Chapter 1. Installing Data Grid Operator

Procedure

1. Log in to the OpenShift Web Console.
2. Navigate to OperatorHub.
3. Find and select Data Grid Operator.
4. Select Install and continue to Create Operator Subscription.

5. Specify options for your subscription.

   Installation Mode

   You can install Data Grid Operator into a Specific namespace or All namespaces.

   Update Channel

   Get updates for Data Grid Operator 8.1.x.

   Approval Strategies

   Automatically install updates from the 8.1.x channel or require approval before installation.

6. Select Subscribe to install Data Grid Operator.
7. Navigate to Installed Operators to verify the Data Grid Operator installation.

Procedure

1. Set up projects.

   1. Create a project for Data Grid Operator.

   2. If you want Data Grid Operator to control a specific Data Grid cluster only, create a project for that cluster.

      $ oc new-project ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE} 

      1

      
      $ oc new-project ${WATCH_NAMESPACE} 

      2

      1

      Creates a project into which you install Data Grid Operator.

      2

      Optionally creates a project for a specific Data Grid cluster if you do not want Data Grid Operator to watch all projects.

2. Create an OperatorGroup resource.

   Control all Data Grid clusters

   $ oc apply -f - << EOF
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
    name: datagrid
    namespace: ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE}
   EOF

   Control a specific Data Grid cluster

   $ oc apply -f - << EOF
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
    name: datagrid
    namespace: ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE}
   spec:
    targetNamespaces:
    - ${WATCH_NAMESPACE}
   EOF

3. Create a subscription for Data Grid Operator.

   $ oc apply -f - << EOF
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
    name: datagrid-operator
    namespace: ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE}
   spec:
    channel: 8.1.x
    installPlanApproval: Automatic 

   1

   
    name: datagrid
    source: redhat-operators
    sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
   EOF

   1

   Specify Manual if you want to manually approve updates from the 8.1.x channel.

4. Verify the installation.

   $ oc get pods -n ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE}
   NAME                                   READY   STATUS
   infinispan-operator-<id>               1/1     Running