Installing the IBM RPA operator in an online environment

Before you begin

• See the Preparing for IBM RPA on Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform for hardware and software requirements before you install the operator.
• You must install the OpenShift CLI (oc). For detailed instructions about how to install the OpenShift CLI see Getting started with the OpenShift CLI 🡥.

Installing dependencies

Starting from version 23.0.19, the operator no longer installs some dependencies automatically. So you must install the following dependencies manually:

1. cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift
2. IBM Licensing operator
3. IBM Cloud Pak foundational services operator

Installed dependencies

The IBM RPA operator installation also automatically installs the following operators if they are not already present on the namespace:

• IBM Cloud Pak Foundational Services Operator (Starting from version 23.0.19, this operator is no longer installed automatically)
• IBM Operator for Redis
• IBM MQ Operator

Installing the operator

To install the operator, complete the following steps:

1. Prepare the namespace.
2. Access the IBM RPA images.
3. Create the IBM operator catalog source.
4. Optional: Install the IBM MQ operator.
5. Install the cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift
6. Install the IBM Licensing operator
7. Install the IBM Cloud Pak foundational services.
8. Install the IBM RPA operator.
9. Verify the operator installation.

What to do next

See Deploy the IBM RPA custom resource to proceed.