Step 1. Install snap

Snap is a prerequisite software for installing DataClarity platform.

For details, see the respective online documentation at https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd.

• For documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), see https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snap-on-red-hat.
• For documentation for CentOS, see https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snap-on-centos.

The following steps are the example for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)/CentOS.

Procedure

1. Add the repository for the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux to your system:

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   sudo yum -y install epel-release

2. Install snap:

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   sudo yum -y install snapd

3. Enable the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket:

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   sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

4. To enable classic snap support, create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:

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   sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

5. To ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly, either log out and back in again, or restart your system.

What’s next?

Step 2. Install MicroK8s