Channel-Based Automatic Upgrades

A "channel" is a package author defined stream of updates for an extension. A set of channels can be set in the Catalog source to restrict automatic updates to the set of versions defined in those channels.

Example:

apiVersion: olm.operatorframework.io/v1alpha1
kind: ClusterExtension
metadata:
  name: argocd
spec:
  source:
    sourceType: Catalog
    catalog:
      packageName: argocd-operator
      # Automatically upgrade to the latest version found in the preview and dev-preview channels
      channels: [dev-preview, preview]
  install:
    namespace: argocd
    serviceAccount:
      name: argocd-installer

Note that the version field also accepts a version range to further restrict the set of possible upgradable operator versions.

Example:

apiVersion: olm.operatorframework.io/v1alpha1
kind: ClusterExtension
metadata:
  name: argocd
spec:
  source:
    sourceType: Catalog
    catalog:
      packageName: argocd-operator
      channels: [stable] # Automatically upgrade to the latest version found in ‘stable’
      version: “!1.3.2” # Don’t allow version 1.3.2
  install:
    namespace: argocd
    serviceAccount:
      name: argocd-installer