Chapter 3. Installing the MTV Operator

Procedure

1. In the Red Hat OpenShift web console, click Operators OperatorHub.
2. Use the Filter by keyword field to search for mtv-operator.
3. Click Migration Toolkit for Virtualization Operator and then click Install.
4. Click Create ForkliftController when the button becomes active.

5. Click Create.

   Your ForkliftController appears in the list that is displayed.

6. Click Workloads Pods to verify that the MTV pods are running.

7. Click Operators Installed Operators to verify that Migration Toolkit for Virtualization Operator appears in the openshift-mtv project with the status Succeeded.

   When the plugin is ready you will be prompted to reload the page. The Migration menu item is automatically added to the navigation bar, displayed on the left of the Red Hat OpenShift web console.

Procedure

1. Create the openshift-mtv project:

   $ cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: project.openshift.io/v1
   kind: Project
   metadata:
     name: openshift-mtv
   EOF

2. Create an OperatorGroup CR called migration:

   $ cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
     name: migration
     namespace: openshift-mtv
   spec:
     targetNamespaces:
       - openshift-mtv
   EOF

3. Create a Subscription CR for the Operator:

   $ cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
     name: mtv-operator
     namespace: openshift-mtv
   spec:
     channel: release-v2.4
     installPlanApproval: Automatic
     name: mtv-operator
     source: redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
     startingCSV: "mtv-operator.v2.4.3"
   EOF

4. Create a ForkliftController CR:

   $ cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: forklift.konveyor.io/v1beta1
   kind: ForkliftController
   metadata:
     name: forklift-controller
     namespace: openshift-mtv
   spec:
     olm_managed: true
   EOF

5. Verify that the MTV pods are running:

   $ oc get pods -n openshift-mtv

   Example output

   NAME                                                    READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
   forklift-api-bb45b8db4-cpzlg                            1/1     Running   0          6m34s
   forklift-controller-7649db6845-zd25p                    2/2     Running   0          6m38s
   forklift-must-gather-api-78fb4bcdf6-h2r4m               1/1     Running   0          6m28s
   forklift-operator-59c87cfbdc-pmkfc                      1/1     Running   0          28m
   forklift-ui-plugin-5c5564f6d6-zpd85                     1/1     Running   0          6m24s
   forklift-validation-7d84c74c6f-fj9xg                    1/1     Running   0          6m30s
   forklift-volume-populator-controller-85d5cb64b6-mrlmc   1/1     Running   0          6m36s