Open Liberty Operator

This repository hosts the Open Liberty Operator to be used in Kubernetes clusters.

Operator Image

Current image in Docker Hub: openliberty/operator:0.0.1

Instructions to install and use the Open Liberty Operator

• Fetch a Linux VM

• Download and unpack oc client

  • https://github.com/openshift/origin/releases/download/v3.11.0/openshift-origin-client-tools-v3.11.0-0cbc58b-linux-64bit.tar.gz
  • tar -zxvf <tar.gz>
    • you get the oc client and kubectl client with this. You should add these into your PATH

• Start OKD cluster (5-10 minutes):

  • oc cluster up --public-hostname=<hostNameorIP> --skip-registry-check=true
    • You should see some information about how to reach your Web Console, etc
  • oc login -u system:admin

• Install Operator artifacts

  • git clone https://github.com/OpenLiberty/open-liberty-operator.git
  • cd open-liberty-operator
  • kubectl apply -f olm/open-liberty-crd.yaml
  • kubectl apply -f deploy/service_account.yaml
  • kubectl apply -f deploy/role.yaml
  • kubectl apply -f deploy/role_binding.yaml
  • kubectl apply -f deploy/operator.yaml

• Install security

  • For OpenShift install SCC
    • kubectl apply -f deploy/ibm-open-liberty-scc.yaml --validate=false
    • oc adm policy add-scc-to-group ibm-open-liberty-scc system:serviceaccounts:<namespace>
      • Update <namespace> with the appropriate namespace
  • For IBM Cloud Private install PSP
    • kubectl apply -f deploy/ibm-open-liberty-psp.yaml
    • kubectl apply -f deploy/ibm-open-liberty-cr.yaml
    • edit deploy/ibm-open-liberty-rb.yaml and update NAMESPACE with the appropriate namespace
    • kubectl create -f deploy/ibm-open-liberty-rb.yaml -n <namespace>
      • Update <namespace> with the appropriate namespace

• Test Operator with default CR

  • kubectl apply -f deploy/crds/full_cr.yaml

• Bringing down the cluster:

  • oc cluster down
  • rm -rf <oc/openshift.local.clusterup>
    • If you get an error about a busy device, reboot the VM, and re-run rm -rf

For an example on how to deploy an application see Deploying An Application.