diff --git a/.ibm/images/Dockerfile b/.ibm/images/Dockerfile
index a16a8fcc37..92c1d6c9ce 100644
--- a/.ibm/images/Dockerfile
+++ b/.ibm/images/Dockerfile
@@ -56,5 +56,19 @@ RUN echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.
     apt-get install google-cloud-cli google-cloud-sdk-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
-# Set working directory
+# Install skopeo
+RUN apt-get update -y && \
+    apt-get install -y skopeo
+
+# Install umoci
+RUN curl -LO "https://github.com/opencontainers/umoci/releases/download/v0.4.7/umoci.amd64" && \ 
+    chmod +x umoci.amd64 && \
+    mv umoci.amd64 /usr/local/bin/umoci
+
+# Install opm
+RUN curl -LO "https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry/releases/download/v1.23.0/linux-amd64-opm" && \ 
+    chmod +x linux-amd64-opm && \
+    mv linux-amd64-opm /usr/local/bin/opm
+
+# Set working directory    
 WORKDIR /tmp/
diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/env_variables.sh b/.ibm/pipelines/env_variables.sh
index f65cae705f..d0ce3f2776 100755
--- a/.ibm/pipelines/env_variables.sh
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/env_variables.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ NAME_SPACE_RBAC="${NAME_SPACE_RBAC:-showcase-rbac}"
 NAME_SPACE_RUNTIME="${NAME_SPACE_RUNTIME:-showcase-runtime}"
 NAME_SPACE_POSTGRES_DB="${NAME_SPACE_POSTGRES_DB:-postgress-external-db}"
 NAME_SPACE_RDS="showcase-rds-nightly"
+OPERATOR_MANAGER='rhdh-operator'
 CHART_VERSION="2.15.2"
 GITHUB_APP_APP_ID=$(cat /tmp/secrets/GITHUB_APP_3_APP_ID)
 GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID=$(cat /tmp/secrets/GITHUB_APP_3_CLIENT_ID)
diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/jobs/operator.sh b/.ibm/pipelines/jobs/operator.sh
index ed0095a32d..57c1f01ada 100644
--- a/.ibm/pipelines/jobs/operator.sh
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/jobs/operator.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,66 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+install_rhdh_operator() {
+  local dir=$1
+  local namespace=$2
+
+  configure_namespace $namespace
+
+  # Make sure script is up to date
+  rm -f /tmp/install-rhdh-catalog-source.sh
+  curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/redhat-developer/rhdh-operator/refs/heads/main/.rhdh/scripts/install-rhdh-catalog-source.sh > /tmp/install-rhdh-catalog-source.sh
+  chmod +x /tmp/install-rhdh-catalog-source.sh
+  bash -x /tmp/install-rhdh-catalog-source.sh --next --install-operator rhdh
+  
+  # Wait for Operator to finish unpacking
+  sleep 30
+}
+
+deploy_rhdh_operator() {
+  local dir=$1
+  local namespace=$2
+
+  if [[ "${namespace}" == "showcase-op-rbac-nightly" ]]; then
+    oc apply -f "${dir}/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start-rbac.yaml" -n "${namespace}"
+  else 
+    oc apply -f "${dir}/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start.yaml" -n "${namespace}"
+  fi
+}
+
+initiate_operator_deployments() {
+  configure_namespace "${OPERATOR_MANAGER}"
+  install_rhdh_operator "${DIR}" "${OPERATOR_MANAGER}"
+
+  local rhdh_base_url="https://backstage-${RELEASE_NAME}-${NAME_SPACE}.${K8S_CLUSTER_ROUTER_BASE}"
+  apply_yaml_files "${DIR}" "${NAME_SPACE}" "${rhdh_base_url}"
+  create_dynamic_plugins_config "${DIR}/value_files/${HELM_CHART_VALUE_FILE_NAME}" "/tmp/configmap-dynamic-plugins.yaml"
+  oc apply -f /tmp/configmap-dynamic-plugins.yaml -n "${NAME_SPACE}"
+  oc apply -f "$DIR/resources/redis-cache/redis-deployment.yaml" --namespace="${NAME_SPACE}"
+  deploy_rhdh_operator "${DIR}" "${NAME_SPACE}"
+
+  local rbac_rhdh_base_url="https://backstage-${RELEASE_NAME_RBAC}-${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}.${K8S_CLUSTER_ROUTER_BASE}"
+  apply_yaml_files "${DIR}" "${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}" "${rbac_rhdh_base_url}"
+  create_dynamic_plugins_config "${DIR}/value_files/${HELM_CHART_RBAC_VALUE_FILE_NAME}" "/tmp/configmap-dynamic-plugins-rbac.yaml"
+  oc apply -f /tmp/configmap-dynamic-plugins-rbac.yaml -n "${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}"
+  deploy_rhdh_operator "${DIR}" "${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}"
+}
+
 handle_operator() {
   oc_login
 
-  apply_yaml_files "${DIR}" "${NAME_SPACE}"
+  API_SERVER_URL=$(oc whoami --show-server)
+  ENCODED_API_SERVER_URL=$(echo "${API_SERVER_URL}" | base64)
+  ENCODED_CLUSTER_NAME=$(echo "my-cluster" | base64)
+
+  export K8S_CLUSTER_ROUTER_BASE=$(oc get route console -n openshift-console -o=jsonpath='{.spec.host}' | sed 's/^[^.]*\.//')
+  local url="https://backstage-${RELEASE_NAME}-${NAME_SPACE}.${K8S_CLUSTER_ROUTER_BASE}"
+  local rbac_url="https://backstage-${RELEASE_NAME_RBAC}-${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}.${K8S_CLUSTER_ROUTER_BASE}"
+
+  configure_namespace "${NAME_SPACE}"
+  configure_namespace "${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}"
   deploy_test_backstage_provider "${NAME_SPACE}"
+  cluster_setup
+  initiate_operator_deployments
+  check_and_test "${RELEASE_NAME}" "${NAME_SPACE}" "${url}"
+  check_and_test "${RELEASE_NAME_RBAC}" "${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}" "${rbac_url}"
 }
diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/openshift-ci-tests.sh b/.ibm/pipelines/openshift-ci-tests.sh
index 0c4c9a3c48..61ca0356be 100755
--- a/.ibm/pipelines/openshift-ci-tests.sh
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/openshift-ci-tests.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ for SCRIPT in "${SCRIPTS[@]}"; do
     echo "Loaded ${SCRIPT}"
 done
 
+############# REMOVE ONCE PR IS READY ############################
+JOB_NAME=e2e-tests-operator-nightly
+NAME_SPACE=showcase-operator-nightly
+NAME_SPACE_RBAC=showcase-op-rbac-nightly
+##################################################################
+
 main() {
   echo "Log file: ${LOGFILE}"
   echo "JOB_NAME : $JOB_NAME"
diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/resources/cluster_role_binding/cluster-role-binding-ocm.yaml b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/cluster_role_binding/cluster-role-binding-ocm.yaml
index 8cd8b1525d..bca2481f39 100644
--- a/.ibm/pipelines/resources/cluster_role_binding/cluster-role-binding-ocm.yaml
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/cluster_role_binding/cluster-role-binding-ocm.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: rhdh-k8s-plugin
     namespace: showcase-ci-nightly
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: rhdh-k8s-plugin
+    namespace: showcase-operator-nightly
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: rhdh-k8s-plugin
+    namespace: showcase-op-rbac-nightly
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/resources/config_map/app-config-rhdh-rbac.yaml b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/config_map/app-config-rhdh-rbac.yaml
index b951b8b68b..397dedc75e 100644
--- a/.ibm/pipelines/resources/config_map/app-config-rhdh-rbac.yaml
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/config_map/app-config-rhdh-rbac.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 app:
+  baseUrl: ${RHDH_BASE_URL}
   title: Red Hat Developer Hub
 backend:
+  baseUrl: ${RHDH_BASE_URL}
+  cors:
+    origin: ${RHDH_BASE_URL}
   auth:
     keys:
       - secret: temp
diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/resources/config_map/app-config-rhdh.yaml b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/config_map/app-config-rhdh.yaml
index a2a5411046..9d7d7d35ea 100644
--- a/.ibm/pipelines/resources/config_map/app-config-rhdh.yaml
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/config_map/app-config-rhdh.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 app:
+  baseUrl: ${RHDH_BASE_URL}
   title: Red Hat Developer Hub
   branding:
     fullLogo: "data:image/svg+xml;base64,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"
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ app:
         headerColor2: 'rgb(45, 190, 50)'
         navigationIndicatorColor: 'rgb(45, 113, 190)'
 backend:
+  baseUrl: ${RHDH_BASE_URL}
+  cors:
+    origin: ${RHDH_BASE_URL}
   reading:
     allow:
       - host: 'github.com'
diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start-rbac.yaml b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start-rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5accf44551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start-rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+kind: Backstage
+apiVersion: rhdh.redhat.com/v1alpha2
+metadata: 
+  name: rhdh-rbac
+spec:
+  application:
+    image: 'quay.io/rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9:next' 
+    appConfig:
+      configMaps:
+        - name: app-config-rhdh
+      mountPath: /opt/app-root/src
+    dynamicPluginsConfigMapName: dynamic-plugins
+    extraEnvs:
+      secrets:
+        - name: rhdh-secrets
+    extraFiles:
+      configMaps:
+        - name: rbac-policy
+      mountPath: /opt/app-root/src/rbac
diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start.yaml b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9840257712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+kind: Backstage
+apiVersion: rhdh.redhat.com/v1alpha2
+metadata: 
+  name: rhdh
+spec:
+  application:
+    image: 'quay.io/rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9:next'
+    appConfig:
+      configMaps:
+        - name: app-config-rhdh
+        - name: dynamic-homepage-and-sidebar-config
+      mountPath: /opt/app-root/src
+    dynamicPluginsConfigMapName: dynamic-plugins
+    extraEnvs:
+      secrets:
+        - name: rhdh-secrets
+        - name: redis-secret
diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/utils.sh b/.ibm/pipelines/utils.sh
index cae0016cc9..23117fbbe9 100755
--- a/.ibm/pipelines/utils.sh
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/utils.sh
@@ -485,6 +485,18 @@ select_config_map_file() {
   fi
 }
 
+create_dynamic_plugins_config() {
+  local base_file=$1
+  local final_file=$2
+  echo "kind: ConfigMap
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: dynamic-plugins
+data:
+  dynamic-plugins.yaml: |" >> ${final_file}
+  yq '.global.dynamic' ${base_file} | sed -e 's/^/    /' >> ${final_file}
+}
+
 create_app_config_map_k8s() {
     local config_file=$1
     local project=$2
@@ -716,4 +728,3 @@ oc_login() {
   echo "OCP version: $(oc version)"
   export K8S_CLUSTER_ROUTER_BASE=$(oc get route console -n openshift-console -o=jsonpath='{.spec.host}' | sed 's/^[^.]*\.//')
 }
-
diff --git a/e2e-tests/package.json b/e2e-tests/package.json
index ae5f5998f0..8f189ebc8c 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/package.json
+++ b/e2e-tests/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     "showcase-rbac-nightly": "playwright test --project=showcase-rbac",
     "showcase-k8s-ci-nightly": "playwright test --project=showcase-k8s",
     "showcase-rbac-k8s-ci-nightly": "playwright test --project=showcase-rbac-k8s",
+    "showcase-operator-nightly": "playwright test --project=showcase-operator",
+    "showcase-op-rbac-nightly": "playwright test --project=showcase-operator-rbac",
     "showcase-rds-nightly": "playwright test --project=postgres-health-check",
     "showcase-runtime": "playwright test --project=showcase-runtime",
     "lint:check": "eslint . --ext .js,.ts",
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright.config.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright.config.ts
index d60763886f..34388fc2da 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright.config.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,36 @@ export default defineConfig({
         "**/playwright/e2e/plugins/bulk-import.spec.ts",
       ],
     },
+    {
+      name: "showcase-operator",
+      use: {
+        ...devices["Desktop Chrome"],
+        viewport: { width: 1920, height: 1080 },
+      },
+      testIgnore: [
+        "**/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/**/*.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/plugins/analytics/analytics-disabled-rbac.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/verify-tls-config-with-external-postgres-db.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/authProviders/**/*.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/plugins/bulk-import.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/plugins/tekton/tekton.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/catalog-scaffoldedfromLink.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/audit-log/**/*.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/plugins/topology/topology.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/verify-tls-config-health-check.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/configuration-test/config-map.spec.ts",
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: "showcase-operator-rbac",
+      ...useCommonDeviceAndViewportConfig,
+      testMatch: [
+        "**/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/**/*.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/plugins/analytics/analytics-disabled-rbac.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/verify-tls-config-with-external-postgres-db.spec.ts",
+        "**/playwright/e2e/plugins/bulk-import.spec.ts",
+      ],
+    },
     {
       name: "postgres-health-check",
       ...useCommonDeviceAndViewportConfig,