Cluster Operator is unable to start Kakfa Connector

[sandeepg123456]

2022-06-21 13:58:17 INFO ClusterOperator:81 - Creating ClusterOperator for namespace *
2022-06-21 13:58:17 INFO ClusterOperator:98 - Starting ClusterOperator for namespace *
2022-06-21 13:58:18 WARN WatchConnectionManager:198 - Exec Failure: HTTP 403, Status: 403 - kafkas.kafka.strimzi.io is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kube-system:strimzi-cluster-operator" cannot watch resource "kafkas" in API group "kafka.strimzi.io" at the cluster scope
java.net.ProtocolException: Expected HTTP 101 response but was '403 Forbidden'
at okhttp3.internal.ws.RealWebSocket.checkResponse(RealWebSocket.java:229) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at okhttp3.internal.ws.RealWebSocket$2.onResponse(RealWebSocket.java:196) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at okhttp3.RealCall$AsyncCall.execute(RealCall.java:203) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at okhttp3.internal.NamedRunnable.run(NamedRunnable.java:32) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) [?:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) [?:?]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) [?:?]
2022-06-21 13:58:18 INFO AbstractOperator:442 - Watcher closed in namespace *
2022-06-21 13:58:18 WARN WatchConnectionManager:198 - Exec Failure: HTTP 403, Status: 403 - kafkamirrormakers.kafka.strimzi.io is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kube-system:strimzi-cluster-operator" cannot watch resource "kafkamirrormakers" in API group "kafka.strimzi.io" at the cluster scope
java.net.ProtocolException: Expected HTTP 101 response but was '403 Forbidden'
at okhttp3.internal.ws.RealWebSocket.checkResponse(RealWebSocket.java:229) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at okhttp3.internal.ws.RealWebSocket$2.onResponse(RealWebSocket.java:196) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at okhttp3.RealCall$AsyncCall.execute(RealCall.java:203) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at okhttp3.internal.NamedRunnable.run(NamedRunnable.java:32) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) [?:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) [?:?]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) [?:?]
2022-06-21 13:58:18 INFO AbstractOperator:442 - Watcher closed in namespace *
2022-06-21 13:58:18 WARN WatchConnectionManager:198 - Exec Failure: HTTP 403, Status: 403 - kafkaconnects.kafka.strimzi.io is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kube-system:strimzi-cluster-operator" cannot watch resource "kafkaconnects" in API group "kafka.strimzi.io" at the cluster scope
java.net.ProtocolException: Expected HTTP 101 response but was '403 Forbidden'
at okhttp3.internal.ws.RealWebSocket.checkResponse(RealWebSocket.java:229) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at okhttp3.internal.ws.RealWebSocket$2.onResponse(RealWebSocket.java:196) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at okhttp3.RealCall$AsyncCall.execute(RealCall.java:203) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at okhttp3.internal.NamedRunnable.run(NamedRunnable.java:32) [com.squareup.okhttp3.okhttp-3.12.6.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) [?:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) [?:?]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) [?:?]
2022-06-21 13:58:18 INFO AbstractOperator:442 - Watcher closed in namespace *

[scholzj]

The 403 Forbidden error suggests that you didn't correctly install the Cluster Operator and it is missing some RBAC rights. So I think you need to check the installation.