If a Cloud Pak for Data cluster is air-gapped, it is unable to reach the...

In air-gapped (offline) environments, it’s not just the container images that require preparation. Package managers like pip (for Python) and other utilities commonly attempt to pull dependencies from public internet repositories. These must be redirected to internal mirrors or handled via offline bundles. If left unaddressed, certain operations within components like Jupyter notebooks, Watson Studio, or pipelines may fail. License validation and monitoring do not inherently require internet access, and data movement between nodes is part of normal cluster function—not something to be blocked.