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// Module included in the following assemblies:
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// * operators/understanding/olm-understanding-software-catalog.adoc
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= About the software catalog
The _software catalog_ is the web console interface in {product-title} that cluster administrators use to discover and install Operators. With one click, an Operator can be pulled from its off-cluster source, installed and subscribed on the cluster, and made ready for engineering teams to self-service manage the product across deployment environments using Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM).
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Cluster administrators can choose from catalogs grouped into the following categories:
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|===
|Category |Description
|Red Hat Operators
|Red Hat products packaged and shipped by Red Hat. Supported by Red Hat.
|Certified Operators
|Products from leading independent software vendors (ISVs). Red Hat partners with ISVs to package and ship. Supported by the ISV.
// |Red Hat Marketplace
// |Certified software that can be purchased from link:https://marketplace.redhat.com/[Red Hat Marketplace].
|Community Operators
|Optionally-visible software maintained by relevant representatives in the link:https://github.com/redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod/tree/main/operators[redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod/operators] GitHub repository. No official support.
|Custom Operators
|Operators you add to the cluster yourself. If you have not added any custom Operators, the *Custom* category does not appear in the web console software catalog.
|===
endif::[]
Operators in the software catalog are packaged to run on OLM. This includes a YAML file called a cluster service version (CSV) containing all of the CRDs, RBAC rules, deployments, and container images required to install and securely run the Operator. It also contains user-visible information like a description of its features and supported Kubernetes versions.