Installing the AWS Load Balancer Operator - AWS Load Balancer Operator | Networking

Installing the AWS Load Balancer Operator by using the web console
Installing the AWS Load Balancer Operator by using the cli

The AWS Load Balancer Operator deploys and manages the AWS Load Balancer Controller. You can install the AWS Load Balancer Operator from the OperatorHub by using OpenShift Container Platform web console or cli.

Installing the AWS Load Balancer Operator by using the web console

You can install the AWS Load Balancer Operator by using the web console.

Prerequisites

You have logged in to the OpenShift Container Platform web console as a user with cluster-admin permissions.
Your cluster is configured with AWS as the platform type and cloud provider.
If you are using a security token service (STS) or user-provisioned infrastructure, follow the related preparation steps. For example, if you are using AWS Security Token Service, see "Preparing for the AWS Load Balancer Operator on a cluster using the AWS Security Token Service (STS)".

Procedure

Navigate to Operators → OperatorHub in the OpenShift Container Platform web console.
Select the AWS Load Balancer Operator. You can use the Filter by keyword text box or use the filter list to search for the AWS Load Balancer Operator from the list of Operators.
Select the aws-load-balancer-operator namespace.
On the Install Operator page, select the following options:
1. Update the channel as stable-v1.
2. Installation mode as All namespaces on the cluster (default).
3. Installed Namespace as aws-load-balancer-operator. If the aws-load-balancer-operator namespace does not exist, it gets created during the Operator installation.
4. Select Update approval as Automatic or Manual. By default, the Update approval is set to Automatic. If you select automatic updates, the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) automatically upgrades the running instance of your Operator without any intervention. If you select manual updates, the OLM creates an update request. As a cluster administrator, you must then manually approve that update request to update the Operator updated to the new version.
click Install.

Verification

Verify that the AWS Load Balancer Operator shows the Status as Succeeded on the Installed Operators dashboard.

Installing the AWS Load Balancer Operator by using the cli

You can install the AWS Load Balancer Operator by using the cli.

Prerequisites

You are logged in to the OpenShift Container Platform web console as a user with cluster-admin permissions.
Your cluster is configured with AWS as the platform type and cloud provider.
You are logged into the OpenShift cli (oc).

Procedure

Create a Namespace object:
1. Create a YAML file that defines the Namespace object:
  Example namespace.yaml file
  apiVersion: v1 kind: Namespace metadata: name: aws-load-balancer-operator
2. Create the Namespace object by running the following command:
  $ oc apply -f namespace.yaml

Create a CredentialsRequest object:

Create a YAML file that defines the CredentialsRequest object:

Example credentialsrequest.yaml file

apiVersion: cloudcredential.openshift.io/v1
kind: CredentialsRequest
metadata:
  name: aws-load-balancer-operator
  namespace: openshift-cloud-credential-operator
spec:
  providerSpec:
    apiVersion: cloudcredential.openshift.io/v1
    kind: AWSProviderSpec
    statementEntries:
      - action:
          - ec2:DescribeSubnets
        effect: Allow
        resource: "*"
      - action:
          - ec2:CreateTags
          - ec2:DeleteTags
        effect: Allow
        resource: arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*
      - action:
          - ec2:DescribeVpcs
        effect: Allow
        resource: "*"
  secretRef:
    name: aws-load-balancer-operator
    namespace: aws-load-balancer-operator
  serviceAccountNames:
    - aws-load-balancer-operator-controller-manager

Create the CredentialsRequest object by running the following command:
```
$ oc apply -f credentialsrequest.yaml
```

Create an OperatorGroup object:

Create a YAML file that defines the OperatorGroup object:

Example operatorgroup.yaml file

apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
kind: OperatorGroup
metadata:
  name: aws-lb-operatorgroup
  namespace: aws-load-balancer-operator
spec:
  upgradeStrategy: Default

Create the OperatorGroup object by running the following command:
```
$ oc apply -f operatorgroup.yaml
```

Create a Subscription object:

Create a YAML file that defines the Subscription object:

Example subscription.yaml file

apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
  name: aws-load-balancer-operator
  namespace: aws-load-balancer-operator
spec:
  channel: stable-v1
  installPlanApproval: Automatic
  name: aws-load-balancer-operator
  source: redhat-operators
  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace

Create the Subscription object by running the following command:
```
$ oc apply -f subscription.yaml
```

Verification

Get the name of the install plan from the subscription:

$ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator \
    get subscription aws-load-balancer-operator \
    --template='{{.status.installplan.name}}{{"\n"}}'

Check the status of the install plan:

$ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator \
    get ip <install_plan_name> \
    --template='{{.status.phase}}{{"\n"}}'

The output must be Complete.