Deploying operators and cert-manager
Deploy the Kubernetes operator files and install cert-manager.
Before you begin
You must have completed the following installation tasks before you deploy the operators:
- Review the installation requirements. See Deployment requirements.
- Obtain the API Connect product files. See Obtaining product files.
About this task
Table 1 lists the operators used for installing and upgrading API Connect.
| API Connect version | API Connect Operator version | DataPower Operator version |
|---|---|---|
| 10.0.8.1 | 5.3-sc2 | 1.11.0 |
Note: There can be only one instance of the API Connect operator in your
Kubernetes environment. You cannot have multiple namespaces each with their own API Connect operator.
You can run the API Connect operator and subsystems at different versions. The following table
shows the supported combinations:
| API Connect Operator version | API Connect version |
|---|---|
| 5.3-sc2 |
|
| 5.2.0 |
|
The deployment procedures differ depending on whether your deployment cluster uses a single namespace or multiple namespaces. Follow the instructions that apply to your deployment cluster: