15.4.4. Downloading the Operator images

Procedure

• Pre-cache the Operator images:

  # podman run -v /mnt:/mnt -v /root/.docker:/root/.docker --privileged --rm quay.io/openshift-kni/telco-ran-tools:latest -- factory-precaching-cli download \ 

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     -r 4.21.0 \ 

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     --acm-version 2.6.3 \ 

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     --mce-version 2.1.4 \ 

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     -f /mnt \ 

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     --img quay.io/custom/repository 

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     --du-profile -s 

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  Specifies the downloading function of the factory-precaching-cli tool.

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  Defines the OpenShift Container Platform release version.

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  Defines the RHACM version.

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  Defines the multicluster engine version.

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  Defines the folder where you want to download the images on the disk.

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  Optional. Defines the repository where you store your additional images. These images are downloaded and pre-cached on the disk.

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  Specifies pre-caching the Operators included in the DU configuration.

  Example output

  Generated /mnt/imageset.yaml
  Generating list of pre-cached artifacts...
  Processing artifact [1/379]: ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256_7753a8d9dd5974be8c90649aadd7c914a3d8a1f1e016774c7ac7c9422e9f9958
  Processing artifact [2/379]: ose-kube-rbac-proxy@sha256_c27a7c01e5968aff16b6bb6670423f992d1a1de1a16e7e260d12908d3322431c
  Processing artifact [3/379]: ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256_370e47a14c798ca3f8707a38b28cfc28114f492bb35fe1112e55d1eb51022c99
  ...
  Processing artifact [378/379]: ose-local-storage-operator@sha256_0c81c2b79f79307305e51ce9d3837657cf9ba5866194e464b4d1b299f85034d0
  Processing artifact [379/379]: multicluster-operators-channel-rhel8@sha256_c10f6bbb84fe36e05816e873a72188018856ad6aac6cc16271a1b3966f73ceb3
  ...
  Summary:
  
  Release:                            4.21.0
  Hub Version:                        2.6.3
  ACM Version:                        2.6.3
  MCE Version:                        2.1.4
  Include DU Profile:                 Yes
  Workers:                            83