Add DevFlag SET_RUNTIMES_CM to enable/diable the feature

components/odh-notebook-controller/Makefile

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ run: manifests generate fmt vet certificates ktunnel ## Run a controller from yo
 	go run ./main.go
 
 .PHONY: docker-build
-docker-build:  ## Build docker image with the manager.
+docker-build: test ## Build docker image with the manager.
 	cd ../ && ${CONTAINER_ENGINE} build . -t ${IMG}:${TAG} -f odh-notebook-controller/Dockerfile
 
 .PHONY: docker-push

components/odh-notebook-controller/config/manager/manager.yaml

@@ -57,3 +57,5 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: SET_PIPELINE_RBAC
               value: "false"
+            - name: SET_RUNTIMES_CM
+              value: "true"

components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller.go

@@ -192,9 +192,12 @@ func (r *OpenshiftNotebookReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Re
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
 
-	err = r.EnsureNotebookConfigMap(notebook, ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	// Create/Watch and Update the pipeline-runtime-image ConfigMap on Notebook's Namspace
+	if strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("SET_RUNTIMES_CM"))) == "true" {
+		err = r.EnsureNotebookConfigMap(notebook, ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Call the Rolebinding reconciler

components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_webhook.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -251,12 +252,13 @@ func (w *NotebookWebhook) Handle(ctx context.Context, req admission.Request) adm
 			return admission.Errored(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 		}
 
-		// Mount ConfigMap pipeline-runtime-images
-		err = MountPipelineRuntimeImages(notebook, log)
-		if err != nil {
-			return admission.Errored(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+		if strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("SET_RUNTIMES_CM"))) == "true" {
+			// Mount ConfigMap pipeline-runtime-images as runtime-images
+			err = MountPipelineRuntimeImages(notebook, log)
+			if err != nil {
+				return admission.Errored(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+			}
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	// Check Imagestream Info both on create and update operations