Installing the IBM MQ Operator using the OpenShift console

The IBM® MQ Operator can be installed onto Red Hat® OpenShift® using the OperatorHub.

1. Log in to your Red Hat OpenShift cluster console.
2. From the navigation pane, click Operators > OperatorHub.
   The OperatorHub page is displayed.
3. In the All Items field, enter "IBM MQ".
   The IBM MQ catalog entry is displayed.
4. Select IBM MQ.
   The IBM MQ window is displayed.
5. Click Install.
   The Install Operator page is displayed.
6. Enter the following values:
   1. Set Channel to your chosen version.

      See Release history for IBM MQ Operator to determine which operator channel to choose (the IBM MQ version for each operator release is specified by the "Allowed value for .spec.version").

   2. Set Installation Mode to either "a specific namespace on the cluster" (which you can create in the next step), or the cluster-wide scope.

      Choosing the cluster-wide scope is recommended, because installing different versions of an Operator in different namespaces can lead to problems. Operators are designed to be extensions of the control plane.

   3. Optional: If you chose "a specific namespace on the cluster", set the Namespace to the project (namespace) value that you want to install the operator into.
      Note: When using the console to install the operator, you can either use an existing namespace, the default namespace that is provided by the operator, or create a new namespace. If you want to create a new namespace you can create it from this form, as follows: From the navigation pane, click Home > Projects, select Create Project, specify the Name of the project (the namespace) that you want to create, then click Create.
   4. Set Approval Strategy to Automatic.
7. Click Install and wait for your operator to install.

   You are provided with a confirmation when the installation is complete.

   To verify the installation, navigate to Operators > Installed Operators, and select your project from the Projects drop-down list. The status of the operator changes to Succeeded when the installation is complete.