Open Horizon Agent Documentation

Installing edge clusters

Before you can install an agent, you must install and configure edge clusters first. For more information, see Installing edge clusters.

Installing an agent on an edge device

• Installing an agent on an edge device

Installing an agent on an edge cluster

Install the Open Horizon agent on edge clusters.

• Installing the agent on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Kubernetes edge cluster
• Installing the agent on K3s and MicroK8s edge clusters
• Deploying services to your edge cluster
• Configuring a storage class
• Removing the agent from an edge cluster

Installing an agent in a container

• Installing an agent in a container

Configuring authentication

Configure authentication methods for the anax agent to communicate with the Open Horizon management hub.

• Authenticating to the management hub
• Managing secrets

Configuring policies

Configure policies for deployment, node management, and service behavior.

• Policy based deployment
• JSON fields of a deployment policy
• Built-in policy properties
• Policy properties and constraints
• Node policies
• Model objects

Defining and deploying services

Define and deploy services to edge nodes and clusters.

• Managing the lifecycle of services
• Service Definition
• Deployment Strings

Upgrading agents automatically

Automatic upgrade information for the Open Horizon agent.

• Using NMPs to upgrade agents automatically
• Node management policies
• JSON representation of an upgrade manifest
• JSON representation of an NMP status

Advanced features

Advanced features and configurations for the Open Horizon agent.

• High Availability node groups
• Multi-namespace for cluster agent

API Reference

API documentation for the Open Horizon agent.

• Horizon APIs
• Attributes for Horizon POST APIs
• Agreement Bot APIs