Guide: Install OpenShift 4.12 using IPI on Nutanix CE 2.0

The ability to install an OpenShift cluster on Nutanix using the installer-provisioned infrastructure (IPI) was introduced with OpenShift 4.11.

This guide will walk through installing OpenShift 4.12 using the IPI installer on a Nutanix Cluster.

The official documentation for installing OCP 4.12 using the IPI installer is located here:

https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.12/installing/installing_nutanix/preparing-to-install-on-nutanix.html

Guides for installing a Nutanix CE 2.0 single-node or three-node cluster on bare metal are available here:

Guide: Nutanix CE 2.0 Three-Node Cluster on Bare Metal

Installing Nutanix Community Edition 2.0 on Bare Metal — Single Node Cluster

Prerequisites

• Nutanix AOS Versions: 5.20.4+ or 6.5.1+dd
• Prism Central Version: 2022.4+
• Valid CA Signed Certificate for Prism Central
• An account on the Nutanix cluster with admin permissions for the IPI installer to create and configure the environment.
• AHV IP Address Management (IPAM) is required for the machine network.
• OpenShift API VIP and Ingress VIP
• 112GB of available RAM (1 bootstrap, 3 control plane, 3 compute nodes — at 16GB each)