Chapter 2. Installing Camel K

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, log in using an account with cluster administrator privileges.

2. Create a new OpenShift project:

   1. In the left navigation menu, click Home > Project > Create Project.
   2. Enter a project name, for example, my-camel-k-project, and click Create.
3. In the left navigation menu, click Operators > OperatorHub.
4. In the Filter by keyword text box, enter Camel K to find the Red Hat Integration - Camel K Operator.
5. Read the information about the Operator, and click Install to display the Operator subscription page.

6. Select the following subscription settings:

   • Update Channel > techpreview
   • Installation Mode > A specific namespace on the cluster > my-camel-k-project

   • Approval Strategy > Automatic

     Note

     The Installation mode > All namespaces on the cluster and Approval Strategy > Manual settings are also available if required by your environment.

7. Click Install, and wait a few moments until the Camel K Operator is ready for use.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, log in using an account with cluster administrator privileges.
2. In the left navigation menu, click Operators > OperatorHub.
3. In the Filter by keyword text box, enter Serverless to find the OpenShift Serverless Operator.
4. Read the information about the Operator, and click Install to display the Operator subscription page.

5. Select the default subscription settings:

   • Update Channel > Select the channel that matches your OpenShift version, for example, 4.6
   • Installation Mode > All namespaces on the cluster

   • Approval Strategy > Automatic

     Note

     The Approval Strategy > Manual setting is also available if required by your environment.

6. Click Install, and wait a few moments until the Operator is ready for use.

7. Install the required Knative components using the steps in the OpenShift documentation:

   • Installing Knative Serving
   • Installing Knative Eventing

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, log in using an account with developer or administrator privileges.
2. Click the help icon in the toolbar, and select Command Line Tools.
3. Download and extract the oc - OpenShift CLI archive if this tool is not already installed. For more details, see the OpenShift CLI documentation.
4. Download and extract the kn - OpenShift Serverless CLI archive if this tool is not already installed. For more details, see the OpenShift Serverless CLI documentation.
5. Download and extract the kamel - Camel K CLI archive to install.
6. Add the kamel binary file to your system path. For example, on Linux, you can put kamel in /usr/bin.

7. Log into your OpenShift cluster using the oc client tool, for example:

   $ oc login --token=my-token --server=https://my-cluster.example.com:6443

8. Enter the following command to verify the installation of the kamel client tool:

   $ kamel --help