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layout: docs
page_title: Vault Secrets Operator on OpenShift
description: >-
  The Vault Secrets Operator may be installed on OpenShift clusters via the embedded OperatorHub or the Helm chart.
---

# Run the Vault Secrets Operator on OpenShift

The Vault Secrets Operator may be installed on OpenShift clusters via the embedded OperatorHub or the Helm chart.

## OperatorHub

The Vault Secrets Operator is certified by Red Hat and therefore included in the [OperatorHub section](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/4.2/html/operators/olm-understanding-operatorhub) of an OpenShift cluster's web console.

Navigate to the OperatorHub page of your OpenShift cluster and search for `Vault Secrets Operator`, then follow the instructions to install.

## Helm chart

The Vault Secrets Operator may also be installed in OpenShift using the Helm chart. (See [Installation](/vault/docs/platform/k8s/vso/installation) for an overview of installation using the [Helm chart](/vault/docs/platform/k8s/vso/helm).) The examples below show example [values.yaml files](https://helm.sh/docs/chart_template_guide/values_files/) for each configuration, which would be used with `helm install` as below:

```shell-session
$ helm install vault-secrets-operator hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator \
  --create-namespace \
  --namespace vault-secrets-operator \
  --version 0.5.1 \
  --values values.yaml
```

For OpenShift, increasing the memory [requests and limits](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/) has proven necessary in some cases, so those settings are included in the examples below.

### Default images

These values would use the [default operator image](/vault/docs/platform/k8s/vso/helm#v-controller-manager-image) from HashiCorp's [Docker Hub repository][dockerhub].

```yaml
controller:
  manager:
    resources:
      limits:
        memory: 256Mi
      requests:
        memory: 128Mi
```

### UBI-based images certified by Red Hat

These values would use [UBI-based](https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/ubi) images from the [Red Hat's certified container registry](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator/64dd558c892694d397c4bb06). Authentication may be required.

```yaml
controller:
  kubeRbacProxy:
    image:
      repository: registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-kube-rbac-proxy
      tag: v4.13.0
  manager:
    image:
      repository: registry.connect.redhat.com/hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator
      tag: 0.5.1-ubi
    resources:
      limits:
        memory: 256Mi
      requests:
        memory: 128Mi
```

<Tip>

UBI-based Vault Secrets Operator images are also published to HashiCorp's [DockerHub][dockerhub] and [Amazon ECR](https://gallery.ecr.aws/hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator) repositories.

</Tip>

[dockerhub]: https://hub.docker.com/r/hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator
