Requirements

To run Curator Operator, the users are expected to meet the prerequisites listed below.

Prerequisite

Admin access to OpenShift 4.5+

Currently, we are using Operator-SDK v1.17.0, Go v1.17.6, Postgres v13.4, and koku-metrics-operator v1.1.7

Install Koku Metrics Operator

• You need to install koku-metrics-operator either via operator-hub or command line.

• We are currently using koku-metrics-operator version 1.1.7 with koku-metric config specified here.

• Run koku-metrics-operator config

  #Documentation/kokumetris-cfg.yaml
  $ oc apply -f Documentation/kokumetris-cfg.yaml
  

Install PostgreSQL Image

• Need to have Postgres database up and running in a cluster to store all information.

• We are currently using Postgres version 13.4 and config file specified sample.

Create database secrets

• First, create project/namespace using below command or web console

  $ oc new-project <project_name>
  

• We need to create base64 encoded database secrets. To encode a string to base64 from the command-line use the below command

  $ echo -n "curator" | base64
  

• For creating secrets run below commmand. Sample file is here.

  #Documentation/db-secret-file.yaml
  $ oc apply -f Documentation/db-secret-file.yaml