5.4. Cluster Image Registry Operator
Purpose
The Cluster Image Registry Operator manages a singleton instance of the OpenShift Container Platform registry. It manages all configuration of the registry, including creating storage.
On initial start up, the Operator creates a default image-registry resource instance based on the configuration detected in the cluster. This indicates what cloud storage type to use based on the cloud provider.
If insufficient information is available to define a complete image-registry resource, then an incomplete resource is defined and the Operator updates the resource status with information about what is missing.
The Cluster Image Registry Operator runs in the openshift-image-registry namespace and it also manages the registry instance in that location. All configuration and workload resources for the registry reside in that namespace.
