Installing the NBDE Tang Server Operator¶

You can install the NBDE Tang Operator either by using the web console or through the oc command from CLI.

Installing the NBDE Tang Server Operator using the web console¶

You can install the NBDE Tang Server Operator from the software catalog using the web console.

Prerequisites

• You must have cluster-admin privileges on an OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Ecosystem → Software Catalog.
2. Search for the NBDE Tang Server Operator:
3. Click Install.
4. On the Operator Installation screen, keep the Update channel, Version, Installation mode, Installed Namespace, and Update approval fields on the default values.
5. After you confirm the installation options by clicking Install, the console displays the installation confirmation.

Verification

1. Navigate to the Ecosystem → Installed Operators page.
2. Check that the NBDE Tang Server Operator is installed and its status is Succeeded.

Installing the NBDE Tang Server Operator using CLI¶

You can install the NBDE Tang Server Operator from the software catalog using the CLI.

Prerequisites

• You must have cluster-admin privileges on an OpenShift Container Platform cluster.
• You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

Procedure

1. Use the following command to list available Operators in the software catalog, and limit the output to Tang-related results:
   terminal

   $ oc get packagemanifests -n openshift-marketplace | grep tang

   Example output

   tang-operator           Red Hat

   In this case, the corresponding packagemanifest name is tang-operator.

2. Create a Subscription object YAML file to subscribe a namespace to the NBDE Tang Server Operator, for example, tang-operator.yaml:
   Example subscription YAML for tang-operator

   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
     name: tang-operator
     namespace: openshift-operators
   spec:
     channel: stable (1)
     installPlanApproval: Automatic
     name: tang-operator (2)
     source: redhat-operators (3)
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace <4> 

   1. Specify the channel name from where you want to subscribe the Operator.
   2. Specify the name of the Operator to subscribe to.
   3. Specify the name of the CatalogSource that provides the Operator.
   4. The namespace of the CatalogSource. Use openshift-marketplace for the default software catalog sources.
3. Apply the Subscription to the cluster:
   terminal

   $ oc apply -f tang-operator.yaml

Verification

• Check that the NBDE Tang Server Operator controller runs in the openshift-operators namespace:
  terminal

  $ oc -n openshift-operators get pods

  Example output

  NAME                                                READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
  tang-operator-controller-manager-694b754bd6-4zk7x   2/2     Running   0          12s