Installing the JobSet Operator¶

Install the JobSet Operator on OpenShift Container Platform to enable management of large-scale, coordinated computing workloads, giving your applications a unified API and failure recovery.

Installing the JobSet Operator¶

Install the JobSet Operator on OpenShift Container Platform using the web console to begin managing large-scale, coordinated computing workloads.

Prerequisites

• You have access to the cluster with cluster-admin privileges.
• You have access to the OpenShift Container Platform web console.
• You have installed the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift.

Procedure

1. Log in to the OpenShift Container Platform web console.
2. Verify that the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift is installed.
3. Install the JobSet Operator.
   1. Navigate to Ecosystem → Software Catalog.
   2. Search for and select the openshift-operators project.
   3. Enter JobSet Operator into the filter box.
   4. Select the JobSet Operator and click Install.
   5. On the Install Operator page:
      1. The Update channel is set to stable-v1.0, which installs the latest stable release of JobSet Operator.
      2. Under Installation mode, select A specific namespace on the cluster.
      3. Under Installed Namespace, select Operator recommended Namespace: openshift-jobset-operator.
      4. Under Update approval, select one of the following update strategies:
         • The Automatic strategy allows Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) to automatically update the Operator when a new version is available.
         • The Manual strategy requires a user with appropriate credentials to approve the Operator update.
      5. Click Install.
4. Create the custom resource (CR) for the JobSet Operator:
   1. Navigate to Installed Operators → JobSet Operator.
   2. Under Provided APIs, click Create instance in the JobSetOperator pane.
   3. Set the name to cluster.
   4. Set the managementState to Managed.
   5. Click Create.

Verification

• Check that the JobSet Operator and operand pods are running by entering the following command:
  terminal

  $ oc get pod -n openshift-jobset-operator

  Example output

  NAME                                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
  jobset-controller-manager-5595547fb-b4g2x   1/1     Running   0          48s
  jobset-operator-596cb848c6-q2dmp            1/1     Running   0          2m33s