Quick Start

Quickstart Guide

This quickstart guide will help you install Orchestrator via Red Hat Developer Hub (RHDH) and execute a sample workflow through the Orchestrator plugin on the RHDH UI.

  1. Install Orchestrator via RHDH: Choose one of the following installation methods:

  2. Install a sample workflow: Follow the installation instructions for the greetings workflow.

  3. Access Red Hat Developer Hub: Open your web browser and navigate to the Red Hat Developer Hub application. Retrieve the URL using the following OpenShift CLI command.

    oc get route backstage-backstage -n rhdh-operator -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}'
    

    Make sure the route is accessible to you locally.

  4. Login to Backstage Login to Backstage with the Guest account.

  5. Navigate to Orchestrator: Navigate to the Orchestrator page by clicking on the Orchestrator icon in the left navigation menu. orchestratorIcon

  6. Execute Greeting Workflow: Click on the ‘Execute’ button in the ACTIONS column of the Greeting workflow. workflowsPage The ‘Run workflow’ page will open. Click ‘Next step’ and then ‘Run’ executePageNext executePageRun

  7. Monitor Workflow Status: Wait for the status of the Greeting workflow execution to become Completed. This may take a moment. workflowCompleted


Last modified September 17, 2025: fixing some broken links (696b99e)