Installation Manual - 112 spoke observability foundation operators

Batch 2 observability foundation: Cluster Observability and NetObserv operator-only install, validation, and promotion decision.

This chapter records OP-GF-OPERATORS-22, the Batch 2 observability foundation install for spoke-dc-v7.

Governance

Field	Value
Issue	`#438` / `OP-GF-OPERATORS-22`
Milestone	`Workspace Governance`
Governing ADRs	`ADR 0016`, `ADR 0024`
Predecessor	`#437` / `OP-GF-OPERATORS-21`
Platform GitOps commit	`dd6d1da` / `Install spoke observability foundation operators`
Blog commit	`4491b4e` / `Document spoke observability foundation batch`

Scope

Field	Cluster Observability Operator	NetObserv Operator
Target	`spoke-dc-v7`	`spoke-dc-v7`
Package	`cluster-observability-operator`	`netobserv-operator`
CSV	`cluster-observability-operator.v1.4.0`	`network-observability-operator.v1.11.1`
CatalogSource	`cs-redhat-operator-index-v4-20`	`cs-redhat-operator-index-v4-20`

The batch installed operators only. It did not create FlowCollector, FlowMetric, MonitoringStack, UIPlugin, Perses, ObservabilityInstaller, MultiClusterObservability, object storage, retention config, or tenant workloads.

Preflight

Preflight checked hub and spoke health, OADP, storage classes, PVC posture, existing observability resources, package resolution, related image prefixes, GitOps render, and server-side dry-run.

The install was approved because cluster health was steady and package resolution was deterministic from the mirrored Red Hat catalog.

GitOps Install

Platform GitOps commit dd6d1da added:

clusters/spoke-dc-v7/operators/cluster-observability-operator/
clusters/spoke-dc-v7/operators/netobserv-operator/
clusters/spoke-dc-v7/platform/image-mirrors/idms-observability-foundation.yaml

The mirror policy covers the required Cluster Observability, NetObserv, and OpenShift Logging image source prefixes.

Validation

Final validation:

Check	Result
Argo	hub-side and spoke-side views `Healthy/Synced` at `dd6d1da61f01ff01be9069bf34d1be66a8c211d4`
Cluster Observability Subscription	`AtLatestKnown`
Cluster Observability CSV	`cluster-observability-operator.v1.4.0`, `Succeeded`
NetObserv Subscription	`AtLatestKnown`
NetObserv CSV	`network-observability-operator.v1.11.1`, `Succeeded`
InstallPlans	`install-2h47t` and `install-b9srf`, approved and `Complete`
Operator pods	Running
ClusterVersion	`4.20.18`, Available, not Progressing, not Failing
MCPs	updated, not degraded
Non-steady ClusterOperators	none
Non-running pods	none
Pending CSRs	none

No observability operands were created:

FlowCollector: 0
FlowMetric: 0
MonitoringStack: 0
UIPlugin: 0
ObservabilityInstaller: 0
Perses: 0
PersesDashboard: 0
MultiClusterObservability: 0

Promotion Decision

Keep the operator-only install. It establishes the observability operator foundation without activating flow collection, durable observability storage, UI plugins, or tenant workloads.

Rollback is GitOps-first. Full CRD or console-plugin cleanup requires a separate issue.

Next completed operator batch: 113 Spoke tracing and mesh operators.