Deploy OneAgent Operator on OpenShift

OneAgent Operator version 0.7.0

We recommend installing OneAgent Operator on OpenShift with oc. If you prefer Helm, you can use the OneAgent Helm chart as a basic alternative.
For more information on all deployment options, see Openshift deployment strategies.

Installation

Find out below how to install and configure OneAgent.

Deploy with oc Deploy with Helm

Prerequisites

Generate an API token and a PaaS token in your Dynatrace environment.
Make sure you have the Access problem and event feed, metrics, and topology setting enabled for the API token.
See Support lifecycle for supported OpenShift versions.

Add a new project.

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

OCP version 3.11 Provide image pull secrets.
Skip this step if you're using a later version.
In order to use the certified OneAgent Operator and OneAgent images from Red Hat Container Catalog (RHCC), you need to provide image pull secrets. The Service Accounts on the openshift.yaml manifest already have links to the secrets to be created below.

# For OCP 3.11
$ oc -n dynatrace create secret docker-registry redhat-connect --docker-server=registry.connect.redhat.com --docker-username=REDHAT_CONNECT_USERNAME --docker-password=REDHAT_CONNECT_PASSWORD --docker-email=unused
$ oc -n dynatrace create secret docker-registry redhat-connect-sso --docker-server=sso.redhat.com --docker-username=REDHAT_CONNECT_USERNAME --docker-password=REDHAT_CONNECT_PASSWORD --docker-email=unused

OCP version 4.x OCP version 3.11 Apply the openshift.yaml manifest to deploy the OneAgent Operator.

$ oc apply -f https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-oneagent-operator/releases/latest/download/openshift.yaml
$ oc -n dynatrace logs -f deployment/dynatrace-oneagent-operator

Since OpenShift versions earlier than 3.11.188 have a known bug, deploying the CustomResourceDefinition fails for these versions. For such versions you must delete a line in openshift.yaml before deploying. The type: object line beneath the required spec validation must be deleted.

required:
-  spec
type: object  # delete this line, which is a validation rule

Create the secret that holds the API and PaaS tokens for authenticating to the Dynatrace cluster.
The name of the secret will be important in a later step when you configure the custom resource (.spec.tokens). In the following code-snippet the name is oneagent. Be sure to replace API_TOKEN and PAAS_TOKEN with the values mentioned in prerequisites.

$ oc -n dynatrace create secret generic oneagent --from-literal="apiToken=API_TOKEN" --from-literal="paasToken=PAAS_TOKEN"

Save the custom resource.
The rollout of Dynatrace OneAgent is governed by a custom resource of type OneAgent. Retrieve the cr.yaml file from the GitHub repository.

$ curl -o cr.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-oneagent-operator/master/deploy/cr.yaml

Adapt the custom resource.

Parameters...

Parameter	Description	Default value
`apiUrl`	Required For Dynatrace SaaS, where OneAgent can connect to the internet, replace the Dynatrace `ENVIRONMENTID` in `https://ENVIRONMENTID.live.dynatrace.com/api`. For Dynatrace SaaS, where OneAgent can't connect to the internet, use the following to download the OneAgent, as well as to communicate OneAgent traffic through the ActiveGate: `https://YourActiveGateIP` or `FQDN:9999/e/<ENVIRONMENTID>/api`. For Dynatrace Managed, use the following either for an ActiveGate or to connect directly to your server: `https://ag`, or server IP, or `FQDN/e/<ENVIRONMENTID>/api`. Note that depending on your settings, you may need the port as well.
`tokens`	Optional Name of the secret that holds the API and PaaS tokens from above.	Name of custom resource (`.metadata.name`) if unset
`args`	Optional Parameters to be passed to the OneAgent installer. All the command line parameters of the installer are supported, with the exception of `INSTALL_PATH`. Starting with OneAgent version 1.185, we recommend you set `--set-app-log-content-access=true` (for earlier versions, set `APP_LOG_CONTENT_ACCESS=1`).
`env`	Optional Environment variables for OneAgent container.
`skipCertCheck`	Optional Disable certificate validation checks for installer download and API communication. Set to `true` if you want to skip any certification validation checks.	`false`
`nodeSelector`	Optional Keep empty default value. If you want to roll out OneAgent to specific nodes only, provide the `nodeSelectors` here. Refer to Kubernetes docs for details.
`tolerations`	Optional Keep default value to also roll out the OneAgent to master nodes if possible. If you want to apply additional tolerations to OneAgent pods for tainted nodes, provide them here. Refer to Kubernetes docs for details.
`image`	Optional Define the OneAgent image to be taken. Defaults to the publicly available OneAgent image on Docker Hub. In order to use the certified OneAgent image from Red Hat Container Catalog you need to set `.spec.image` to `registry.connect.redhat.com/dynatrace/oneagent` in the custom resource and provide image pull secrets as shown in the next step.	`docker.io/dynatrace/oneagent:latest` if unset
`resources`	Optional Resource requests/limits for the OneAgent pods. These settings heavily depend on size of worker nodes and workloads. Please adjust to fit your needs.
`priorityClassName`	Optional Priority class for OneAgent pod. Refer to Kubernetes docs.
`disableAgentUpdate`	Optional Disable the Operator's auto-update feature for OneAgent pods.	`false`
`enableIstio`	Optional Enable management of Istio service entries and virtual services for Dynatrace endpoints to allow for OneAgent monitoring egress traffic to your Dynatrace environment	`false`
`trustedCAs`	Optional Adds the provided CA certficates to the Operator and the OneAgent; provide the name of the configmap which holds your PEM in a field called `certs`.	If not set, the default embedded certificates on the images will be used.

Create the custom resource.

$ oc apply -f cr.yaml

Optional Configure proxy.

You can configure optional parameters like proxy settings in the cr.yaml file in order to
- download the OneAgent installer
- ensure the communication between the OneAgent and your Dynatrace environment
- ensure the communication between the Dynatrace OneAgent Operator and the Dynatrace API.

There are two ways to provide the proxy, depending on whether or not your proxy uses credentials.

No credentials

If you have a proxy that doesn't use credentials, enter your proxy URL directly in the value field for the proxy.

Example

apiVersion: dynatrace.com/v1alpha1
kind: OneAgent
metadata:  
  name: oneagent  
  namespace: dynatrace
spec:  
  apiUrl: https://blp08186.dev.dynatracelabs.com/api  
  tolerations:  
  - effect: NoSchedule    
    key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master    
    operator: Exists  
  args:  
  - --set-app-log-content-access=true  
  enableIstio: true  
  proxy:    
    value: http://mysuperproxy

With credentials

If your proxy uses credentials

Create a secret with a field called proxy which holds your encrypted proxy URL with the credentials.
Example.

oc -n dynatrace create secret generic myproxysecret --from-literal="proxy=http://<user>:<password>@<IP>:<PORT>"

Provide the name of the secret in the valueFrom section.
Example.

apiVersion: dynatrace.com/v1alpha1
kind: OneAgent
metadata:  
  name: oneagent  
  namespace: dynatrace
spec:  
  apiUrl: https://blp08186.dev.dynatracelabs.com/api  
  tolerations:  
  - effect: NoSchedule    
    key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master    
    operator: Exists  
  args:  
  - --set-app-log-content-access=true  
  enableIstio: true  
  proxy:    
    valueFrom: myproxysecret

Prerequisites

Generate an API token and a PaaS token in your Dynatrace environment.
Make sure you have the Access problem and event feed, metrics, and topology setting enabled for the API token.
See Support lifecycle for supported OpenShift versions.
Install Helm version 3.
We recommend installing a recent version of the Helm chart.

Add a new project called dynatrace.

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

Add the Dynatrace OneAgent Helm repository.

$ helm repo add dynatrace \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dynatrace/helm-charts/master/repos/stable

Create a values.yaml file with the following content.

platform: "openshift"
operator:
  image: ""
oneagent:
  name: "oneagent"
  apiUrl: "https://ENVIRONMENTID.live.dynatrace.com/api"
  image: ""
  args:
    - --set-app-log-content-access=true
  env: []
  nodeSelector: []
  labels: []
  skipCertCheck: false
  disableAgentUpdate: false
  enableIstio: false
  dnsPolicy: ""
  resources: []
  waitReadySeconds: null
  priorityClassName: ""
  serviceAccountName: ""
  proxy: ""
  trustedCAs: ""
secret:
  apiToken: "DYNATRACE_API_TOKEN"
  paasToken: "PLATFORM_AS_A_SERVICE_TOKEN"

required:
-  spec
type: object  # delete this line, which is a validation rule

To apply the YAML parameters, run the following command:

$ helm install dynatrace-oneagent-operator \
dynatrace/dynatrace-oneagent-operator -n\
dynatrace --values values.yaml

Limitations

See Docker limitations for details.

Troubleshoot

Find out how to troubleshoot issues that you may encounter when deploying OneAgent on OpenShift.

Connect your OpenShift clusters to Dynatrace

Now that you have OneAgent running on your OpenShift nodes, you're able to monitor those nodes, and the applications running in OpenShift. The next step is to connect the Kubernetes API to Dynatrace in order to get native Kubernetes metrics, like request limits, and differences in pods requested vs. running pods.
For further instructions see Monitor your OpenShift clusters with Dynatrace.