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Installing Knative Serving

After you install the OpenShift Serverless Operator, you can install Knative Serving by following the procedures described in this guide.

This guide provides information about installing Knative Serving using the default settings. However, you can configure more advanced settings in the KnativeServing custom resource definition.

For more information about configuration options for the KnativeServing custom resource definition, see Advanced installation configuration options.

Creating the knative-serving namespace

When you create the knative-serving namespace, a knative-serving project will also be created.

You must complete this procedure before installing Knative Serving.

If the KnativeServing object created during Knative Serving’s installation is not created in the knative-serving namespace, it will be ignored.

Prerequisites

  • An OpenShift Container Platform account with cluster administrator access

  • Installed OpenShift Serverless Operator

Creating the knative-serving namespace using the web console

Procedure

  1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Administration → Namespaces.

    Namespaces page

  2. Enter knative-serving as the Name for the project. The other fields are optional.

    Creating the `knative-eventing` namespace

  3. Click Create.

Creating the knative-serving namespace using the CLI

Procedure

  1. Create the knative-serving namespace by entering:

    $ oc create namespace knative-serving

Prerequisites

  • An OpenShift Container Platform account with cluster administrator access.

  • Installed OpenShift Serverless Operator.

  • Created the knative-serving namespace.

Installing Knative Serving using the web console

Procedure

  1. In the Administrator perspective of the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.

  2. Check that the Project dropdown at the top of the page is set to Project: knative-serving.

  3. Click Knative Serving in the list of Provided APIs for the OpenShift Serverless Operator to go to the Knative Serving tab.

    Installed Operators page

  4. Click the Create Knative Serving button.