Red Hat Operators
OperatorHub is the web console interface in OpenShift Dedicated that cluster administrators use to discover and install Operators. With one click, an Operator can be pulled from its off-cluster source, installed and subscribed on the cluster, and made ready for engineering teams to self-service manage the product across deployment environments using Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM).
Cluster administrators can choose from catalogs grouped into the following categories:
Category | Description |
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Red Hat Operators |
Red Hat products packaged and shipped by Red Hat. Supported by Red Hat. |
Certified Operators |
Products from leading independent software vendors (ISVs). Red Hat partners with ISVs to package and ship. Supported by the ISV. |
Red Hat Marketplace |
Certified software that can be purchased from Red Hat Marketplace. |
Community Operators |
Optionally-visible software maintained by relevant representatives in the redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod/operators GitHub repository. No official support. |
Custom Operators |
Operators you add to the cluster yourself. If you have not added any custom Operators, the Custom category does not appear in the web console on your OperatorHub. |
Operators on OperatorHub are packaged to run on OLM. This includes a YAML file called a cluster service version (CSV) containing all of the CRDs, RBAC rules, deployments, and container images required to install and securely run the Operator. It also contains user-visible information like a description of its features and supported Kubernetes versions.
The Operator SDK can be used to assist developers packaging their Operators for use on OLM and OperatorHub. If you have a commercial application that you want to make accessible to your customers, get it included using the certification workflow provided on the Red Hat Partner Connect portal at connect.redhat.com.