Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Installing the External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift by using the web console

You can install the External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift by using the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console. You can select the desired update channel and approval strategy, and deploy the Operator into the recommended namespace without manually defining YAML resources.

Prerequisites

You have access to the cluster with cluster-admin privileges.
You have access to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console.

Procedure

Log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console.
Navigate to Ecosystem → Software Catalog.
Enter External Secrets Operator in the search box.
Select the External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift from the generated list and click Install.
On the Install Operator page:
1. Update the Update channel, if necessary. The channel defaults to stable-v1, which installs the latest stable release of the External Secrets Operator.
2. Select the version from Version drop-down list.
3. Choose the Installed Namespace for the Operator.
  - To use the default Operator namespace, select the Operator recommended Namespace option.
  - To use the namespace that you created, select the Select a Namespace option, and then select the namespace from the drop-down list.
  - If the default external-secrets-operator namespace does not exist, it is created for you by the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM).
4. Select an Update approval strategy.
  - The Automatic strategy enables 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.

Verification

Navigate to Ecosystem → Installed Operators.
Verify that External Secrets Operator is listed with a Status of Succeeded in the external-secrets-operator namespace.