Install MSR using Docker Compose#

After installing the prerequisites, you can deploy MSR by following the steps below.

Download the MSR installer#

Locate the .tgz installer package of the latest release of MSR at Mirantis Packages.
The release is available as a single bundle and is suitable only for offline installations.
Right-click on the installer package and copy the download link.

Download the package to your instance:

wget https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/packages-mirantis.com/msr/msr-offline-installer-<VERSION>.tgz

Extract the package:

tar xvf msr-offline-installer-<VERSION>.tgz

Navigate to the extracted folder:
```
cd msr
```

Configure MSR#

Open the harbor.yml configuration file in your editor of choice, for example:
```
cp harbor.yml.tmpl harbor.yml
vim harbor.yml
```
Modify key parameters:
Set the hostname for MSR to the domain name or IP address where MSR will run:
```
hostname: <YOUR-DOMAIN.COM>
```
Set a password for the MSR admin:
```
harbor_admin_password: <YOUR-PASSWORD>
```
Ensure the directory where MSR stores its data has enough disk space:
```
data_volume: </YOUR/DATA/PATH>
```

Prepare certificates for SSL#

To enable SSL, configure paths to your SSL certificate and key:

If you do not have an SSL certificate from a trusted certificate authority (CA), you can generate self-signed certificates for testing purposes:
```
openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -sha256 -keyout ./<YOUR-DOMAIN.COM>.key -x509 -days 365 -out ./<YOUR-DOMAIN.COM>.crt
```
Note

For production environments, you can acquire the SSL certificates through providers like Let's Encrypt or commercial CA vendors.
Place the generated <YOUR-DOMAIN.COM>.crt and <YOUR-DOMAIN.COM>.key in a secure directory.

Update your harbor.yml configuration file to point to these certificate files:

certificate: </PATH/TO/YOUR-DOMAIN.COM>.crt
private_key: </PATH/TO/YOUR-DOMAIN.COM>.key

Verify that your firewall settings allow traffic on port 443 as SSL communication requires this port to be open.

Install and start MSR#

You can proceed to the MSR installation only after you have configured harbor.yml.

Run the installation script:
```
sudo ./install.sh
```
This script uses Docker Compose to install the MSR services.
Note

To enable image scanning, install Trivy along with MSR by running:
```
sudo ./install.sh --with-trivy
```
Verify if the services are running:
```
sudo docker compose ps
```
You should be able to see services like harbor-core, harbor-db, registry, and so on, running.

Access MSR#

Once the services are running, you can access MSR from a web browser at http://<YOUR-DOMAIN.COM> using the admin credentials set in harbor.yml. You will get redirected to https if SSL is enabled on the instance.