Get started with Full observability (classic full stack deployment)

This page provides instructions for deploying the Dynatrace Operator in classic full stack configuration to a Kubernetes cluster.

Prerequisites

Before you begin

Before installing Dynatrace on your Kubernetes cluster, ensure that you meet the following requirements:

Your kubectl CLI is connected to the Kubernetes cluster that you want to monitor.
You have sufficient privileges on the monitored cluster to run kubectl or oc commands.

Cluster setup and configuration

You must allow egress for Dynatrace pods (default: Dynatrace namespace) to your Dynatrace environment or to your Environment ActiveGate
For OpenShift Dedicated, you need the cluster-admin role.
Helm installation Use Helm version 3.

Supported versions

See supported Kubernetes/OpenShift platform versions and distributions.

Installation options

Choose one of the installation methods that best suits your needs.

Guided (Dynatrace UI)

recommended

Manifest

Helm

Guided (Dynatrace UI)

In the Dynatrace menu go to Kubernetes.
Select Connect automatically via Dynatrace Operator in the header of the Kubernetes cluster page.
Enter the following details.
- Name: Defines the display name of your Kubernetes cluster within Dynatrace. Additionally, this name will be used as a prefix for naming Dynatrace-specific resources inside your Kubernetes cluster, such as DynaKube (custom resource), ActiveGate (pod), OneAgents (pods), and as a name for the secret holding your tokens.
- recommended Group: Defines a group used by various Dynatrace settings, including network zone, ActiveGate group, and host group. If not set, defaults or empty values are used.
- Dynatrace Operator token: Select Create token or enter the API token you previously created. For more information, see Access tokens and permissions.
- Data ingest token: not applicable for this deployment option
optional Decide whether you want the Dynatrace Operator to disable the verification of the Dynatrace SSL certificate.

This is relevant if you are using Dynatrace Managed with self-signed certificates.
Turn on Enable volume storage if you deploy on one of the following Kubernetes distributions: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), SUSE Container as a Service (CaaS), VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition (TGKI) or IBM Kubernetes Service (IKS).
Select Download dynakube.yaml. Copy the code block created by Dynatrace created and run it in your terminal. Ensure you execute the commands in the same directory where you downloaded the YAML or adapt the command to link to the location of the YAML manifest.

The downloaded YAML file is a basic version of the DynaKube custom resource definition. To adjust values to your specific needs, refer to the DynaKube custom resource samples from GitHub. For more information about all configuration options, see DynaKube parameters for Dynatrace Operator.

optional Verify that your DynaKube is running and all pods in your Dynatrace namespace are running and ready.

bash
> kubectl get dynakube -n dynatrace
NAME         APIURL                                          STATUS     AGE
dynakube     https://<ENVIRONMENTID>.live.dynatrace.com/api  Running    45s

In a default DynaKube configuration, you should see the following pods:

bash
> kubectl get pods -n dynatrace
NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS        AGE
dynakube-activegate-0                 1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-2wnbb               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-wp2bt               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-pxdv4               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynatrace-operator-8445c87f87-qhc5t   1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-ws7gg    1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-xkxkd    1/1     Running   0               3m02s

As OneAgent is deployed as DaemonSet, you should have a OneAgent pod on each node.

Manifest

KubernetesOpenShift

Create a dynatrace namespace

bash
kubectl create namespace dynatrace

Install Dynatrace Operator

bash
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-operator/releases/download/v0.13.0/kubernetes.yaml

Run the following command to see when Dynatrace Operator components finish initialization:

bash
kubectl -n dynatrace wait pod --for=condition=ready --selector=app.kubernetes.io/name=dynatrace-operator,app.kubernetes.io/component=webhook --timeout=300s

Create secret for API token

Create a secret named dynakube for the API token obtained in Tokens and permissions required.
```
bash
kubectl -n dynatrace create secret generic dynakube --from-literal="apiToken=<API_TOKEN>"
```
Apply the DynaKube custom resource

Download the DynaKube custom resource sample for classic full stack from GitHub. In addition, you can review the available parameters or how-to-guides, and adapt the DynaKube custom resource according to your requirements.

Run the command below to apply the DynaKube custom resource, making sure to replace <your-DynaKube-CR> with your actual DynaKube custom resource file name. A validation webhook will provide helpful error messages if there's a problem.
```
bash
kubectl apply -f <your-DynaKube-CR>.yaml
```

optional Verify deployment

Verify that your DynaKube is running and all pods in your Dynatrace namespace are running and ready.

bash
> kubectl get dynakube -n dynatrace
NAME         APIURL                                          STATUS     AGE
dynakube     https://<ENVIRONMENTID>.live.dynatrace.com/api  Running    45s

In a default DynaKube configuration, you should see the following pods:

bash
> kubectl get pods -n dynatrace
NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS        AGE
dynakube-activegate-0                 1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-2wnbb               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-wp2bt               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-pxdv4               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynatrace-operator-8445c87f87-qhc5t   1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-ws7gg    1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-xkxkd    1/1     Running   0               3m02s

As OneAgent is deployed as DaemonSet, you should have a OneAgent pod on each node.

Add a dynatrace project

bash
oc adm new-project --node-selector="" dynatrace

Install Dynatrace Operator

bash
oc apply -f https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-operator/releases/download/v0.13.0/openshift.yaml

Run the following command to see when Dynatrace Operator components finish initialization:

bash
oc -n dynatrace wait pod --for=condition=ready --selector=app.kubernetes.io/name=dynatrace-operator,app.kubernetes.io/component=webhook --timeout=300s

Create secret for API token

Create a secret named dynakube for the API token obtained in Tokens and permissions required.
```
bash
oc -n dynatrace create secret generic dynakube --from-literal="apiToken=<API_TOKEN>"
```
Apply the DynaKube custom resource

Download the DynaKube custom resource sample for classic full stack from GitHub. In addition, you can review the available parameters or how-to-guides, and adapt the DynaKube custom resource according to your requirements.

Run the command below to apply the DynaKube custom resource, making sure to replace <your-DynaKube-CR> with your actual DynaKube custom resource file name. A validation webhook will provide helpful error messages if there's a problem.
```
bash
oc apply -f <your-DynaKube-CR>.yaml
```

optional Verify deployment

Verify that your DynaKube is running and all pods in your Dynatrace project are running and ready.

bash
> oc get dynakube -n dynatrace
NAME         APIURL                                          STATUS     AGE
dynakube     https://<ENVIRONMENTID>.live.dynatrace.com/api  Running    45s

In a default DynaKube configuration, you should see the following pods:

bash
> oc get pods -n dynatrace
NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS        AGE
dynakube-activegate-0                 1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-2wnbb               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-wp2bt               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-pxdv4               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynatrace-operator-8445c87f87-qhc5t   1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-ws7gg    1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-xkxkd    1/1     Running   0               3m02s

As OneAgent is deployed as DaemonSet, you should have a OneAgent pod on each node.

Helm

Dynatrace Operator version 0.8.0+

KubernetesOpenShift

Add the Dynatrace Helm repository
```
bash
helm repo add dynatrace \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-operator/main/config/helm/repos/stable
```
Note that attempting to access the above URL will result in a 404 error page as it is only used internally by the Helm client.

Install Dynatrace Operator

You have two options:

Option 1: Install Dynatrace Operator using the default values:

bash
helm install dynatrace-operator dynatrace/dynatrace-operator \
  --set "installCRD=true" \
  --atomic \
  --create-namespace --namespace dynatrace

Option 2: For additional configuration to the Helm chart, edit the values.yaml sample from GitHub, then run the install command passing the YAML file as an argument:

bash
helm install dynatrace-operator dynatrace/dynatrace-operator \
  -f values.yaml \
  --atomic \
  --create-namespace --namespace dynatrace

If installCRD is set to false, you need to create the custom resource definition manually before starting the Helm installation:

bash
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-operator/releases/download/v0.13.0/dynatrace-operator-crd.yaml

Create secret for API token

Create a secret named dynakube for the API token obtained in Tokens and permissions required.
```
bash
kubectl -n dynatrace create secret generic dynakube --from-literal="apiToken=<API_TOKEN>"
```
Apply the DynaKube custom resource

Download the DynaKube custom resource sample for classic full stack from GitHub. In addition, you can review the available parameters or how-to-guides, and adapt the DynaKube custom resource according to your requirements.

Run the command below to apply the DynaKube custom resource, making sure to replace <your-DynaKube-CR> with your actual DynaKube custom resource file name. A validation webhook will provide helpful error messages if there's a problem.
```
bash
kubectl apply -f <your-DynaKube-CR>.yaml
```

optional Verify deployment

Verify that your DynaKube is running and all pods in your Dynatrace namespace are running and ready.

bash
> kubectl get dynakube -n dynatrace
NAME         APIURL                                          STATUS     AGE
dynakube     https://<ENVIRONMENTID>.live.dynatrace.com/api  Running    45s

In a default DynaKube configuration, you should see the following pods:

bash
> kubectl get pods -n dynatrace
NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS        AGE
dynakube-activegate-0                 1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-2wnbb               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-wp2bt               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-pxdv4               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynatrace-operator-8445c87f87-qhc5t   1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-ws7gg    1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-xkxkd    1/1     Running   0               3m02s

As OneAgent is deployed as DaemonSet, you should have a OneAgent pod on each node.

Add the Dynatrace Helm repository
```
bash
helm repo add dynatrace \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-operator/main/config/helm/repos/stable
```
Note that attempting to access the above URL will result in a 404 error page as it is only used internally by the Helm client.

Install Dynatrace Operator

You have two options:

Option 1: Install Dynatrace Operator using the default values:

bash
helm install dynatrace-operator dynatrace/dynatrace-operator \
  --set "installCRD=true" \
  --atomic \
  --create-namespace --namespace dynatrace

Option 2: For additional configuration to the Helm chart, edit the values.yaml sample from GitHub, then run the install command passing the YAML file as an argument:

bash
helm install dynatrace-operator dynatrace/dynatrace-operator \
  -f values.yaml \
  --atomic \
  --create-namespace --namespace dynatrace

If installCRD is set to false, you need to create the custom resource definition manually before starting the Helm installation:

bash
oc apply -f https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-operator/releases/download/v0.13.0/dynatrace-operator-crd.yaml

Create secret for API token

Create a secret named dynakube for the API token obtained in Tokens and permissions required.
```
bash
oc -n dynatrace create secret generic dynakube --from-literal="apiToken=<API_TOKEN>"
```
Apply DynaKube custom resource

Download the DynaKube custom resource sample for classic full stack from GitHub. In addition, you can review the available parameters or how-to-guides, and adapt the DynaKube custom resource according to your requirements.

Run the command below to apply the DynaKube custom resource, making sure to replace <your-DynaKube-CR> with your actual DynaKube custom resource file name. A validation webhook will provide helpful error messages if there's a problem.
```
bash
oc apply -f <your-DynaKube-CR>.yaml
```

optional Verify deployment

Verify that your DynaKube is running and all pods in your Dynatrace project are running and ready.

bash
> oc get dynakube -n dynatrace
NAME         APIURL                                          STATUS     AGE
dynakube     https://<ENVIRONMENTID>.live.dynatrace.com/api  Running    45s

In a default DynaKube configuration, you should see the following pods:

bash
> oc get pods -n dynatrace
NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS        AGE
dynakube-activegate-0                 1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-2wnbb               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-wp2bt               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynakube-oneagent-pxdv4               1/1     Running   0               50s
dynatrace-operator-8445c87f87-qhc5t   1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-ws7gg    1/1     Running   0               3m02s
dynatrace-webhook-56644487df-xkxkd    1/1     Running   0               3m02s

As OneAgent is deployed as DaemonSet, you should have a OneAgent pod on each node.

Learn more

After you've successfully installed the Dynatrace Operator, you may find the following resources helpful for further learning and troubleshooting.

Get actionable answers

Start to analyze your Kubernetes clusters and containerized Apps with Dynatrace and benefit from actionable answers.

Guides

Learn how you can configure Dynatrace Operator to support specific use cases.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshoot any challenges you may encounter while working with the Dynatrace Operator and its various components.

How it works

Want to learn more about the Dynatrace components in your Kubernetes cluster?

Reference

API reference and configuration options for all Dynatrace components within your Kubernetes cluster.

Dynatrace Operator release notes

See release notes for Dynatrace Operator.

Update or uninstall

This page provides a detailed instructions on how to update and uninstall Dynatrace Operator.