---
menu:
  workshop:
    parent: Validated Patterns
title: Patterns Operator
weight: 53
---

:toc:
include::modules/comm-attributes.adoc[]
:imagesdir: /images/workshop

[#features]
== Validated Operator Features

* Available as a community operator in Operator Hub
* Interrogates the cluster and uses information to personalize the pattern with argo/helm values
* Allows you to pick a repository for the pattern and to select a branch version (e.g. `stable`)
* Deploys OpenShift GitOps with the correct `values-hub`
* Regardless of how you deploy the pattern, the operator is still in use

[IMPORTANT]
.Loading Secrets
====
`make load-secrets` is required when you create a Pattern CR directly in the OpenShift console _unless_ you use the Patterns Catalog UI.
====

image::vp-operator-community.png[Community Operator]

image::olm-vp-operator.png[OLM]
