Procedure

1. In the Administrator perspective of the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Operators > OperatorHub.
2. In the Filter by keyword box, enter Developer Hub and click the Red Hat Developer Hub Operator card.
3. On the Red Hat Developer Hub Operator page, read the information about the Operator and click Install to open the Install Operator page.

4. From the Update channel drop-down menu, select the update channel that you want to use, for example, fast or fast-1.6.

   Important

   The `fast channel includes all of the updates available for a particular version. Any update might introduce unexpected changes in your Red Hat Developer Hub deployment. Check the release notes for details about any potentially breaking changes.

   The fast-1.6 channel only provides z-stream updates, for example, updating from version 1.6.1 to 1.6.2. If you want to update the Red Hat Developer Hub y-version in the future, for example, updating from 1.6 to 1.7, you must switch to the fast-1.7 channel manually.

5. From the Version drop-down menu, select the version of the Red Hat Developer Hub Operator that you want to install. The default version is the latest version available in the selected channel.

6. Select the Operator Installation mode.

   Note

   The All namespaces on the cluster (default) option is selected by default. The Specific namespace on the cluster option is not currently supported.

7. In the Installed Namespace field, do one of the following actions:

   • Select Operator recommended Namespace to create and use the rhdh-operator namespace. This option is selected by default.

   • Select Select a Namespace to use an alternative namespace.

     • From the Select Project drop-down menu, do one of the following actions:

       • Select an existing project.

       • Select Create Project to create a new project for the Operator.

         • On the Create Project dialog, enter text into the required fields and click Create.

           Important

           For enhanced security, better control over the Operator lifecycle, and preventing potential privilege escalation, install the Red Hat Developer Hub Operator in a dedicated default rhdh-operator namespace. You can restrict other users' access to the Operator resources through role bindings or cluster role bindings.

           You can also install the Operator in another namespace by creating the necessary resources, such as an Operator group. For more information, see Installing global Operators in custom namespaces.

           However, if the Red Hat Developer Hub Operator shares a namespace with other Operators, then it shares the same update policy as well, preventing the customization of the update policy. For example, if one Operator is set to manual updates, the Red Hat Developer Hub Operator update policy is also set to manual. For more information, see Colocation of Operators in a namespace.

8. Select the Update approval method for the Operator.

   • If you select the Automatic option, the Operator is updated without requiring manual confirmation.
   • If you select the Manual option, a notification opens when a new update is released in the update channel. The update must be manually approved by an administrator before installation can begin.

9. Click Install.

   Note

   If you selected a Manual approval strategy, the upgrade status of the subscription remains Upgrading until you review and approve the install plan. After you click Approve on the Install Plan page, the subscription upgrade status changes to Up to date.

   If you selected an Automatic approval strategy, the upgrade status should resolve to Up to date without intervention.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, select your <my-rhdh-project> project.
2. From the Developer perspective on the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click +Add.
3. From the Developer Catalog panel, click Operator Backed.
4. In the Filter by keyword box, enter Developer Hub and click the Red Hat Developer Hub card.
5. Click Create.
6. Add your Backstage custom resource content.
7. On the Create Backstage page, click Create

1. Confirm that the pods are ready by clicking the pod in the Topology view and confirming the Status in the Details panel. The pod status is Active when the pod is ready.

2. From the Topology view, click the Open URL icon on the Developer Hub pod.

   

Procedure

1. From the Developer perspective on the Developer Hub web console, click +Add.
2. From the Developer Catalog panel, click Helm Chart.
3. In the Filter by keyword box, enter Developer Hub and click the Red Hat Developer Hub card.
4. From the Red Hat Developer Hub page, click Create.
5. From your cluster, copy the OpenShift Container Platform router host (for example: apps.<clusterName>.com).

6. Select the radio button to configure the Developer Hub instance with either the form view or YAML view. The Form view is selected by default.

   • Using Form view

     1. To configure the instance with the Form view, go to Root Schema → global → Enable service authentication within Backstage instance and paste your OpenShift Container Platform router host into the field on the form.

   • Using YAML view

     1. To configure the instance with the YAML view, paste your OpenShift Container Platform router hostname in the global.clusterRouterBase parameter value as shown in the following example:

        global:
          auth:
            backend:
              enabled: true
          clusterRouterBase: apps.<clusterName>.com
          # other Red Hat Developer Hub Helm Chart configurations

7. Edit the other values if needed.

   Note

   The information about the host is copied and can be accessed by the Developer Hub backend.

   When an OpenShift Container Platform route is generated automatically, the host value for the route is inferred and the same host information is sent to the Developer Hub. Also, if the Developer Hub is present on a custom domain by setting the host manually using values, the custom host takes precedence.

8. Click Create and wait for the database and Developer Hub to start.

9. Click the Open URL icon to start using the Developer Hub platform.

   

Procedure

1. Create and activate the <my-rhdh-project> OpenShift Container Platform project:

   NAMESPACE=<emphasis><rhdh></emphasis>
   oc new-project ${NAMESPACE} || oc project ${NAMESPACE}

2. Install the Red Hat Developer Hub Helm chart:

   helm upgrade redhat-developer-hub -i https://github.com/openshift-helm-charts/charts/releases/download/redhat-redhat-developer-hub-1.6.1/redhat-developer-hub-1.6.1.tgz

3. Configure your Developer Hub Helm chart instance with the Developer Hub database password and router base URL values from your OpenShift Container Platform cluster:

   PASSWORD=$(oc get secret redhat-developer-hub-postgresql -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d)
   CLUSTER_ROUTER_BASE=$(oc get route console -n openshift-console -o=jsonpath='{.spec.host}' | sed 's/^[^.]*\.//')
   helm upgrade redhat-developer-hub -i "https://github.com/openshift-helm-charts/charts/releases/download/redhat-redhat-developer-hub-1.6.1/redhat-developer-hub-1.6.1.tgz" \
       --set global.clusterRouterBase="$CLUSTER_ROUTER_BASE" \
       --set global.postgresql.auth.password="$PASSWORD"

4. Display the running Developer Hub instance URL:

   echo "https://redhat-developer-hub-$NAMESPACE.$CLUSTER_ROUTER_BASE"