OpenShift Pipelines is provided as an OpenShift add-on that can be installed via an operator that is available in the OpenShift OperatorHub.
Operators may be installed into a single namespace and only monitor resources in that namespace, but the OpenShift Pipelines Operator installs globally on the cluster and monitors and manage pipelines for every single user in the cluster.
To install the operator globally, you need to be a cluster administrator user. In this workshop environment, the operator has already been installed for you. Nevertheless, this is the process we followed in order to install the operator. These instructions are for reference, as you will not be able to see these screens in the embedded console in the workshop due to your user’s lack of the required privileges.
To install the OpenShift Pipelines operator on an OpenShift 4 cluster, you would go to the Catalog > OperatorHub tab in the OpenShift web console. You can see the list of available operators for OpenShift provided by Red Hat as well as a community of partners and open-source projects.
Next, you would click on the Integration & Delivery category to find the OpenShift Pipeline Operator as shown below:
Click on OpenShift Pipelines Operator, Continue, and then Install as shown below:
Leave the default values after clicking Install. The operator will install globally
and it will run in the openshift-operators project, as this is the pre-configured
project for all global operators. Click on Subscribe in order to subscribe to
the installation and update channels as shown below:
The operator is installed when you see the status updated from 1 installing to 1 installed
as shown in the photo below:
This operator automates installation and updates of OpenShift Pipelines on the cluster as well as applying all configurations needed.
That’s all. The operator now installs and manages OpenShift Pipelines on the cluster.