Chapter 1. Setting up Red Hat Quay for the Quay Bridge Operator


Use the following procedure to create a dedicated Red Hat Quay organization, and then generate an OAuth token to be used with the Quay Bridge Operator in OpenShift Container Platform created within that organization.

Prerequisites

  • You are logged in to Red Hat Quay as a user with administrative privileges.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Red Hat Quay through the web UI.
  2. Select the organization for which the external application will be configured.
  3. On the navigation pane, select Applications.
  4. Select Create New Application and enter a name for the new application, for example, openshift.
  5. On the OAuth Applications page, select your application, for example, openshift.
  6. On the navigation pane, select Generate Token.
  7. Select the following fields:

    • Administer Organization
    • Administer Repositories
    • Create Repositories
    • View all visible repositories
    • Read/Write to any accessible repositories
    • Super User Access
    • Administer User
    • Read User Information
  8. Review the assigned permissions.
  9. Select Authorize Application and then confirm confirm the authorization by selecting Authorize Application.
  10. Save the generated access token.

    Important

    Red Hat Quay does not offer token management. You cannot list tokens, delete tokens, or modify tokens. The generated access token is only shown once and cannot be re-obtained after closing the page.

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