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To support cluster administrators that prioritize high security by running their clusters in internet-disconnected environments, especially for mission-critical production workloads, Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) v1 includes cluster extension lifecycle management functionality that works within these disconnected environments, starting in OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.

About disconnected support and the oc-mirror plugin in OLM v1

Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) v1 supports disconnected environments starting in OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. After using the oc-mirror plugin for the OpenShift CLI (oc) to mirror the images required for your cluster to a mirror registry in your fully or partially disconnected environments, OLM v1 can function properly in these environments by utilizing either of the following sets of resources, depending on which oc-mirror plugin version you are using:

  • ImageContentSourcePolicy resources, which are automatically generated by oc-mirror plugin v1, and ClusterCatalog resources, which must be manually created after using oc-mirror plugin v1

  • ImageDigestMirrorSet, ImageTagMirrorSet, and ClusterCatalog resources, which are all automatically generated by oc-mirror plugin v2

Starting in OpenShift Container Platform 4.18, oc-mirror plugin v2 is the recommended version for mirroring.

For more information and procedures, see the Disconnected environments guide for the oc-mirror plugin version you plan to use.