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Chapter 7. Catalog exclusion by labels or expressions

You can exclude catalogs by using match expressions on metadata with the NotIn or DoesNotExist operators.

The following CRs add an example.com/testing label to the unwanted-catalog-1 and unwanted-catalog-2 cluster catalogs:

Example cluster catalog CR

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apiVersion: olm.operatorframework.io/v1
kind: ClusterCatalog
metadata:
  name: unwanted-catalog-1
  labels:
    example.com/testing: "true"
spec:
  source:
    type: Image
    image:
      ref: quay.io/example/content-management-a:latest

Example cluster catalog CR

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apiVersion: olm.operatorframework.io/v1
kind: ClusterCatalog
metadata:
  name: unwanted-catalog-2
  labels:
    example.com/testing: "true"
spec:
  source:
    type: Image
    image:
      ref: quay.io/example/content-management-b:latest

The following cluster extension CR excludes selection from the unwanted-catalog-1 catalog:

Example cluster extension CR that excludes a specific catalog

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apiVersion: olm.operatorframework.io/v1
kind: ClusterExtension
metadata:
  name: <example_extension>
spec:
  namespace: <example_namespace>
  serviceAccount:
    name: <example_extension>-installer
  source:
    sourceType: Catalog
    catalog:
      packageName: <example_extension>-operator
      selector:
        matchExpressions:
          - key: olm.operatorframework.io/metadata.name
            operator: NotIn
            values:
              - unwanted-catalog-1

The following cluster extension CR selects from catalogs that do not have the example.com/testing label. As a result, both unwanted-catalog-1 and unwanted-catalog-2 are excluded from catalog selection.

Example cluster extension CR that excludes catalogs with a specific label

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apiVersion: olm.operatorframework.io/v1
kind: ClusterExtension
metadata:
  name: <example_extension>
spec:
  namespace: <example_namespace>
  serviceAccount:
    name: <example_extension>-installer
  source:
    sourceType: Catalog
    catalog:
      packageName: <example_extension>-operator
      selector:
        matchExpressions:
          - key: example.com/testing
            operator: DoesNotExist

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