How to publish to OperatorHub.io

OperatorHub.io is a home for the Kubernetes community to share Operators.

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The following process is partially automated in scripts/tools/publish.sh. You can use publish.sh ${VERSION} operatorhub to run this process. For more details see the script documentation.

To publish the GitLab Operator to OperatorHub:

  1. Fork the community-operators repository.
  2. Clone the forked community-operators repository:
    • If the fork was freshly created:

      git clone -o mine git@github.com:<your_github_username>/community-operators.git
      cd community-operators
      git remote add upstream https://github.com/k8s-operatorhub/community-operators.git
      
    • If this is a subsequent update to the already created fork:

      cd community-operators
      git fetch --all
      git checkout main
      git rebase -i upstream/main
      
  3. Set up your shell:

    # Published Operator Image tag
    export OPERATOR_TAG="0.3.1"
    # Version that we're going to apply to OLM
    export OLM_PACKAGE_VERSION=${OPERATOR_TAG}
    export OPERATORHUB_DIR="${HOME}/work/community-operators"
    export OPERATORHUB_NAME="gitlab-operator-kubernetes"
    export OSDK_BASE_DIR=".build/operatorhub-io"
    # Optional
    # point to local instance of "yq" binary:
    export YQ="yq-go"
    
  4. Create a new branch of https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cloud-native/gitlab-operator:

    cd ${OPERATORHUB_DIR}
    git checkout -B gitlab-release-${OPERATOR_TAG}
    
  5. Edit config/manifests/bases/gitlab-operator-kubernetes.clusterserviceversion.yaml under metadata.annotations.alm-examples to refer to a valid chart version that this version of Operator ships with.

  6. Test Operator bundle in local KinD cluster:

    1. BUNDLE_REGISTRY has to point to a valid public registry (create your own project/registry for that purpose):

       export BUNDLE_REGISTRY=registry.gitlab.com/dmakovey/gitlab-operator-bundle
      
    2. podman (or docker) has to be logged into BUNDLE_REGISTRY

    Note that we’re temporarily overriding previously set values to have Kind-Specific bundle etc.

    OSDK_BASE_DIR=".build/operatortest1" KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="optest1" BUNDLE_IMAGE_TAG="beta1" DOCKER="podman" OPERATOR_TAG=0.6.0 KIND_CONFIG="${HOME}/work/gitlab/examples/kind/kind-ssl.yaml" KIND_IMAGE="kindest/node:v1.25.9" scripts/olm_bundle.sh step1 step2
    
    1. Wait for the packagemanifest for gitlab-operator-kubernetes to become available (note that we skip over Community Operators):

      $ kubectl get packagemanifests | grep -F gitlab | grep -vF "Community Operators"
      gitlab-operator-kubernetes                                       48m
      
    2. Deploy Operator (to avoid manually approving install we’ll set AUTO_UPGRADE="true"):

      OSDK_BASE_DIR=".build/operatortest1" AUTO_UPGRADE="true" scripts/olm_bundle.sh step3
      
    3. Create IngressClass:

      cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f -
      apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
      kind: IngressClass
      metadata:
        # Ensure this value matches `spec.chart.values.global.ingress.class`
        # in the GitLab CR on the next step.
        name: gitlab-nginx
      spec:
        controller: k8s.io/ingress-nginx
      EOF
      
    4. Deploy GitLab (values need to be customized to your setup):

      KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="optest1" GITLAB_CR_DEPLOPOY_MODE="ss" LOCAL_IP=192.168.3.194 GITLAB_CHART_DIR=~/work/gitlab GITLAB_OPERATOR_DOMAIN=192.168.3.194.nip.io GITLAB_OPERATOR_DIR=. scripts/provision_and_deploy.sh  deploy_gitlab
      
    5. Delete KinD cluster:

      kind delete cluster --name=${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}
      
  7. Test OLM bundle upgrade

    1. Reuse variables used in testing (see above):

      export BUNDLE_REGISTRY=registry.gitlab.com/dmakovey/gitlab-operator-bundle
      export BUNDLE_IMAGE_TAG="beta1"
      export KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="optest1u"
      export KIND_CONFIG="${HOME}/work/gitlab/examples/kind/kind-ssl.yaml" 
      export KIND_IMAGE="kindest/node:v1.25.9"
      
    2. Make sure to create NEW KinD cluster:

      scripts/olm_bundle.sh initialize_kind install_olm create_namespace
      
    3. At this point you should have bundle for the “test” version published at ${BUNDLE_REGISTRY}:${BUNDLE_IMAGE_TAG} (if not - follow “Test Operator bundle in local KinD cluster” ) assuming previous release was 0.3.1, we will create catalog for testing (note catalog tag beta1u differs from catalog tag published earlier - beta1):

      export CATALOG_IMAGE_TAG="beta1u"
      PREVIOUS_BUNDLE_VERSION="0.3.1"
      
      opm index add -p docker \
         --bundles registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cloud-native/gitlab-operator/bundle:${PREVIOUS_BUNDLE_VERSION},${BUNDLE_REGISTRY}:${BUNDLE_IMAGE_TAG} \
         --mode semver \
         --tag ${BUNDLE_REGISTRY}/gitlab-operator-catalog:${CATALOG_IMAGE_TAG}
      
      podman push ${BUNDLE_REGISTRY}/gitlab-operator-catalog:${CATALOG_IMAGE_TAG}
      
    4. deploy CatalogSource and OperatorGroup in preparation for operator deployment:

      
      OSDK_BASE_DIR=".build/operatortest1" scripts/olm_bundle.sh deploy_catalogsource
      
      OSDK_BASE_DIR=".build/operatortest1" scripts/olm_bundle.sh deploy_operatorgroup 
      
    5. wait for the PackageManifest:

      kubectl get packagemanifests | grep -F gitlab | grep -vF "Community Operators"
      
    6. deploy Subscription:

      # deploy previous release
      OSDK_BASE_DIR=".build/operatortest1" OLM_PACKAGE_VERSION=${PREVIOUS_BUNDLE_VERSION} scripts/olm_bundle.sh deploy_subscription 
      
    7. locate InstallPlan:

      $ kubectl get installplans -A
      NAMESPACE       NAME            CSV                                 APPROVAL   APPROVED
      gitlab-system   install-jfqrb   gitlab-operator-kubernetes.v0.3.1   Manual     false
      
    8. approve InstallPlan:

      kubectl -n gitlab-system patch installplan install-jfqrb -p '{"spec":{"approved":true}}' --type merge
      

      this should trigger automatical creation of a new install plan for the current version ( 0.6.1 ):

      $ kubectl get installplans -A
      NAMESPACE       NAME            CSV                                 APPROVAL   APPROVED
      gitlab-system   install-4dvgh   gitlab-operator-kubernetes.v0.6.1   Manual     false
      gitlab-system   install-jfqrb   gitlab-operator-kubernetes.v0.3.1   Manual     true
      
      
    9. approve upgrade:

      kubectl -n gitlab-system patch installplan install-4dvgh -p '{"spec":{"approved":true}}' --type merge
      
    10. Delete KinD cluster:

      kind delete cluster --name=${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}
      
  8. Create the Operator bundle

    # assemble bundle
    scripts/olm_bundle.sh build_manifests generate_bundle patch_bundle
    # validate bundle
    scripts/olm_bundle.sh validate_bundle
    
  9. Copy bundle files to the right location:

    mkdir -p ${OPERATORHUB_DIR}/operators/${OPERATORHUB_NAME}/${OLM_PACKAGE_VERSION}
    cp -r ${OSDK_BASE_DIR}/bundle/* ${OPERATORHUB_DIR}/operators/${OPERATORHUB_NAME}/${OLM_PACKAGE_VERSION}
    
  10. Add and commit (with sign) your changes:

    cd ${OPERATORHUB_DIR}
    git add operators/${OPERATOR_HUB_NAME}/${OLM_PACKAGE_VERSION}
    git commit -s
    
  11. Push your branch to your fork and create a pull request upstream. Wait for approval from GitLab team members and/or OperatorHub reviewers before the merge is completed.