Extending the OCP Console with Dynamic Plugins 1 OpenShift Console PM Ali Mobrem OpenShift Console Architect Sam Padgett GitOps Technical Marketing Manager Gerald Nunn

What is an OpenShift Console Dynamic Plugin? ▸ Provides a mechanism to extend the OpenShift Console ▸ Dynamic Plugin’s are maintained outside the Console and are independent codebases ▸ The Console provides an easy to use SDK that Plugin’s can use to interface with OpenShift and Kubernetes ▸ Anyone can create a Plugin! ▸ Examples of OpenShift Dynamic Plugins include: ･ OpenShift Data Foundation ･ OpenShift Virtualization ･ Dell APEX ･ and many, many more 2

Why OpenShift Dynamic Plugins? ▸ Enables Partners and Customers to extend the OpenShift Console to provide new capabilities with an OpenShift native UI ▸ Partners ･ Provide a user experience specific to managing your solution as deployed in a cluster ･ Integrate with off-cluster services provided by your solution(s) ▸ Customers ･ Build onboarding (getting started) interfaces ･ Customized workflows ･ Dashboards integrating with your own services (on- or off-cluster) ･ Improved useability for application teams 3

Use Case: Dell APEX 4

Dynamic plugins - Getting Started... References ▸ Dynamic Plugins Official Docs ▸ Developing an Openshift Dynamic Plugin Blog ▸ Dynamic Plugin SDK ▸ PF4 Design Library Examples ▸ https://github.com/openshift/console-plugin-template ▸ https://github.com/spadgett/console-customization-plugin ▸ https://github.com/openshift/console/tree/master/dynamic-demo-plugin ▸ https://github.com/kubevirt-ui/kubevirt-plugin ▸ https://github.com/red-hat-storage/odf-console/

Demo Time! ▸ Simple Plugin that adds menu items ▸ GitOps Plugin ･ Argo CD ･ Argo Rollouts ･ External Secrets ▸ Kubernetes RBAC vs Argo CD RBAC? ▸ Feedback welcome! 6

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