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+---
+title: Understanding the workshop environment
+exercise: 2
+date: '2024-05-26'
+tags: ['openshift','windows','kubernetes','containers']
+draft: false
+authors: ['default']
+summary: "Preparing our cluster for windows machines."
+---
+
+
+In this first hands on excercise we will prepare our cluster for running Windows nodes by installing an operator and configuring it.
+
+[[https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/operators/index.html][Operators]] are among the most important components of OpenShift Container Platform. Operators are the preferred method of packaging, deploying, and managing additional cluster services or application.
+
+To install Operators on OpenShift we use Operator Hub. A simplistic way of thinking about Operator Hub is as the "App Store" for your OpenShift cluster.
+
+<Zoom>
+|![workshop](/workshops/static/images/windows/operator-hub.png)                 | 
+|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
+| *OpenShift Operator Hub*                                                      |
+</Zoom>
+
+
+## 1.1 - Install the windows machine config operator
+
+If you have a running OpenShift cluster, you can install the optional **Windows Machine Config Operator** to configure Windows machines into nodes, enabling Windows container workloads to be ran within your OpenShift cluster. 
+
+Windows instances can be added either by creating a `MachineSet`, or by specifying existing instances through a `ConfigMap`. The operator will do all the necessary steps to configure the instance so that it can join the cluster as a worker node.
+
+Follow the steps below to install the operator:
+1. Navigate to **Operators** > **OperatorHub** in the left menu.
+2. Search for `Windows`.
+3. Click on **Windows Machine Config Operator** provided by Red Hat and click **Install**.
+4. Leave all settings as the default and click **Install** once more.
+
+<Zoom>
+|![workshop](/workshops/static/images/windows/operator-install.gif)             | 
+|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
+| *Installing the windows machine config operator*                              |
+</Zoom>
+
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