Chapter 9. Enabling automatic install of OpenShift DR cluster operator

Procedure

1. Edit the ConfigMag ramen-hub-operator-config on the Hub cluster to add deploymentAutomationEnabled=true as follows:

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   $ oc edit configmap ramen-hub-operator-config -n openshift-dr-system

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   apiVersion: v1
   data:
     ramen_manager_config.yaml: |
       apiVersion: ramendr.openshift.io/v1alpha1
       drClusterOperator:
         deploymentAutomationEnabled: true  ## <-- Add to enable installation of ODR Cluster operator on managed clusters
         catalogSourceName: redhat-operators
         catalogSourceNamespaceName: openshift-marketplace
         channelName: stable-4.10
         clusterServiceVersionName: odr-cluster-operator.v4.10.0
         namespaceName: openshift-dr-system
         packageName: odr-cluster-operator
   [...]

2. Verify that the installation was successful in the Primary managed cluster and the Secondary managed cluster do the following command:

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   $ oc get csv,pod -n openshift-dr-system

   Example output:

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   NAME                                                                      DISPLAY                         VERSION   REPLACES   PHASE
   clusterserviceversion.operators.coreos.com/odr-cluster-operator.v4.10.0   Openshift DR Cluster Operator   4.10.0               Succeeded
   
   NAME                                             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
   pod/ramen-dr-cluster-operator-5564f9d669-f6lbc   2/2     Running   0          5m32s

   You can also go to OperatorHub on each of the managed clusters and verify if the OpenShift DR Cluster Operator is installed.