Red Hat Integration - Service Registry Operator

Note:

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

Official Documentation

Red Hat Integration - Service Registry Operator: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_integration/2023.q1/html/installing_and_deploying_service_registry_on_openshift/pr01
ApiCurio: https://www.apicur.io/

Install the Red Hat Integration - Service Registry 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 Integration - Service Registry Operator from the OperatorHub to the namespace foundation as follows:

Navigate in the OpenShift Web Console to the Operators → OperatorHub page
Filter by keyword: Service Registry
Select the operator: Red Hat Integration - Service Registry Operator provided by Red Hat
Read the information about the operator and click Install
On the Create Operator Subscription page:
- Select an update channel (if more than one is available)
- Select option All namespaces on the cluster (default)
- Select Automatic approval strategy
- Click Install
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.

Create the Apicurio Registry instance

Create the ApicurioRegistry CRD instance in the namespace foundation as follows:

Navigate in the OpenShift Web Console to the Operators → Installed Operators page
Select the Red Hat Integration - Service Registry Operator
Navigate to the Apicurio Registry tab of the Operators → Operator Details page
Click Create ApicurioRegistry
- Enter the resource definition ( See Example Apicurio Registry Configuration)
- Click on Create
Verify that in the Apicurio Registry tab the newly created apicurio CRD instance is displayed.

Example Apicurio Registry Configuration

apiVersion: registry.apicur.io/v1
kind: ApicurioRegistry
metadata:
  name: apicurio
  namespace: foundation
spec:
  configuration:
    persistence: sql
    security:
      keycloak:
        apiClientId: registry-api
        realm: foundation
        uiClientId: apicurio-registry
        url: 'https://auth.my-openshift-cluster.cloud/auth'
    sql:
      dataSource:
        password: myPassword
        url: >-
          jdbc:postgresql://postgresql.foundation.svc.cluster.local:5432/sampledb
        userName: userJ2T
    ui:
      readOnly: false
  deployment:
    host: schema-registry.my-openshift-cluster.cloud.router-default.my-openshift-cluster.cloud

Configure compatability rule

Please configure the compatability rule in order to avoid a known bug as Apicurio cannot handle event evolution with compatibility rules enabled.

Login into Apicurio
Go to Global rules
Set Compatibility rule to None