:_mod-docs-content-type: PROCEDURE

// Module included in the following assemblies:
//
// deploying/assembly_deploy-cluster-operator.adoc

[id='deploying-cluster-operator-{context}']
= Deploying the Cluster Operator to watch a single namespace

[role="_abstract"]
This procedure shows how to deploy the Cluster Operator to watch Strimzi resources in a single namespace in your Kubernetes cluster.

.Prerequisites

* You need an account with permission to create and manage `CustomResourceDefinition` and RBAC (`ClusterRole`, and `RoleBinding`) resources.

.Procedure

. Edit the Strimzi installation files to use the namespace the Cluster Operator is going to be installed into.
+
For example, in this procedure the Cluster Operator is installed into the namespace `my-cluster-operator-namespace`.
+
include::../../shared/snip-cluster-operator-namespace-sed.adoc[]

. Deploy the Cluster Operator:
+
[source,shell,subs="+quotes,attributes+"]
kubectl create -f install/cluster-operator -n my-cluster-operator-namespace

. Check the status of the deployment:
+
[source,shell,subs="+quotes"]
----
kubectl get deployments -n my-cluster-operator-namespace
----
+
.Output shows the deployment name and readiness
[source,shell,subs="+quotes"]
----
NAME                      READY  UP-TO-DATE  AVAILABLE
strimzi-cluster-operator  1/1    1           1
----
+
`READY` shows the number of replicas that are ready/expected.
The deployment is successful when the `AVAILABLE` output shows `1`.
