Installing the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cert-manager Operator

You must install Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cert-manager Operator before you upgrade to IBM Software Hub Version 5.4.

Who needs to complete this task?: Cluster administrator A cluster administrator must complete this task.
When do you need to complete this task?: One-time setup Complete this task before you upgrade IBM Software Hub Version 5.4.

About this task

The Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cert-manager Operator provides application certificate lifecycle management.

Complete Installing the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation:
Verify that the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cert-manager Operator is managing your certificates:
1. Delete the certificate secret that you created when you backed up your existing certificates:
```
oc delete secret verify-secret \
-n cert-mgr-test
```
2. Confirm that the verify-secret secret was regenerated:
```
oc get secret verify-secret \
-n cert-mgr-test
```
  It might take a few seconds for the secret to be regenerated.
If the secret is not regenerated after several minutes, check whether there are multiple certificate managers installed on the cluster

Now that you've installed the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cert-manager Operator , you're ready to upgrade IBM Software Hub: