zen Operator (zen-cluster).
  • Wave 115 (Platform & Zen CRs): Deploys cpd-platform and zen (ibm-zen-operator and ZenService/lite-cr).
  • Wave 116 (Post-Verify Gate): Deploys 116-ibm-cp4d-post-verify-app to poll for ZenService/lite-cr URL publication and validate admin credentials before wave 120 starts.
• Add new chart 116-ibm-cp4d-post-verify with a Job that polls ZenService/lite-cr (up to 60 minutes) for .status.url and verifies CPD admin credentials before wave 120 services sync.
• Skip legacy OLM objects (OperatorGroup, Subscription, Ibmcpd, and 07-ibm-cp4d_patch_zenservice.yaml Job) for 5.4.0.
• Guard legacy post-verify Job in 110-ibm-cp4d to run only on CPD < 5.4.0.
• Update chart version defaults for 5.4.0 in Cognos Analytics, Analytics Engine (Spark), SPSS Modeler, Watson Machine Learning (WML), and Watson Studio Local (WSL).
• Add documentation for 116-ibm-cp4d-post-verify chart and update READMEs.

Test Results

Cluster: noble8 (inst01), CPD 5.4.0, deployed through ArgoCD

• CPD platform and foundational operators are installed through Helm.
• OLM objects (OperatorGroup, Subscription, Ibmcpd) are not created for 5.4.0.
• All ArgoCD applications (sync-waves 111–116) synced and healthy.
• Sync-wave 116 post-verify gate successfully waited for ZenService (lite-cr) URL before releasing wave 120.
• Zen (lite-cr): Completed, admin credentials and dashboard URL verified.
• Watson Studio (ws-cr): Completed, ready to use.
• Data Refinery (datarefinery-cr): Completed, ready to use.
• Cognos Analytics (ca-addon-cr): Completed, ready to provision.
• SPSS Modeler: Completed, ready to use.
• Watson Machine Learning (WML): Completed, ready to use.
• Analytics Engine (Spark): Completed, ready to use.