Red Hat OpenShift GitOps

Note:

To complete this task, you must be a cluster administrator.

Install the Red Hat OpenShift GitOps Operator from the OperatorHub

Warning:

To complete this task a user in the cluster admin role is required.

As a cluster administrator, install the Red Hat OpenShift GitOps operator from the OperatorHub follows:

  1. Navigate in the OpenShift Web Console to the Operators → OperatorHub page
  2. Filter by keyword: GitOps
  3. Select the operator: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps provided by Red Hat
  4. Read the information about the operator and click Install
  5. On the Create Operator Subscription page:
    • Select option All namespaces on the cluster (default)
    • Select an update channel (if more than one is available)
    • Select Automatic approval strategy
    • Click Subscribe
  6. After the subscription's upgrade status is up to date, navigate in the web console to the Operators → Installed Operators page
Note:

See OpenShift documentation on adding operators to a cluster (OpenShift 4.14) for further information on how to install an operator from the OperatorHub.

Optionally: Install ArgoCD

Even if we recommend using the Red Hat OpenShift GitOps Operator it would be possible to install ArgoCD directly, as well.

Please follow the installation of the official ArgoCD documentation.