MinIO Operator not available anymore on Openshift

[stanbog]

Expected Behavior

We've noticed that on our Openshift clusters that were recently updated to version 4.16, we cannot find anymore the MinIO operator in the OperatorHUB list. We can find this however on lower Openshift versions, like 4.15.
We extensively use the MinIO service as part of our Loki logging solution on our Openshift clusters.

Can you let us know if something changed ? And how can we get the operator back ?

Thank you.

Your Environment

• Version used (minio-operator): latest
• Environment name and version: Openshift 4.16 (kubernetes 1.29.8)

[jonmosco]

I had to enable the Marketplace in the OperatorHub:

Administration | Cluster Settings | Global Configuration | OperatorHub

I changed the configuration to enable the Marketplace, waited for the catalog to update, and then it was available again. I am not sure if this will help your particular situation, but I had a similar situation with the operator being unavailable.

[cesnietor]

we've done some changes, we'll share more info soon cc @cniackz.

[cniackz]

That is correct. Moving forward, MinIO will only be available via AIStor in OperatorHub. Starting with OpenShift version 4.17 and beyond, the public operator will no longer be published.

In other words, for those requiring an operator in OpenShift version 4.17 or later, AIStor must be installed, and a license will be required. This is now a commercial solution for OpenShift.