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= Installing
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Installing the {OTELShortName} involves the following steps:

. Installing the {OTELOperator}.
. Creating a namespace for an OpenTelemetry Collector instance.
. Creating an `OpenTelemetryCollector` custom resource to deploy the OpenTelemetry Collector instance.

include::modules/otel-install-web-console.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/otel-install-cli.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

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== Using taints and tolerations

To schedule the OpenTelemetry pods on dedicated nodes, see link:https://access.redhat.com/solutions/7040771[How to deploy the different OpenTelemetry components on infra nodes using nodeSelector and tolerations in OpenShift 4]

include::modules/otel-creating-required-RBAC-resources-automatically.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

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== Additional resources
* xref:../../post_installation_configuration/preparing-for-users.adoc#creating-cluster-admin_post-install-preparing-for-users[Creating a cluster admin]
* link:https://operatorhub.io/[OperatorHub.io]
* xref:../../web_console/web-console.adoc#web-console[Accessing the web console]
* xref:../../operators/admin/olm-adding-operators-to-cluster.adoc#olm-installing-from-software-catalog-using-web-console_olm-adding-operators-to-a-cluster[Installing from the software catalog using the web console]
* xref:../../operators/user/olm-creating-apps-from-installed-operators.adoc#olm-creating-apps-from-installed-operators[Creating applications from installed Operators]
* xref:../../cli_reference/openshift_cli/getting-started-cli.adoc#getting-started-cli[Getting started with the OpenShift CLI]