Install the Loki Operator

Install the supported Loki Operator version from the software catalog to enable the secure LokiStack instance, which provides automatic in-cluster authentication and authorization for network observability.

The Loki Operator versions 6.0+ are the supported Loki Operator versions for network observability; these versions provide the ability to create a LokiStack instance using the openshift-network tenant configuration mode and provide fully-automatic, in-cluster authentication and authorization support for network observability.

Prerequisites

  • You have administrator permissions.

  • You have access to the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

  • You have access to a supported object store. For example: AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure, Swift, Minio, or OpenShift Data Foundation.

Procedure

  1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Ecosystem → Software Catalog.

  2. Choose Loki Operator from the list of available Operators, and click Install.

  3. Under Installation Mode, select All namespaces on the cluster.

Verification

  1. Verify that you installed the Loki Operator. Visit the Ecosystem → Installed Operators page and look for Loki Operator.

  2. Verify that Loki Operator is listed with Status as Succeeded in all the projects.

Important

To uninstall Loki, refer to the uninstallation process that corresponds with the method you used to install Loki. You might have remaining ClusterRoles and ClusterRoleBindings, data stored in object store, and persistent volume that must be removed.

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