Installing the Security Profiles Operator

You can use the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console to install the Security Profiles Operator. This installs the Security Profiles Operator into the openshift-security-profiles namespace by default. You can also verify correct installation by using the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console.

Prerequisites

  • You must have access to the web console as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

Procedure

  1. In the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Ecosystem → Software Catalog.

  2. Search for the Security Profiles Operator, then click Install.

  3. Keep the default selection of Installation mode and namespace to ensure that the Operator will be installed to the openshift-security-profiles namespace.

  4. Click Install.

Verification

To confirm that the installation is successful:

  1. Navigate to the Ecosystem → Installed Operators page.

  2. Check that the Security Profiles Operator is installed in the openshift-security-profiles namespace and its status is Succeeded.

If the Operator is not installed successfully:

  1. Navigate to the Ecosystem → Installed Operators page and inspect the Status column for any errors or failures.

  2. Navigate to the Workloads → Pods page and check the logs in any pods in the openshift-security-profiles project that are reporting issues.

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