The noobaa command needs to be run from within openshift-storage namespace. Please, add this as a note to avoid initial failures using it. The same applies to section 7.3.2 Creating an S3 compatible NooBaa backingstore Reported by: matthiasmuench https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_container_storage/4.5/html/managing_openshift_container_storage/multicloud-object-gateway_rhocs#annotations:35817c24-7bc5-40e4-ac75-bdb6f7399b68