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// * edge_computing/ibi-edge-image-based-install.adoc 

:_mod-docs-content-type: PROCEDURE
[id="ibi-install-ibi-operator_{context}"]
= Installing the Image Based Install Operator

[role="_abstract"]
The Image Based Install (IBI) Operator is part of the image-based deployment workflow for preinstalled {sno} on bare-metal hosts.

[NOTE]
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The IBI Operator is part of the {mce} from MCE version 2.7.
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.Prerequisites

* You logged in as a user with `cluster-admin` privileges.
* You deployed a {rh-rhacm-first} hub cluster or you deployed the {mce}.
* You reviewed the required versions of software components in the section "Software prerequisites for an image-based installation".

.Procedure

* Set the `enabled` specification to `true` for the `image-based-install-operator` component in the `MultiClusterEngine` resource by running the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc patch multiclusterengines.multicluster.openshift.io multiclusterengine --type json \
--patch '[{"op": "add", "path":"/spec/overrides/components/-", "value": {"name":"image-based-install-operator","enabled": true}}]'
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.Verification

* Check that the Image Based Install Operator pod is running by running the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc get pods -A | grep image-based
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Example output:
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[source,terminal]
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multicluster-engine             image-based-install-operator-57fb8sc423-bxdj8             2/2     Running     0               5m
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