:_mod-docs-content-type: PROCEDURE

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

[id='deploying-cluster-operator-to-watch-whole-cluster-{context}']
= Deploying the Cluster Operator to watch all namespaces

[role="_abstract"]
This procedure shows how to deploy the Cluster Operator to watch Strimzi resources across all namespaces in your Kubernetes cluster.

When running in this mode, the Cluster Operator automatically manages clusters in any new namespaces that are created.

.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.
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For example, in this procedure the Cluster Operator is installed into the namespace `my-cluster-operator-namespace`.
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include::../../shared/snip-cluster-operator-namespace-sed.adoc[]

. Edit the `install/cluster-operator/060-Deployment-strimzi-cluster-operator.yaml` file to set the value of the `STRIMZI_NAMESPACE` environment variable to `*`.
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[source,yaml,subs="attributes"]
----
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
spec:
  # ...
  template:
    spec:
      # ...
      serviceAccountName: strimzi-cluster-operator
      containers:
      - name: strimzi-cluster-operator
        image: {DockerClusterOperator}
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        env:
        - name: STRIMZI_NAMESPACE
          value: "*"
        # ...
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. Create `ClusterRoleBindings` that grant cluster-wide access for all namespaces to the Cluster Operator.
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[source,shell,subs="+quotes,attributes+"]
kubectl create clusterrolebinding strimzi-cluster-operator-namespaced --clusterrole=strimzi-cluster-operator-namespaced --serviceaccount my-cluster-operator-namespace:strimzi-cluster-operator
kubectl create clusterrolebinding strimzi-cluster-operator-watched --clusterrole=strimzi-cluster-operator-watched --serviceaccount my-cluster-operator-namespace:strimzi-cluster-operator
kubectl create clusterrolebinding strimzi-cluster-operator-entity-operator-delegation --clusterrole=strimzi-entity-operator --serviceaccount my-cluster-operator-namespace:strimzi-cluster-operator

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

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