F5 BIG-IP deployment with OpenShift - platform and networking options

Introduction This article is an architectural overview on how F5 BIG-IP can be used with Red Hat OpenShift. Several topics are covered, including: 1-tier or 2-tier arrangements, where the BIG-I...
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rgfarid
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Dear All,

I check the channel of the CIS operator in openshift and it is in beta channel.

Do you know when this operator will be delivered in stable channel?

We can only deploy in production environment operator that are delivered in stable channel.

Thanks for your reply

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MichaelOLeary
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Jul 18, 2024

Hi rgfarid 

CIS operator should be available for production use cases also. I've deployed CIS (both using YAML manifests and using the Openshift Operator) many times. Can you shoot me a message (you can use this DevCentral platform) if you need help with this?

Mike.

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    Jul 22, 2024

    Hi MichaelOLeary ,

    Thanks for your reply.

    My question is related to the default operator channel when trying to install the operator from the openshift redhat catalog.

    When we list the catalog, under certified-operator-index, we get this output:

    NAME                                         DISPLAY NAME                                                          DEFAULT CHANNEL

    f5-bigip-ctlr-operator                       F5 Container Ingress Services                                         beta

     

    We have a requirement for our production environment, the operator must be in stable channel.

     

    We have check with redhat and they have reply to check with the ISV, that is to say F5 support.

     

    Thanks for your help

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      MichaelOLeary
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      Jul 23, 2024

      rgfarid , thanks, I understand you now.

      It looks like beta channel is the only option. See the video around the 1m 55 second mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8OvxoDjvuo

      If you need a different default channel I think you should raise a github issue here: https://github.com/F5Networks/k8s-bigip-ctlr/issues

      Also can you share the command you run to show the default operator channel? (I have never done that from command line)

      Trinath_Somanch you may be interested in this request.

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        Jul 23, 2024

        Dear team,

        Thanks for your support.

        I will raise a github issue related to this RFE.

        MichaelOLearyto get the default channel you can use this command:

        prerequisite:

        the operator must be installed on the openshift cluster first!

        command:

        $ oc get subs -n <operator_namespace>

        output:

        NAME               PACKAGE            SOURCE                  CHANNEL

        xxx                    xxxxxxxxx            xxxxxxx                    operator_default_channel

         

        Regards,

        Rabah

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        Jul 23, 2024

        Hi Trinath_Somanch

        Thanks for your reply.

        I have open a github RFE.

        Bellow the corresponding ticket:

        https://github.com/F5Networks/k8s-bigip-ctlr/issues/3495