Deploying a devfile registry

Deploy a devfile registry to allow access to the devfile stacks that provide templates for containerized development.

To use the devfile Operator to deploy a devfile registry, use:

  • Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM)

  • Devfile registry Helm chart

Prerequisites

  • A built devfile registry container image. To build your own devfile registry, see Building a custom devfile registry.

  • If you do not have publicly signed certificates for your cluster, disable TLS for the devfile registry so that you can use the devfile registry with odo.

Deploying a devfile registry with Operator Lifecycle Manager

When you have Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) installed on your cluster, use the devfile registry Operator to install and deploy a devfile registry.

Procedure

  1. Install the devfile registry Operator:

    1. Install OLM.

    2. Download and install the operator-sdk CLI.

    3. Run the operator-sdk command to install the devfile registry Operator:

      $ operator-sdk run bundle quay.io/devfile/registry-operator-bundle:next

  2. Deploy the devfile registry:

    1. On an OpenShift cluster, run:

      $ cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: registry.devfile.io/v1alpha1
kind: DevfileRegistry
metadata:
  name: devfile-registry
spec:
  devfileIndexImage: quay.io/devfile/devfile-index:next
EOF

    2. On a Kubernetes cluster, run:

      $ cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: registry.devfile.io/v1alpha1
kind: DevfileRegistry
metadata:
  name: devfile-registry
spec:
  devfileIndexImage: quay.io/devfile/devfile-index:next
 	tls:
    enabled: false
  k8s:
    ingressDomain: $INGRESS_DOMAIN
EOF

Regardless of the cluster, if you are deploying your own devfile registry, change the devfileIndexImage field to the container image that you built.
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Deploying a devfile registry with Helm chart

If the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) is not installed on your Kubernetes cluster, use the devfile registry Helm chart in order to use the devfile registry Operator to deploy the devfile registry.

Procedure

  1. Clone the repository containing the Helm chart:

    $ git clone https://github.com/devfile/registry-support

  2. Navigate to the deploy/chart/devfile-registry directory.

  3. Open the values.yaml file in an editor and make the following changes:

    1. Set devfileIndex.image to the image containing your devfile stacks.

    2. Set devfileIndex.tag to the image tag for your devfile index image.

    3. If installing on Kubernetes, set global.Ingress.domain to the Ingress domain of your cluster.

    4. If installing on OpenShift, set global.isOpenShift to true.

  4. Run helm install devfile-registry ./ to install the Helm chart.

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