Chapter 21. Using the Skupper console

Procedure

1. Change context to the site namespace.

2. If you are using the OpenShift console:

   1. Navigate to Operators Installed Operators.
   2. Choose Red Hat Service Interconnect Network Observer Operator from the list of available Operators, and then click Create Instance.

3. If you are not using the OpenShift console:

   1. Create a file named network-observer.yaml with the following CR:

      apiVersion: observability.skupper.io/v2alpha1
      kind: NetworkObserver
      metadata:
        name: networkobserver-sample
        namespace: west
      spec: {}

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      Change the namespace value to match the site namespace.

4. Apply the CR YAML:

   $ kubectl apply -f network-observer.yaml

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   To set resource limits, you can modify the CR, for example:

   apiVersion: observability.skupper.io/v2alpha1
   kind: NetworkObserver
   metadata:
     name: networkobserver-sample
     namespace: west
   spec:
     resources:
       requests:
         cpu: "250m"
         memory: "1Gi"
       limits:
         cpu: "1"
         memory: "2Gi"

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5. Determine the console URL:

   kubectl get --namespace west -o jsonpath="{.spec.host}" route networkobserver-sample-network-observer

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6. Navigate to the console.