I take a bit of pride in my one-line shell commands. However, I always end up starting from first principles each time. This article will be a living document that will contain the useful commands that I use. These will start simple and get more complex towards the end.

I have tried to grade each command with a risk as follows

• Non Destructive - Though it makes changes these changes are unlikely to cause problems. (Use at your own risk)
• Read Only - Does not make any changes

1. Watch the status of ZenService deployment

Risk: Non Destructive This command allows you to look at the status of the deployment of ZenService, and have it auto updated on the screen.

Command: watch "oc get zenservice -ojsonpath='{.items[0].status}' | jq"

Response: this will auto refresh, Ctrl+c to end

{
  "Progress": "71%",
  "ProgressMessage": "Finished Role 0020-core",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "lastTransitionTime": "2023-04-03T09:28:42Z",
      "message": "Running reconciliation",
      "reason": "Running",
      "status": "True",
      "type": "Running"
    }
  ],
  "supportedOperandVersions": "4.8.2, 4.8.1, 4.8.0, 4.7.2, 4.7.1, 4.7.0, 4.5.7, 4.5.6, 4.5.5, 4.5.4, 4.5.3, 4.5.2, 4.5.1, 4.5.0, 4.4.4, 4.4.3, 4.4.2, 4.4.1, 4.4.0, 4.3.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.0, 4.2.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.0",
  "zenOperatorBuildNumber": "zen operator 1.8.2 build 46",
  "zenStatus": "InProgress"
}

2. Extract the admin password from ibm-common-services

Risk: Read Only This command prints to the screen the admin password to login to the ZenService framework. This used by the CP4I integration platform.

Command: oc extract secret/platform-auth-idp-credentials -n ibm-common-services --to=-

Response:

chrisphillips@cminions-MacBook-Pro apic-2dcha % oc extract secret/platform-auth-idp-credentials      -n ibm-common-services --to=-
# admin_username
admin
# admin_password
TYcTHISISAPASSWORDMfoa3GOD5D0j

The password above has been changed from the one shown on my test system.