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Log 33 🛫

· 2 min read

Objective​

Deploy watsonx.ai on self-managed AWS infrastructure for customer software evaluation

Milestones​

  1. Deploy and configuration of boot node to establish a beach-head into the customer AWS environment
    • Complete
  2. Deploy OCP using the documented UPI installation steps
    • Complete
  3. Install Cloud Pak for Data
    • Complete
  4. Deploy and configure watsonx.ai on self-managed AWS infrastructure on ref environment and document
    • In Progress

Today's Accomplishments​

Summary​

  • Brief watsonx.ai Prompt Lab demonstration
  • Reconfiguring watsonx Assistant front end (per customer request, to be worked on)
  • Continuing proxy investigation for the cluster

Decisions and Action Items (DAI)​

  • ServiceNow connectivity being investigated
    • Issue with proxy configuration not allowing watsonx Assistant/Orchestrate communication with ServiceNow.com
  • watsonx Assistant front-end enhancements with customer
    • Chat greeting enhancements

Lessons Learned​

  • pdf files needed for watson Assistant extensions available to the cluster internally (no external access or configurable access to S3 buckets)
    • Workaround: Hosted pdf files on the bastion httpd server (originally used for the OCP ignition files)

Next Steps​

  • Application configuration
    • watsonx.ai Prompt Lab
    • watsonx Assistant
    • watsonx Orchestrate
      • ServiceNow skills
      • Microsoft Outlook skills