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The following steps will guide you through installing a service broker called
Minibroker.
Minibroker adapts Helm charts into brokered services. When a service is provisioned,
the Helm chart is applied to the same namespace as the apps it will be bound to.
Minibroker provides the following services by default:
MariaDB
MongoDB
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
Before you begin
You will need a cluster with Kf installed and access
to the Kf CLI.
Additionally, you will need the following software:
Run kf marketplace. You should see output similar to:
$ kf marketplace
5 services can be used in Space "default", use the --service flag to list the plans for a service
Broker Name Space Status Description
minibroker mariadb Active Helm Chart for mariadb
minibroker mongodb Active Helm Chart for mongodb
minibroker mysql Active Helm Chart for mysql
minibroker postgresql Active Helm Chart for postgresql
minibroker redis Active Helm Chart for redis
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