Install the VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions operator

To run VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions in a Kubernetes cluster, you must install a VMware Cloud Director Data Solutions operator.

The VMware Cloud Director Data Solutions operator is a backend service, which runs within each tenant Kubernetes cluster. The Data Solutions operator manages the lifecycle of user resources in Kubernetes clusters upon user requests, sent through VMware Cloud Director Resource Defined Entities. The resources include both data solution operators like VMware RabbitMQ operators for Kubernetes and data solution instances like VMware RabbitMQ. It deploys, upgrades and updates various data solutions in Kubernetes clusters on behalf of the user.

Note: After installing the Data Solutions operator, you might observe certificate authority (CA) key pair error events in the VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions workload, until the CA key pair is verified. The process takes a few seconds.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are assigned with the Tenant VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions operator role. See Tenant user roles and rights.

Procedure

1. Log in to VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions from VMware Cloud Director.
2. Click Settings > Kubernetes Operator.
3. Select the Kubernetes cluster where you want to run VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions, and click Install Operator.
   It takes a few minutes for the Operator Status of the cluster to change to Active.

What to do next

If your cloud provider has set up VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions with a private container registry, a tenant cluster owner must configure the cluster to trust the private registry certificate, so that the cluster can pull container images.