Deprecation Notice for Service Binding Operator

[jeffgus]

/kind bug

The odo add binding command requires the Service Binding Operator, but the page shows that the operator has been deprecated as of Feb 2024.

What versions of software are you using?

Operating System:
Fedora 40

Output of odo version:
odo v3.16.1 (cd346c5-nightly)

Server: https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:6443
OpenShift: 4.14.27
Kubernetes: v1.27.13+048520e
Podman Client: 5.1.1

How did you run odo exactly?

odo add binding

Actual behavior

✗ Service Binding Operator is not installed on the cluster, please ensure it is installed before proceeding. See installation instructions: https://odo.dev/docs/command-reference/add-binding#installing-the-service-binding-operator

Expected behavior

I can install the operator, but should I since it is now deprecated?

[jeffgus]

I installed https://github.com/servicebinding/runtime which appears to be the replacement for the operator, but odo doesn't recognize it.

[rm3l]

@jeffgus Thanks for the info about the deprecation notice! I've added this as a warning to all the doc pages mentioning the Service Binding Operator, like https://odo.dev/docs/command-reference/add-binding
Unfortunately, there is currently no plan to support https://github.com/servicebinding/runtime as a replacement.

Alternatively, it should be possible to connect to other services without the Service Binding Operator. See this blog post for a detailed walkthrough: https://odo.dev/blog/binding-database-service-without-sbo

Closing this issue as done (by mentioning the deprecation notice in the odo docs), but feel free to reopen if you think otherwise.

/close

[openshift-ci]

@rm3l: Closing this issue.

In response to this:

@jeffgus Thanks for the info about the deprecation notice! I've added this as a warning to all the doc pages mentioning the Service Binding Operator, like https://odo.dev/docs/command-reference/add-binding
Unfortunately, there is currently no plan to support https://github.com/servicebinding/runtime as a replacement.

Alternatively, it should be possible to connect to other services without the Service Binding Operator. See this blog post for a detailed walkthrough: https://odo.dev/blog/binding-database-service-without-sbo

Closing this issue as done (by mentioning the deprecation notice in the odo docs), but feel free to reopen if you think otherwise.

/close

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