IBM Operator Collection SDK for VS Code

Note: This extension is not supported on Windows OS.

The IBM Operator Collection SDK extension simplifies the Operator Collection development experience by allowing you to manage the deployment of your operator in OpenShift, and the ability to debug direcly from your VS Code editor.

Features

Deploy your operator to OpenShift with single-click actions

Single-click actions to Create, Re-deploy, and Delete your operator in OpenShift.

Monitor your operator status and resources directly from your VS Code editor

• Display the status of the operator pod, and each container within the pod.
• Download and view container logs directly from your VS Code editor.

• Display the status of the OpenShift resources created to generate your operator (OperatorCollections, SubOperatorConfigs, ZosEndpoints).
• Create and monitor the Custom Resources for your operator.

Manage your OpenShift cluster connection and project

Configure your OpenShift server URL, and select your OpenShift Project directly from your VS Code editor

Quickly generate operator collections and files from scratch using the sub-menu

• Initialize new operator collections in seconds
• Scaffold operator-config, galaxy, and playbook boilerplate files.
• Convert a collection to air-gapped collection using single-click actions

Dynamic linting and code completion

• Instant operator-config validation and code completion
• Display operator-config property descriptions

Trouble Shooting

If you experience issues with urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED], or similar issues, you may need to install and use SSL Certificates before running this extension.

To install SSL Certificates in Python, you can install the certifi package via pip:

pip install certifi

Alternatively, you can navigate to your python folder and run the Certificates command from your terminal:

cd <PATH_TO_PYTHON>
./Install\ Certificates.command

How to contribute

Check out the contributor documentation.

Copyright

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2023.