Chapter 3. 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 8.4.x.

   Approval Strategies

   Automatically install updates from the 8.4.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. Run the oc infinispan install command to create Data Grid Operator subscriptions, for example:

   oc infinispan install --channel=8.4.x
                              --source=redhat-operators
                              --source-namespace=openshift-marketplace

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2. Verify the installation.

   oc get pods -n openshift-operators | grep infinispan-operator
   NAME                                   READY   STATUS
   infinispan-operator-<id>               1/1     Running

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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

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      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

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   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

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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: 8.4.x
    installPlanApproval: Automatic
    name: datagrid
    source: redhat-operators
    sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
   EOF

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   Note

   If you want to manually approve updates from the 8.4.x channel, change the value of the spec.installPlanApproval field to Manual.

4. Verify the installation.

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

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