[[prerequisites-openshift]]

.Prerequisites

* To install {ProductName}, the OpenShift client tools are required. You can download the OpenShift
Origin client from link:https://github.com/openshift/origin/releases[OpenShift Origin^]. {ProductName} has
been tested to work with the latest stable release of the OpenShift Origin Client.

* An OpenShift cluster is required. If you do not have an OpenShift cluster available, see
link:https://github.com/minishift/minishift[Minishift^] for an example of how to run a local instance of OpenShift
on your machine.

ifdef::Minishift[]
* If you want to install {ProductName} on Minishift and want to use Service Catalog, you must explicitly enable it during the start-up, like

[options="nowrap"]
----
MINISHIFT_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL="y" minishift start --extra-clusterup-flags "--service-catalog"
----
endif::Minishift[]

* A method to generate certificates is required. This guide uses link:https://www.openssl.org/[OpenSSL^].
* A user with `cluster-admin` permissions is needed
