//Module included in the following assemblies:
// * updating/updating_a_cluster/updating_disconnected_cluster/disconnected-update-osus.adoc

:_mod-docs-content-type: PROCEDURE
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= Creating an OpenShift Update Service application by using the web console

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You can use the {product-title} web console to create an OpenShift Update Service application by using the OpenShift Update Service Operator.

.Prerequisites

* The OpenShift Update Service Operator has been installed.
* The OpenShift Update Service graph data container image has been created and pushed to a repository that is accessible to the OpenShift Update Service.
* The current release and update target releases have been mirrored to a registry in the disconnected environment.

.Procedure

. In the web console, click *Ecosystem* -> *Installed Operators*.

. Choose *OpenShift Update Service* from the list of installed Operators.

. Click the *Update Service* tab.

. Click *Create UpdateService*.

. Enter a name in the *Name* field, for example, `service`.

. Enter the local pullspec in the *Graph Data Image* field to the graph data container image created in "Creating the OpenShift Update Service graph data container image", for example, `registry.example.com/openshift/graph-data:latest`.
//TODO: Add xref to preceding step when allowed.

. In the *Releases* field, enter the registry and repository created to contain the release images in "Mirroring the {product-title} image repository", for example, `registry.example.com/ocp4/openshift4-release-images`.
//TODO: Add xref to preceding step when allowed.

. Enter `2` in the *Replicas* field.

. Click *Create* to create the OpenShift Update Service application.

. Verify the OpenShift Update Service application:

** From the *UpdateServices* list in the *Update Service* tab, click the Update Service application just created.

** Click the *Resources* tab.

** Verify each application resource has a status of *Created*.
