Web console

Procedure

1. Use the perspective switcher to switch to the Administrator or Developer perspective.
2. Select an existing project from the Project drop-down list. You can also create a new project from this dropdown.

Procedure

1. Log in to the OpenShift Container Platform web console using your login credentials.
2. Use the masthead to access the user preferences under the user profile.

3. In the General section:

   1. In the Perspective field, you can set the default perspective you want to be logged in to. You can select the Administrator or the Developer perspective as required. If a perspective is not selected, you are logged into the perspective you last visited.
   2. In the Project field, select a project you want to work in. The console will default to the project every time you log in.
   3. In the Topology field, you can set the topology view to default to the graph or list view. If not selected, the console defaults to the last view you used.
   4. In the Create/Edit resource method field, you can set a preference for creating or editing a resource. If both the form and YAML options are available, the console defaults to your selection.
4. In the Language section, select Default browser language to use the default browser language settings. Otherwise, select the language that you want to use for the console.

Procedure

1. Import your logo file into a config map in the openshift-config namespace:

   $ oc create configmap console-custom-logo --from-file /path/to/console-custom-logo.png -n openshift-config

   Tip

   You can alternatively apply the following YAML to create the config map:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: console-custom-logo
     namespace: openshift-config
   data:
     console-custom-logo.png: <base64-encoded_logo> ... 1

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   Provide a valid base64-encoded logo.

2. Edit the web console’s Operator configuration to include customLogoFile and customProductName:

   $ oc edit consoles.operator.openshift.io cluster

   apiVersion: operator.openshift.io/v1
   kind: Console
   metadata:
     name: cluster
   spec:
     customization:
       customLogoFile:
         key: console-custom-logo.png
         name: console-custom-logo
       customProductName: My Console

   Once the Operator configuration is updated, it will sync the custom logo config map into the console namespace, mount it to the console pod, and redeploy.

3. Check for success. If there are any issues, the console cluster Operator will report a Degraded status, and the console Operator configuration will also report a CustomLogoDegraded status, but with reasons like KeyOrFilenameInvalid or NoImageProvided.

   To check the clusteroperator, run:

   $ oc get clusteroperator console -o yaml

   To check the console Operator configuration, run:

   $ oc get consoles.operator.openshift.io -o yaml

Procedure

1. From Administration → Custom Resource Definitions, click on ConsoleLink.
2. Select Instances tab

3. Click Create Console Link and edit the file:

   apiVersion: console.openshift.io/v1
   kind: ConsoleLink
   metadata:
     name: example
   spec:
     href: 'https://www.example.com'
     location: HelpMenu 1
     text: Link 1

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   Valid location settings are HelpMenu, UserMenu, ApplicationMenu, and NamespaceDashboard.

   To make the custom link appear in all namespaces, follow this example:

   apiVersion: console.openshift.io/v1
   kind: ConsoleLink
   metadata:
     name: namespaced-dashboard-link-for-all-namespaces
   spec:
     href: 'https://www.example.com'
     location: NamespaceDashboard
     text: This appears in all namespaces

   To make the custom link appear in only some namespaces, follow this example:

   apiVersion: console.openshift.io/v1
   kind: ConsoleLink
   metadata:
     name: namespaced-dashboard-for-some-namespaces
   spec:
     href: 'https://www.example.com'
     location: NamespaceDashboard
     # This text will appear in a box called "Launcher" under "namespace" or "project" in the web console
     text: Custom Link Text
     namespaceDashboard:
       namespaces:
       # for these specific namespaces
       - my-namespace
       - your-namespace
       - other-namespace

   To make the custom link appear in the application menu, follow this example:

   apiVersion: console.openshift.io/v1
   kind: ConsoleLink
   metadata:
     name: application-menu-link-1
   spec:
     href: 'https://www.example.com'
     location: ApplicationMenu
     text: Link 1
     applicationMenu:
       section: My New Section
       # image that is 24x24 in size
       imageURL: https://via.placeholder.com/24

4. Click Save to apply your changes.

Procedure

1. Run the following commands to create templates you can modify:

   $ oc adm create-login-template > login.html

   $ oc adm create-provider-selection-template > providers.html

   $ oc adm create-error-template > errors.html

2. Create the secrets:

   $ oc create secret generic login-template --from-file=login.html -n openshift-config

   $ oc create secret generic providers-template --from-file=providers.html -n openshift-config

   $ oc create secret generic error-template --from-file=errors.html -n openshift-config

3. Run:

   $ oc edit oauths cluster

4. Update the specification:

   spec:
     templates:
       error:
           name: error-template
       login:
           name: login-template
       providerSelection:
           name: providers-template

   Run oc explain oauths.spec.templates to understand the options.

Procedure

1. From Administration → Custom Resource Definitions, click on ConsoleExternalLogLink.
2. Select Instances tab

3. Click Create Console External Log Link and edit the file:

   apiVersion: console.openshift.io/v1
   kind: ConsoleExternalLogLink
   metadata:
     name: example
   spec:
     hrefTemplate: >-
       https://example.com/logs?resourceName=${resourceName}&containerName=${containerName}&resourceNamespace=${resourceNamespace}&podLabels=${podLabels}
     text: Example Logs

Procedure

1. From Administration → Custom Resource Definitions, click on ConsoleNotification.
2. Select Instances tab

3. Click Create Console Notification and edit the file:

   apiVersion: console.openshift.io/v1
   kind: ConsoleNotification
   metadata:
     name: example
   spec:
     text: This is an example notification message with an optional link.
     location: BannerTop 1
     link:
       href: 'https://www.example.com'
       text: Optional link text
     color: '#fff'
     backgroundColor: '#0088ce'

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   Valid location settings are BannerTop, BannerBottom, and BannerTopBottom.

4. Click Create to apply your changes.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Administration → Custom Resource Definitions.
2. Select ConsoleCLIDownload from the list of Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs).

3. Click the YAML tab, and then make your edits:

   apiVersion: console.openshift.io/v1
   kind: ConsoleCLIDownload
   metadata:
     name: example-cli-download-links-for-foo
   spec:
     description: |
       This is an example of download links for foo
     displayName: example-foo
     links:
     - href: 'https://www.example.com/public/foo.tar'
       text: foo for linux
     - href: 'https://www.example.com/public/foo.mac.zip'
       text: foo for mac
     - href: 'https://www.example.com/public/foo.win.zip'
       text: foo for windows

4. Click the Save button.

Procedure

1. From Administration → Custom Resource Definitions, click on ConsoleYAMLSample.

2. Click YAML and edit the file:

   apiVersion: console.openshift.io/v1
   kind: ConsoleYAMLSample
   metadata:
     name: example
   spec:
     targetResource:
       apiVersion: batch/v1
       kind: Job
     title: Example Job
     description: An example Job YAML sample
     yaml: |
       apiVersion: batch/v1
       kind: Job
       metadata:
         name: countdown
       spec:
         template:
           metadata:
             name: countdown
           spec:
             containers:
             - name: counter
               image: centos:7
               command:
               - "bin/bash"
               - "-c"
               - "for i in 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ; do echo $i ; done"
             restartPolicy: Never

   Use spec.snippet to indicate that the YAML sample is not the full YAML resource definition, but a fragment that can be inserted into the existing YAML document at the user’s cursor.

3. Click Save.

Procedure

1. In the Administrator perspective of the web console, navigate to Operators → OperatorHub.
2. Use the Filter by keyword box to search for the Web Terminal Operator in the catalog, and then click the Web Terminal tile.
3. Read the brief description about the Operator on the Web Terminal page, and then click Install.

4. On the Install Operator page, retain the default values for all fields.

   • The fast option in the Update Channel menu enables installation of the latest release of the Web Terminal Operator.
   • The All namespaces on the cluster option in the Installation Mode menu enables the Operator to watch and be available to all namespaces in the cluster.
   • The openshift-operators option in the Installed Namespace menu installs the Operator in the default openshift-operators namespace.
   • The Automatic option in the Approval Strategy menu ensures that the future upgrades to the Operator are handled automatically by the Operator Lifecycle Manager.
5. Click Install.

6. In the Installed Operators page, click the View Operator to verify that the Operator is listed on the Installed Operators page.

   Note

   Prior to OpenShift Container Platform 4.8, the Web Terminal Operator bundled all its functionality in a single Operator. As of OpenShift Container Platform 4.8, the Web Terminal Operator installs the DevWorkspace Operator as a dependency to provide the same features.

7. After the Operator is installed, refresh your page to see the command line terminal icon on the upper right of the console.

1. To launch the web terminal, click the command line terminal icon ( ) on the upper right of the console. A web terminal instance is displayed in the Command line terminal pane. This instance is automatically logged in with your credentials.

2. Select the project where the DevWorkspace CR must be created from the Project drop-down list. By default, the current project is selected.

   Note
   • The DevWorkspace CR is created only if it does not already exist.
   • The openshift-terminal project is the default project used for cluster administrators. They do not have the option to choose another project.
3. Click Start to initialize the web terminal using the selected project.

1. Uninstall the Web Terminal Operator and related custom resources (CRs) that were added when you installed the Operator.
2. Uninstall the DevWorkspace Operator and its related custom resources that were added as a dependency of the Web Terminal Operator.

1. In the Administrator or Developer perspective, click the Help icon and select Quick Starts.
2. Click a quick start card.
3. In the panel that appears, click Start.
4. Complete the on-screen instructions, then click Next.

5. In the Check your work module that appears, answer the question to confirm that you successfully completed the task.

   1. If you select Yes, click Next to continue to the next task.
   2. If you select No, repeat the task instructions and check your work again.
6. Repeat steps 1 through 6 above to complete the remaining tasks in the quick start.
7. After completing the final task, click Close to close the quick start.

Procedure

1. To create a new quick start, run:

   $ oc get -o yaml consolequickstart spring-with-s2i > my-quick-start.yaml

2. Run:

   $ oc create -f my-quick-start.yaml

3. Update the YAML file using the guidance outlined in this documentation.
4. Save your edits.