How to set or edit the namespace for the Operator deployment (make deploy)

[stevelaclasse]

Hello,

I am testing an operator on a local Kubernetes cluster and saw that that the Operator is deployed in his default namespace "controller-manager-system" . I saw some yaml files where this namespace could be obtained.

My question is how to set the namespace where the operator will be deployed.

thanks.

[camilamacedo86]

Hi @stevelaclasse,

By using the Makefile targets command when you run make deploy IMG=image (More info) a namespace with the project name concat with "-system" will be created and your project will be applied there.

See that it is defined in the config//kustomization.yaml file: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/blob/v3.5.0/testdata/project-v3/config/default/kustomization.yaml#L1-L9

Also, check here the manifest to create the namespace:

kubebuilder/testdata/project-v3/config/manager/manager.yaml

Lines 1 to 6 in 26d12ab

	apiVersion: v1
	kind: Namespace
	metadata:
	labels:
	control-plane: controller-manager
	name: system

Therefore, to set the namespace where the operator will be deployed you can check the kustomize configuration for example.

[camilamacedo86]

Closing since it is answered.