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Deploy Service Mesh Operator

Operator Overview#

Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh requires the following four Operators:

Warning

Before moving on, ensure you have deployed all four of these operators.

  1. OpenShift Elasticsearch - Provides database storage for tracing and logging with the distributed tracing platform. It is based on the open core Elasticsearch project.

  2. Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform - Provides distributed tracing to monitor and troubleshoot transactions in complex distributed systems. It is based on the open source Jaeger project.

  3. Kiali - Provides observability for your service mesh. Allows you to view configurations, monitor traffic, and analyze traces in a single console. It is based on the open source Kiali project.

  4. Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh - Allows you to connect, secure, control, and observe the microservices that comprise your applications. The Service Mesh Operator defines and monitors the ServiceMeshControlPlane resources that manage the deployment, updating, and deletion of the Service Mesh components. It is based on the open source Istio project.

Operator installation Procedure#

  1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Operators → OperatorHub. operator hub

  2. Type the name of the Operator into the filter box and select the Red Hat version of the Operator. Community versions of the Operators are not supported.

  3. Click Install.

  4. On the Install Operator page for each Operator, accept the default settings.

  5. Click Install. Wait until the Operator has installed before repeating the steps for the next Operator in the list. Operator Install

  6. The OpenShift Elasticsearch Operator is installed in the openshift-operators-redhat namespace and is available for all namespaces in the cluster.

  7. The Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform is installed in the openshift-distributed-tracing namespace and is available for all namespaces in the cluster.

  8. The Kiali and Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh Operators are installed in the openshift-operators namespace and are available for all namespaces in the cluster.

  9. After all you have installed all four Operators, click Operators → Installed Operators to verify that your Operators installed. Installed Operators