Events operator fails on OpenShift Container Platform

The ibm-events-operator operator versions 5.0.x, 5.1.x, and 5.2.0 fail in a CrashLoopBackOff status when on OpenShift Container Platform version 4.20 with Kubernetes version 1.33.5 and later.

To resolve the issue, either use Events operator version 5.2.1 or add an environment variable to Events operator version 5.0.x, 5.1.x, or 5.2.0.

• Deploy Events operator version 5.2.1 or later on OpenShift Container Platform version 4.20 or later.
• Or add the following environment variable to the operator deployment or subscription and ClusterServiceVersion (CSV).

  STRIMZI_KUBERNETES_VERSION="major=1,minor=33"

  1. Get the ibm-events-operator CSV.

     # oc get csv -n deploy_namespace | grep ibm-events-operator
     ibm-events-operator.v5.1.2                     IBM Events Operator                    5.1.2                Succeeded

  2. Update the ibm-events-operator.v5.1.2 CSV. In the spec.install.spec.deployments[].spec.template.spec.containers[].env section, add the environment variable:

     spec:
       install:
         spec:
           deployments:
              spec:
                 template:
                    spec:
                       containers:
                          env:
                           - name: STRIMZI_KUBERNETES_VERSION
                             value: 'major=1,minor=33'