Set up Dynatrace on container platforms

The method you choose to monitor containers with Dynatrace depends on the following:

The type of container runtime, such as Docker, containerd, or CRI-O
The orchestration platform, such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Cloud Foundry, and Fargate
The level of access you have to the underlying host

See below for details.

Full-stack injection

The most comprehensive option for monitoring containers with Dynatrace is to deploy OneAgent to your container platform, which gives you full-stack visibility into your complete containerized environment.

This assumes full access to the underlying host.

Cloud Foundry

Dynatrace supports full-stack monitoring for Cloud Foundry through the Dynatrace OneAgent BOSH Release.

See Set up Dynatrace on Cloud Foundry

Docker outside container platform

You can deploy OneAgent directly on the Docker host or you can run OneAgent as a Docker container.

Application-only injection

Use application-only injection if you don't have access to underlying hosts. Your options depend on the container platform you are using.

Automated injection

The most efficient option is automated application-only injection for Kubernetes-based platforms. This injects OneAgent code modules using Kubernetes-native admission controllers.

For Kubernetes, see Set up application-only monitoring on Kubernetes/OpenShift.
For AWS Fargate, see Monitor AWS Fargate

Runtime injection

Inject OneAgent code modules into a container as it is deployed.

For Kubernetes/OpenShift, see Set up application-only monitoring on Kubernetes/OpenShift
For Cloud Foundry, see Deploy OneAgent on IBM Cloud Foundry for application-only monitoring
For AWS Fargate, see Monitor AWS Fargate

Build-time injection

Inject OneAgent code modules into a container as it builds.

For Docker outside container platforms, see Set up OneAgent on containers for application-only monitoring
For Kubernetes/OpenShift, see Kubernetes container build-time application-only injection
For AWS Fargate, see Monitor AWS Fargate