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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

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

* This procedure requires use of a Kubernetes user account which is able to create `CustomResourceDefinitions`, `ClusterRoles` and `ClusterRoleBindings`.
Use of Role Base Access Control (RBAC) in the Kubernetes cluster usually means that permission to create, edit, and delete these resources is limited to Kubernetes cluster administrators, such as `system:admin`.

.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::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"]
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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-entity-operator-delegation --clusterrole=strimzi-entity-operator --serviceaccount _my-cluster-operator-namespace_:strimzi-cluster-operator
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Replace `_my-cluster-operator-namespace_` with the namespace you want to install the Cluster Operator into.

. 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_

. Verify that the Cluster Operator was successfully deployed:
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[source,shell,subs="attributes+"]
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kubectl get deployments
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