operator-controller

The operator-controller is the central component of Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) v1. It extends Kubernetes with an API through which users can install extensions.

Overview

OLM v1 is the follow-up to OLM v0. Its purpose is to provide APIs, controllers, and tooling that support the packaging, distribution, and lifecycling of Kubernetes extensions. It aims to:

• align with Kubernetes designs and user assumptions
• provide secure, high-quality, and predictable user experiences centered around declarative GitOps concepts
• give cluster admins the minimal necessary controls to build their desired cluster architectures and to have ultimate control

OLM v1 consists of two different components:

• operator-controller
• catalogd

For a more complete overview of OLM v1 and how it differs from OLM v0, see our overview.

Documentation

The documentation currently lives at website. The source of the documentation exists in this repository, see docs directory.

Getting Started

To get started with OLM v1, please see our Getting Started documentation.

ClusterCatalog

Quickstart DEMO

ClusterCatalog Quickstart Steps

Procedure steps marked with an asterisk (*) are likely to change with future API updates.

NOTE: The examples below use the -k flag in curl to skip validating the TLS certificates. This is for demonstration purposes only.

1. To get started with OLM v1, please see our Getting Started documentation.

2. Create a ClusterCatalog object that points to the OperatorHub Community catalog by running the following command:

   $ kubectl apply -f - << EOF
   apiVersion: olm.operatorframework.io/v1
   kind: ClusterCatalog
   metadata:
     name: operatorhubio
   spec:
     source:
       type: Image
       image:
         ref: quay.io/operatorhubio/catalog:latest
   EOF

3. Verify the ClusterCatalog object was created successfully by running the following command:

   $ kubectl describe clustercatalog/operatorhubio

   Example output

   Name:         operatorhubio
   Namespace:
   Labels:       olm.operatorframework.io/metadata.name=operatorhubio
   Annotations:  <none>
   API Version:  olm.operatorframework.io/v1
   Kind:         ClusterCatalog
   Metadata:
     Creation Timestamp:  2024-10-17T13:48:46Z
     Finalizers:
       olm.operatorframework.io/delete-server-cache
     Generation:        1
     Resource Version:  7908
     UID:               34eeaa91-9f8e-4254-9937-0ae9d25e92df
   Spec:
     Availability Mode:  Available
     Priority:  0
     Source:
       Image:
         Ref:            quay.io/operatorhubio/catalog:latest
       Type:             Image
   Status:
     Conditions:
       Last Transition Time:  2024-10-17T13:48:59Z
       Message:               Successfully unpacked and stored content from resolved source
       Observed Generation:   1
       Reason:                Succeeded
       Status:                False
       Type:                  Progressing
       Last Transition Time:  2024-10-17T13:48:59Z
       Message:               Serving desired content from resolved source
       Observed Generation:   1
       Reason:                Available
       Status:                True
       Type:                  Serving
     Last Unpacked:           2024-10-17T13:48:58Z
     Resolved Source:
       Image:
         Last Successful Poll Attempt:  2024-10-17T14:49:59Z
         Ref:                           quay.io/operatorhubio/catalog@sha256:82be554b15ff246d8cc428f8d2f4cf5857c02ce3225d95d92a769ea3095e1fc7
       Type:                            Image
     Urls:
       Base:  https://catalogd-service.olmv1-system.svc/catalogs/operatorhubio
   Events:    <none>

4. Port forward the catalogd-service service in the olmv1-system namespace:

   $ kubectl -n olmv1-system port-forward svc/catalogd-service 8080:443

5. Access the v1/all service endpoint and filter the results to a list of packages by running the following command:

   $ curl https://localhost:8080/catalogs/operatorhubio/api/v1/all | jq -s '.[] | select(.schema == "olm.package") | .name'

   Example output

     % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
   100  110M  100  110M    0     0   112M      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  112M
   "ack-acm-controller"
   "ack-apigatewayv2-controller"
   "ack-applicationautoscaling-controller"
   "ack-cloudtrail-controller"
   "ack-cloudwatch-controller"
   "ack-dynamodb-controller"
   "ack-ec2-controller"
   "ack-ecr-controller"
   "ack-eks-controller"
   "ack-elasticache-controller"
   "ack-emrcontainers-controller"
   "ack-eventbridge-controller"
   "ack-iam-controller"
   "ack-kinesis-controller"
   ...

6. Run the following command to get a list of channels for the ack-acm-controller package:

   $ curl https://localhost:8080/catalogs/operatorhubio/api/v1/all | jq -s '.[] | select(.schema == "olm.channel") | select(.package == "ack-acm-controller") | .name'

   Example output

     % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
   100  110M  100  110M    0     0   115M      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  116M
   "alpha"

7. Run the following command to get a list of bundles belonging to the ack-acm-controller package:

   $ curl https://localhost:8080/catalogs/operatorhubio/api/v1/all | jq -s '.[] | select(.schema == "olm.bundle") | select(.package == "ack-acm-controller") | .name'

   Example output

     % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
   100  110M  100  110M    0     0   122M      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  122M
   "ack-acm-controller.v0.0.1"
   "ack-acm-controller.v0.0.2"
   "ack-acm-controller.v0.0.4"
   "ack-acm-controller.v0.0.5"
   "ack-acm-controller.v0.0.6"
   "ack-acm-controller.v0.0.7"

License

Copyright 2022-2024.

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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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