---
title: Deploying Tekton on OpenShift 4
url: https://devopstales.github.io/kubernetes/openshift4-tekton/
date: 2023-01-20
keywords: openshift 4.11, openshift okd4, openshift container platform, rad hat openshift, tekton, rad hat openshift pipelines
---



In this Post I will show you how you can install rad hat openshift pipelines (Tekton) on OpenShift4.
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### Configure RedHat registry Authentication

The first thing we will need to do is set up authentication to the RedHat registry. To do this, we will start with a copy of your OpenShift pull-secret. Download your registry.redhat.io [pull secret from the RedHat OpenShift Cluster Manager](https://console.redhat.com/openshift/install/pull-secret) and save it to your home directory as `pull-secret.json`.

> If you configured a valid `pullSecret` in `install-config.yaml` at install you didn't nead this.

```bash
oc project openshift-config
oc delete secret pull-secret
oc create secret generic pull-secret --from-file=.dockerconfigjson=/tmp/pull-secret.json --type=kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson
```

### Enable all the Operator sources in OpenShift 4

The nex step is to enable all the Operator sources in OpenShift 4. 

> You will need to have Cluster Admin privileges in order to run the commands in the following section.

```bash
oc patch OperatorHub cluster --type json -p '[{"op": "add", "path": "/spec/disableAllDefaultSources", "value": false}]'
operatorhub.config.openshift.io/cluster patched
```

At this point, you can validate that the Operator Hub in OpenShift is empty by checking in the UI:

![Example image](/img/include/okd-tekton001.webp)

![Example image](/img/include/okd-tekton002.webp)

### Install the rad hat openshift pipelines operator

In order to use Tekton in OpenShift we will install an operator from use the user interface of the OpenShift Web Console:

![Example image](/img/include/okd-tekton003.webp)

![Example image](/img/include/okd-tekton004.webp)

![Example image](/img/include/okd-tekton005.webp)

![Example image](/img/include/okd-tekton006.webp)

![Example image](/img/include/okd-tekton007.webp)