Mirroring the OpenShift Container Platform image repository

Navigate to the OpenShift Container Platform downloads page on the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Select the architecture from the Product Variant drop-down list.

Select the appropriate version from the Version drop-down list.

Click Download Now next to the OpenShift v4.13 Linux Client entry and save the file.

Unpack the archive:

$ tar xvf <file>

Place the oc binary in a directory that is on your PATH.

$ echo $PATH

Navigate to the OpenShift Container Platform downloads page on the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Select the appropriate version from the Version drop-down list.

Click Download Now next to the OpenShift v4.13 Windows Client entry and save the file.

Unzip the archive with a ZIP program.

Move the oc binary to a directory that is on your PATH.

C:\> path

Navigate to the OpenShift Container Platform downloads page on the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Select the appropriate version from the Version drop-down list.

Click Download Now next to the OpenShift v4.13 macOS Client entry and save the file.

Unpack and unzip the archive.

Move the oc binary to a directory on your PATH.

$ echo $PATH

Download your registry.redhat.io pull secret from the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager.

Make a copy of your pull secret in JSON format:

$ cat ./pull-secret | jq . > <path>/<pull_secret_file_in_json> (1)

{
  "auths": {
    "cloud.openshift.com": {
      "auth": "b3BlbnNo...",
      "email": "you@example.com"
    },
    "quay.io": {
      "auth": "b3BlbnNo...",
      "email": "you@example.com"
    },
    "registry.connect.redhat.com": {
      "auth": "NTE3Njg5Nj...",
      "email": "you@example.com"
    },
    "registry.redhat.io": {
      "auth": "NTE3Njg5Nj...",
      "email": "you@example.com"
    }
  }
}

Optional: If using the oc-mirror plugin, save the file as either ~/.docker/config.json or $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/containers/auth.json:

Generate the base64-encoded user name and password or token for your mirror registry:

$ echo -n '<user_name>:<password>' | base64 -w0 (1)
BGVtbYk3ZHAtqXs=

Edit the JSON file and add a section that describes your registry to it:

  "auths": {
    "<mirror_registry>": { (1)
      "auth": "<credentials>", (2)
      "email": "you@example.com"
    }
  },

{
  "auths": {
    "registry.example.com": {
      "auth": "BGVtbYk3ZHAtqXs=",
      "email": "you@example.com"
    },
    "cloud.openshift.com": {
      "auth": "b3BlbnNo...",
      "email": "you@example.com"
    },
    "quay.io": {
      "auth": "b3BlbnNo...",
      "email": "you@example.com"
    },
    "registry.connect.redhat.com": {
      "auth": "NTE3Njg5Nj...",
      "email": "you@example.com"
    },
    "registry.redhat.io": {
      "auth": "NTE3Njg5Nj...",
      "email": "you@example.com"
    }
  }
}